Check Out The Emerald Green Cheeks on this Flier……8/29/2025
They kind of have a distinctive black line under the eye similar to a chain pickerel but not as…
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HBG are predominantly male, however females certainly do exist... here is a pic of 8 pretty ladies caught in one of my own ponds. All gravid, all weighed between 12 and 18 ozs. Since I do not desire any offspring from these fish, they were not released... That decision was not easily reached...
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Comment by Jim Gronaw on December 8, 2011 at 9:23pm
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Hey Tony...isn't the survival rate of second generation hybrid sunfish rather low, thus allowing for catch and release fishing for the big girls with low recruitment numbers?
I see spawning beds in one of our ponds that is dominated by bluegill/green sunfish hybs, but I never seem to see any smaller offspring in the mix over the past 7 to 8 years.
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Comment by Tony Livingston on December 8, 2011 at 8:34pm
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No, these fish are a cross between a Bluegill, and a Green Sunfish.
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Comment by Troy Dorman on December 8, 2011 at 8:13pm
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Are these a Redear/Bluegill cross? Those are some hosses for sure.
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