Don't know what these are.....

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Comment by dick tabbert on September 1, 2017 at 7:13pm

Hybrid bluegill. Stock some in my pond but seems all the trace genetics is all gone now.

Comment by Terry Hutcheson on September 1, 2017 at 6:45pm

These fish are naturally occurring blue Gill green sunfish cross, one of the lakes I fish have many large specimens. Nebraska game and parks are going to stock these hybrids as part of their stocking program.

Comment by LedHed on July 23, 2017 at 11:19am

Thnx for the info Adam.

Comment by Slip Sinker on July 4, 2017 at 8:00am

nice beastly looking panfish... look at that mouth... no problem handling any bait

Comment by carl hendrix on July 3, 2017 at 8:38pm

WE CALL THESE; (( SUNNIES ) IN MY AREA;; ALSO;; IF I CATCH ENOUGH OF THEM;; IN DESCENT SIZE;; I CALL THEM;;; DINNER !!

Comment by Adam Rink on July 2, 2017 at 5:40pm

A couple other things that make me think hybrid on this fish are the cheek striations and those dorsal spines. I've yet to catch a greenie with such pronounced white-tipped dorsal spines, like many of your coppernose exhibit.

And those cheeks look a little different from the pure greenies I catch. The marking on the green sunfish I get are pencil thin whereas those on the hybrids tend to be bolder. Here's a greenie from I caught last year showing similar marking to the fish Jim posted a pic of. More characteristics of a pure greenie are shorter and more rounded pectoral fins, longer overall dynamics and a very large mouth.

The bottom fish is a hybrid, albeit crossed with a northern bluegill.

This is just what I'm seeing anyway. Regardless of what exactly this fish is, it's a great fish.

Comment by jim cosgrove on July 2, 2017 at 12:59pm

 pictureright 

Comment by Jeff Soto on July 2, 2017 at 12:59pm

These fish are super territorial.  They have their own "property lines" which they will violently defend!  We made the mistake of putting two of these pretty fish in a large aquarium, and quickly one of them became the dominate fish, killing the other sunfish in a very short time.  Didn't seem to bother the cichlids, it just went after the other Green Sunfish!

Comment by jim cosgrove on July 2, 2017 at 12:59pm

Comment by jim cosgrove on July 2, 2017 at 12:55pm

sorry wrong pic.

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