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Same here....New one for me also!
I think Mike is right...spotted sunfish. I have never seen one!
I will go out on a limb and call it dinner.
Well hot dog! That one ones into my archival folder. Did not catch one of this when I was in FL. Simply amazing.
good call guys, i sure couldn't get it
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!
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?
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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