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Caught this at a little local lake in South Texas. Looks like a bluegill to me, my friends disagree. Any opinions?

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Comment by Chris Salmon on June 9, 2012 at 7:20pm

nice looking redear

Comment by Vince Fusco on June 6, 2012 at 8:41pm

Wow! You have a real good shellcracker there Steven. Did you per chance measure it?

Comment by Jim Gronaw on June 6, 2012 at 8:18pm

Giant spawning female red ear! Great fish!

Comment by dick tabbert on June 6, 2012 at 7:29pm

It looks like a shellcracker Steven and a big one at that.

Comment by Leo Nguyen on June 6, 2012 at 5:20pm

Looks like a crappie at first alright. But definitely redear..a mutant version that is.

Comment by Angelo C Mastrando Jr. on June 6, 2012 at 5:03pm

1st glance it looked like a crappie, I agree with David cross between a red ear and a crappie. 

Comment by Ronnie M. on June 6, 2012 at 4:29pm

That's a nice shellcracker.

Comment by Tony Livingston on June 6, 2012 at 3:30pm

Nice Redear!

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on June 6, 2012 at 3:25pm

I don't know what it is but at first glance thought it was a crappie till I looked at the smallness of the mouth. HOW ABOUT A CROSS between a red ear and a crappie.? I don't even know if that's possible .

Comment by Jacob Hill on June 6, 2012 at 3:14pm

that is an enormous redear sunfish... like enormous. also known as a shellcracker.

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