Another Fighter…..5/19/2024
Although quite Breezy…..once the heavy rain moved out overnight….I wanted to get out a bit…..a lot…
Do you love big bluegill?
Elvis!
Views: 51
Comment
-
Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on June 3, 2012 at 2:55pm
-
Nice side burns on "Elvis"...big opercle!
-
Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on November 25, 2011 at 7:00am
-
I'm not certain there is a correlation between a males size and the ear flap (opercle) size. I thought that the ear flap is a reliable male feature. But I'm not so sure now. Ive been looking in my books and on the net and cannot find that in writing.
Some seem to believe that it can be regraded as a sign of age, i.e., the opercle gets bigger as the fish does... but even that appears to only be a general condition.
The one thing the ear flap seems reliable for is to identify the particular species of sunfish. Bluegill seem to universally possess an all-black opercle.
Maybe someone can ferret out the fact of it.
-
-
I've always wandered how a particular fish would have a large ear flap.....I've caught large fish with little flaps and smaller fish with large flaps. Don't know if males have the big ear flap to run off enemies while guarding the bed, etc. Does anyone know the science of it all? Thanks.
Latest Activity
"All of Saturday was washed out and it rained into early Sunday….waited to splash until 2:30….a lot of fish activity in the creek I fished…"
First Spawners of the Year
"We're behind too, specially now with the chilly, rainy weather during most of May."
waywayanda Spinnerbait Pickerel
"Thanks Men, the Spinnerbait is finding them for sure. Great bait to search with and keep moving…"
Stunning Colors on This Redbreast Sunfish…….5/16/2024
"The Shenendoah River has some beautiful turquoise finned RBS!"
Stunning Colors on This Redbreast Sunfish…….5/16/2024
"Excellent Jeff. I usually catch them in the Wanaque River Headwaters from the Greenwood Lake Dam.…"
Stunning Colors on This Redbreast Sunfish…….5/16/2024
"Thanks John….I appreciate every RBS I catch…….Growing up in Louisiana I only…"
Stunning Colors on This Redbreast Sunfish…….5/16/2024
With so many Coppernose on the Albemarle…..it’s a pleasant sight to catch the growing RBS ……love…
The Highly Desired “Whales” or Jumbo Soft Shells…..5/15/2024
"Love them……friends and family love when I cook soft shells…….
This is a…"
Murray Bridges Watches Over His Salt Water Tanks a Few Years Back…
"Thanks John….one of my first jobs growing up in Louisiana was at a seafood market working…"
© 2024 Created by Bluegill.
Powered by
You need to be a member of Bluegill - Big Bluegill to add comments!
Join Bluegill - Big Bluegill