Lets Play Name the Fish!

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Comment by Tony Livingston on September 19, 2012 at 2:59pm

Same here....New one for me also!

Comment by Jim Gronaw on September 19, 2012 at 1:29pm

I think Mike is right...spotted sunfish. I have never seen one!

Comment by Zach Pierce on September 19, 2012 at 12:29pm

I will go out on a limb and call it dinner.

Comment by Leo Nguyen on September 19, 2012 at 8:54am

Well hot dog! That one ones into my archival folder. Did not catch one of this when I was in FL. Simply amazing.

Comment by Jacob Hill on September 19, 2012 at 6:34am

good call guys, i sure couldn't get it

Comment by Lee on September 19, 2012 at 5:31am

 Gentlemen I believe we have a Winner.....or at least Mike calls them the same thing I do,

 Spotted Sunfish this particular one is paler than normal and has an interesting turquise tint around the gill flap. Maybe because he came out of a spring run that has a hi mineral and salt content?

 The Variety of Bream/Panfish never cease to amaze me and some of them are just downright pretty!

Comment by Leo Nguyen on September 18, 2012 at 8:41pm

I think it may be a genetic spliced with a hint of trout genetic? That is one puzzling looking thing.

Comment by Jim Gronaw on September 18, 2012 at 8:14pm

I'm pretty sure it is a hybrid of some kind, but not a pure green sunfish...lacks fin edging and crescent on the ear tab. Large mouth does lean toward a green sunfish parent, but the spotting on the cheeks, gill plate and below the pectoral fins are indeed unique. Lack of barring is another puzzle...

Anybody else got a hunch?

Comment by John Sheehan on September 18, 2012 at 8:06pm

Really !!In mine neck of the woods they look like this:

Comment by Tony Livingston on September 18, 2012 at 6:04pm

Hmmm. I'm drawing a blank...... large mouth like a Greenie, Warmouth, or Rockbass, but the color and pattern is all wrong for any of those.

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