bullybass Posted June 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 Thanks very much. We did not have a scale with us... on shore in the van... so we only got the length and it was 11.5 " approximately... as you can see half his tail is missing... he is a scrapper and has narrowly escaped being eaten by pike likely... old codger!!! hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moemoe Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 Looks like a tasty bluegill to me..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Twister Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 It is in fact a hybrid BlueGill/Sunfish as I call them Sun Gill's and the Bioligist said it is common with high consentrations of the two; ) and do grow bigger then normal Gill's. Pauly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Babies Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 (edited) Yup, huge hybrid. Wow. As far as keying it out, the blue mottling on the face and orange spots on the lower flanks tell you that it's a pumpkinseed, but it lacks that red mark on the gill flap of a pure pumpkinseed. The coloration on that upper flanks is pretty typical for a bluegill, which is what they usually hybridize with. Edited June 29, 2009 by Burning Babies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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