Author Topic: Fish ID (Read 6748 times)

bean counter · « **on:** Mar 09, 2015, 09:12 AM »

Can someone id this? Is it a standard Gill? Redear? My Personal best either way! Oh by the way, it's still swimming! Felt good to release that tank!

Jigmup · « **Reply #1 on:** Mar 09, 2015, 10:21 AM »

Looks like a redear to me.

SpitzoMT · « **Reply #2 on:** Mar 09, 2015, 11:06 AM »

Little pig is what it is - LOL. Congrats on your new PB !!

chevy rotbox · « **Reply #3 on:** Mar 09, 2015, 02:53 PM »

looks like a redear

Gills-only · « **Reply #4 on:** Mar 09, 2015, 03:00 PM »

I would say red ear!!

PanFi$her · « **Reply #5 on:** Mar 09, 2015, 03:06 PM »

That looks like a giant Redear to me!

Idahogator · « **Reply #6 on:** Mar 09, 2015, 03:47 PM »

Congrats on the big gill, bean counter.

Just to clear up any doubt:

Blue gill (Lepomis macrochirus) :

Redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus) :

Gills-only · « **Reply #7 on:** Mar 09, 2015, 03:52 PM »

That is not a bluegill!! Also never seen a redear with red dots on side!!

Idahogator · « **Reply #8 on:** Mar 09, 2015, 04:19 PM »

Mr. Gills-only, from your statement, you are the end-all, know-it-all, A1 expert in Taxonomy.

With that in mind, please enjoy a search, using the botanical names I gave you to work with.

I see no need for you to apologize for your misstatement.

Please use caution in handling you crown of knowledge ~ lest the jewels loosen and escape your capture.

Thanks for your input.

http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-153-10364_18958-45644--,00.html

http://michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10364_53405-222228--,00.html

Gills-only · « **Reply #9 on:** Mar 09, 2015, 04:21 PM »

I catch both and know the difference! Sounds like a lot of others are wrong also!!

Idahogator · « **Reply #10 on:** Mar 09, 2015, 04:32 PM »

Quote from: Gills-only on Mar 09, 2015, 04:21 PM

I catch both and know the difference! Sounds like a lot of others are wrong also!!

Sir, check the links above to your very own Michigan State DNR.

What's the chance they don't know a bluegill from a redear sunfish ?

Gills-only · « **Reply #11 on:** Mar 09, 2015, 04:38 PM »

Pretty good chance, If its on the web its gotta be true!!

greensider · « **Reply #12 on:** Mar 09, 2015, 04:52 PM »

i call GILL AND A HUGE ONE WE DONT HAVE RED EARS AROUND MY PARTS BUT ANY WAY I WOULD HAVE MOUNTED IT CONGRATS

Idahogator · « **Reply #13 on:** Mar 09, 2015, 04:54 PM »

Quote from: Gills-only on Mar 09, 2015, 04:38 PM

Pretty good chance, If its on the web its gotta be true!!

Knowing that DNR, they may even push the sun rises in the west. LOL

Basswacker · « **Reply #14 on:** Mar 09, 2015, 04:57 PM »

She's big enough to be be whatever she wants to be. Nice job!

NatefishNY · « **Reply #15 on:** Mar 09, 2015, 05:04 PM »

Looks like a big gill to me but I'm no expert

207 in the 406 · « **Reply #16 on:** Mar 13, 2015, 10:35 PM »

Quote from: Basswacker on Mar 09, 2015, 04:57 PM

She's big enough to be be whatever she wants to be. Nice job!

+1

fishermantim · « **Reply #17 on:** Mar 13, 2015, 11:04 PM »

Based on pictures in a North American Fishing Club "Understanding Freshwater Gamefish" it looks more like a Bluegill than a Redear.

Bassfishin1983 · « **Reply #18 on:** Mar 29, 2015, 07:18 PM »

Gill possibly a Warmouth

icehooker802 · « **Reply #19 on:** Mar 30, 2015, 08:33 AM »

Its a sunny,gill hybrid. Its same as pickeral pike hybrid

icehooker802 · « **Reply #20 on:** Mar 30, 2015, 08:34 AM »

Catch them all the time pan fishing, i asked the bioligist one day and thats what he told me

DR.SPECKLER · « **Reply #21 on:** Mar 30, 2015, 08:42 AM »

looks to me like a big green sunfish with the large mouth.redears have red on the black behind the gill.or a hybrid bluegill/sunfish.my pond is full of them.

icehooker802 · « **Reply #22 on:** Mar 30, 2015, 08:49 AM »

Def a hybrid gill, sunny

Spider1 · « **Reply #23 on:** Mar 30, 2015, 09:10 AM »

looks like a big bluegill to me. Might just be my computer but I can't see any red on it's tab.

Spider1 · « **Reply #24 on:** Mar 30, 2015, 09:20 AM »

just did a little looking around on the net. I found an identifier with a picture of a hybrid sunfish that is a cross between a bluegill and a green sunfish that are stocked by hatcheries. Bigger than gills, smaller mouth than the green sunfish, no vertical stripes like on the gills. Looks just like that. Is that body of water stocked?

bean counter · « **Reply #25 on:** Mar 31, 2015, 11:26 AM »

Quote from: Spider1 on Mar 30, 2015, 09:20 AM

just did a little looking around on the net. I found an identifier with a picture of a hybrid sunfish that is a cross between a bluegill and a green sunfish that are stocked by hatcheries. Bigger than gills, smaller mouth than the green sunfish, no vertical stripes like on the gills. Looks just like that. Is that body of water stocked?

it is stocked - the hybrids were put in a few years ago. I guess that answers my question!

thanks all!

Bear Lake Bob · « **Reply #26 on:** Apr 05, 2015, 12:53 PM »

VERY NICE FISH WHATEVER?. In south carolina they sometimes calll these bream or brim for short. Larger ones are also called shellcrackers.

Call it great.!

350orbetter · « **Reply #27 on:** Apr 14, 2015, 02:19 PM »

I would have called it supper. Good on you for C&R.

icebucketjohn · « **Reply #28 on:** Aug 09, 2015, 01:50 PM »

Baby Sturgeon

anglure · « **Reply #29 on:** Sep 10, 2015, 01:49 AM »

NICE TANK and RELEASE !!

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