Blackgill?

[AnglerX]

Here's an interesting Hybrid greensunfish I caught that was almost completely black.

http://www.nefga.org/forum/picture.php?albumid=530&pictureid=10972

[Jeremy R. Mayo]

Bet that one come from some DARK WATER!

[10.5" RES Sharon]

I would have called that a coppernose cause of the roundness and dark color. But then, someone took a picture recently of an orangish coppernose and posted it. I still have trouble telling the different BG apart, it seems. Would have called the orangish one a pumpkinseed.

[bluegillboogieman]

Very large mouth on the subject fish.

I've caught a lot of black gills under the trees in my fav cypress ponds. They are so black it comes off on your hands. The tannin from the annual bark shedding I suppose. I've thought of giving one a rinse under a light spray just to see what color it really was.