For those of you looking to tie into a few sunfish, the time is now in the north region. Stuck this giant last week that was knocking on the 2# door…
June 23, 2011 at 4:14 am
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Sunfish are Going…
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June 23, 2011 at 4:16 am #975521
WOW!
June 23, 2011 at 4:25 am #975523Awesome Matt! Great eatin’!
June 23, 2011 at 4:49 am #975524is that a green or pumpkin sunfish?? nice pattern on that 1!
June 23, 2011 at 10:12 am #975537Nice
June 23, 2011 at 10:51 am #975543Holy crap!
June 23, 2011 at 11:46 am #975551Quote:
Awesome Matt! Great eatin’!
EATING?????? That’s one for the wall. Throw that puppy back and call Artistic Anglers. Beautiful fish.
June 23, 2011 at 12:08 pm #975558what is that thing?!
June 23, 2011 at 12:16 pm #975560Quote:
what is that thing?!
Almost looks like a Green Sunfish/Pumpkinseed Hybrid.
June 23, 2011 at 12:23 pm #975562Nish fish Matt.
The lake you and I use to fish while you were in college is giving up those dandy gills we use to catch.
June 23, 2011 at 1:04 pm #975576WOW. A true monster.
Looks like a pumpkin to me.
June 23, 2011 at 1:10 pm #975582Quote:
WOW. A true monster.
Looks like a pumpkin to me.
Yeah, I don’t think it is. The MN state Pupmkinseed is only 1 pound 6 ounces.June 23, 2011 at 1:35 pm #975588Quote:
Looks like a pumpkin to me.
Really? Here’s a pumpkinseed for comparison. That one has no orange on the gill flap.Vertical bars, black gill flap, small mouth–all points to bluegill to me
June 23, 2011 at 1:54 pm #975598I would go along with the bluegill due to it’s size.
It would shatter the state record for many of the others.
Maybe some sort of hybrid also.
June 23, 2011 at 2:06 pm #975601I got to get up to my sisters cabin. The panfish, while not that huge, are all big. Too bad it is such a rarity these days. At least it seems pretty rare unless you go a long ways.
June 23, 2011 at 2:15 pm #975605Take me fishing……..
June 23, 2011 at 3:04 pm #975631That fish is a true stud, as are you Matt for catching him!!!
Joel
June 23, 2011 at 3:28 pm #975656Since I work with MJ can I call Shenanigans?? 2 pounds?? Or the real question is what is the definition of closing in on 2 pounds?
June 23, 2011 at 3:56 pm #975680They look way cool when there body is trying to out grow there face
Nice fishJune 23, 2011 at 4:02 pm #975683Quote:
They look way cool when there body is trying to out grow there face
Nice fish
Ha! That has to be the best description I have ever heard for big sunfish.
June 23, 2011 at 4:13 pm #975692Quote:
Since I work with MJ can I call Shenanigans?? 2 pounds?? Or the real question is what is the definition of closing in on 2 pounds?
Any gill that I would weigh, rather than tape, is closing in on 2lbs. Chris, have him take you there and prove it!
Joel
June 23, 2011 at 6:04 pm #975758Looks like a bluegill/pumpkinseed hybrid.
June 23, 2011 at 10:29 pm #975870very nice!
June 24, 2011 at 4:52 am #975959Quote:
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Since I work with MJ can I call Shenanigans?? 2 pounds?? Or the real question is what is the definition of closing in on 2 pounds?
Any gill that I would weigh, rather than tape, is closing in on 2lbs. Chris, have him take you there and prove it!
Joel
haha, no, Ill make sure MJ keeps his secrets from me!
Helluva fish, I just like chapping a bit!
June 24, 2011 at 11:52 pm #976171That’s a beauty, MJ5! Nice hybrid bluegill/pumpkin there. Hybrids sure do grow!
June 26, 2011 at 2:59 am #976297Breuer is right on the money… it’s a hybrid… I thought it was a pumpkin but not quite…
And just for the record, it weighed in at 1 pound 15 ounces and measured 11 7/8 inches… so maybe not “quite” 2 pounds there Wallace
And yes, it’s still swimming
June 26, 2011 at 6:08 am #976308Matt, you’re still the panfish YODA!!!! Nice fish.
June 27, 2011 at 5:21 am #976437Quote:
Breuer is right on the money… it’s a hybrid… I thought it was a pumpkin but not quite…
And just for the record, it weighed in at 1 pound 15 ounces and measured 11 7/8 inches… so maybe not “quite” 2 pounds there Wallace
And yes, it’s still swimming
Good stuff mj! Why didnt Jack catch it?
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