North Carolina state record green sunfush

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Comment by Jim Gronaw on September 13, 2010 at 6:07pm

I'm no biologist, but I think Walt is right...that fish does look alot like the magnum hybs we catch in some central Maryland ponds. Greenies have huge mouths compared to other sunfish species. Check out these pics of an 11 inch greenie I got a few weeks ago...

Comment by Walt Foreman on September 13, 2010 at 5:46pm

That fish looks more like a hybrid bluegill, i.e. green sunfish-bluegill cross, to me. The mouth is too small for a green sunfish, which have mouths almost as large proportionate to their bodies as largemouth bass; and, its body is too compressiform, too rounded like a bluegill, whereas green sunfish have a very elongated body shape, again like a largemouth.

Comment by Robert Bowles on September 13, 2010 at 11:39am

Nice fish!

Comment by Zach Pierce on September 13, 2010 at 11:02am

So how big is this fish?

Comment by anthony winkler on March 21, 2009 at 9:41pm

Nice catch!!!

Comment by iced-one on March 17, 2009 at 6:35pm

great catch

Comment by IceWarriorGill on March 17, 2009 at 4:00pm

Gorgeous monster sunfish of a lifetime!!!! Congrats to the lucky angler!!! Thanks for sharing this photo, Mountain Man, it serves for inspiration to all of us!!!! Jared's exactly right by the way, as the Green Sunfish typically has one of the largest mouths of all the sunfish and can eat much larger baits than most other sunfish (except the Crappie, ha! ha!)

Comment by Jared Kerr on March 17, 2009 at 2:52pm

Thats a tank, its got mouth of a crappie. NICE CATCH!!!!!!

Comment by Eric White on March 17, 2009 at 10:50am

I didnt actually catch this fish i posted it because Jim Gronaw's hybrid picture looks vert similar to this green sunfish and it makes me wonder of that fish is a greenie or a mix like 90%- 10%

Comment by Ray Danders on March 17, 2009 at 10:27am

That's a beauty Mountain Man. State records don't fall every day!

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