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The following words are used to describe a bluegill.

Scientific name: Lepomis macrochirus
'Gill
Bream
Brim
BG
Perch

The following words describe a redear sunfish.

Scientific name: Lepomis microlophus
Shellcracker
'Cracker
Government brim
RES
Chinquapin
Stumpknocker (thanks for the reminder, Theo)

The following words are descriptive for largemouth bass.


Scientific name: Micropterus salmoides
LMB
Green carp
Bluegill management device

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Comment by SteveGibson on November 18, 2008 at 7:27pm
In my neck of the woods, a stumpknocker is a spotted sunfish and not a shellcracker!
Comment by Bruce Condello on October 13, 2008 at 10:27am
Great post, Zig! I am laughing my "you know what" off.
Comment by Zig on October 13, 2008 at 6:54am
A northern's view (the trash talk):

Lepomis macrochirus - aka "great time and good eats"
'gill - abbreviation for those of us too lazy to type or say bluegill
bream - definately a southern thing.
brim - what the front part of a baseball cap is called
BG - Internet term for bluegill used by those even lazier then 'gill users
perch - a much differnet species of fish, under a completely seperate family of fish.


Lepomis microlophus - see Lepomis macrochirus
shellcracker - yep, that's what we call 'em
'cracker - say that in any city 'round here and be prepared to start dodging bullets
government brim - Area 51 stockings?
RES - Red-eared sunfish..........laziness, sheer laziness
Chinquapin -reads like a dog breed; however, I'm pretty sure Bruce merely sneezed and hasn't gotten the chance to edit the spelling on this one yet.

Micropterus salmoides - Most over-commercialized and over-fished species in sport angling
LMB - good thing you're not my child; I'd have you outside running around.
green carp - This and brown carp any panfish angler can define. The mouth and fin structure is somewhat different from the carp family I'm accustomed to however.
bluegill management device - I've been referred to as this a few times over the years. Never really thought they were actually calling me a bass...................no wonder they laughed during the conversations.


Question on the "stumpknocker" term: Can you actually hear them bumping structure, or is that a myth to justify the name?
Comment by Theo Gallus on October 13, 2008 at 5:38am
Don't forget "Stumpknocker" for Redears

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