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Comment by Jason Preslar on February 4, 2013 at 8:28am

Young redear is what it looks like to me

Comment by David Wester on February 3, 2013 at 4:26pm

Mike- just looked at a bunch of pics of orangespotted sunfish and it looks like a real close match.
Another one of the great reasons I like bluegill fishing- the variety of fish that you can pull off the same stump.

Comment by Tony Livingston on February 3, 2013 at 4:13pm

Crappie and BG also aren't likely to hybridize for a reason other than physiology....they spawn at very different times of the year.

That fish appears to have quite the pedigree.......

Comment by Mike Way on February 3, 2013 at 3:45pm

kinda matches this pic of an orange spotted

http://www.americanfishes.com/category/Bass--Sunfish-10

Comment by Walt Foreman on February 3, 2013 at 3:28pm

Looks more like a redear than anything, though it could also be an orangespotted sunfish.

Comment by David Wester on February 3, 2013 at 3:00pm

Mark- maybe but after looking at a lot of flier pics, it just doesn't match. All the fliers seemed to have the typical green/yellow/brown color of the gill with brown spots. This fish definitely has the silver skin and spots of a crappie.

Comment by Mark Stine on February 3, 2013 at 2:41pm

can't be certain from the photo but I wanna go with flier.

Comment by David Wester on February 3, 2013 at 2:32pm

Yes, It was very strange. It has the eyes and spots of a crappie but the color and shape of a gill. I hope some others have an opinion also.

Comment by David Wester on February 3, 2013 at 1:45pm

Anyone ever seen one like this? It really looks like a crappie/bluegill hybrid.