Redear Hybrid?

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Comment by BradH on December 14, 2008 at 5:42pm

After I caught him I looked on the internet while the image was fresh in my mind and the conclusion I came to was that the fish was most likely a redear and not a hybrid but the pointed nose has me wondering. I doubt this lake has ever been stocked and the only other sunfish I caught were bluegill, warmouth and bass. I wish I had a real camera instead of a cell phone but at least I got a shot of this guy before i put him back in the lake. This guy hit like a freight train and made me think I had a 2 to 3 pound bass on.

Comment by Bruce Condello on December 14, 2008 at 12:17pm

I'm going out on a limb here, because it's impossible to be certain, but I'm going to say that's a pure redear male. The distinctiveness of red border on the eartab indicates to me that there aren't any other lepomid genes that are at work here.

Comment by Bill "Musky" Modica on December 12, 2008 at 11:32pm

Looks like a nice healthy/hungry Redear.