CA panfish

[dave in el dorado ca]

i have a sister thread over at pondboss, and thought something similar would be cool here....

this fish was caught by a guy on another fishing forum i am a member of. i thought y'all would get a kick out of it.

the pondboss experts (thanks bruce and others) believe this fish to have mixed RES and BG genetics. it weighed over 2 lbs and was caught in a private community lake outside the sacramento area....feel free to chime in with more ID opinions.........thanks

man this thing is a PIG!
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isnt there a preview function here?? guess not, hope this works, if it doesnt bear w/ me, i'll fix it.

[dave in el dorado ca]

maybe this works......

[Jim Gronaw]

That is an absolutely amazing fish, and it does appear to be a red-ear/bluegill hybrid. Wow, we sure are seeing a lot of big hybrid sunfish species showing up on this site! This fish seems to have the body profile that most resembles the red-ear. Great, great fish!

[Bluegill Chaser]

These fish exhibit "aspects of lepomis". That, and they're beautiful.

[dave in el dorado ca]

ha ha!!

i see what you did there mr. chaser :)

when i have some more time, i'll keep adding to the thread. norcal waters grow some nice fish.