Hybrid Bluegill??

  • boat
    SD
    Posts: 23
    June 22, 2017 at 8:54 pm #1700481

    Is this some sort of hybrid bluegill?

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    riverruns
    Inactive
    Posts: 2218
    June 22, 2017 at 9:14 pm #1700487

    Looks like a Green sunfish too me:???:

    And why is the kid holding it laying down? doah

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    June 23, 2017 at 6:47 am #1700503

    I was going to say a green sunfish too.

    I wish they would fix the picture thing.

    haleysgold
    SE MN
    Posts: 1467
    June 23, 2017 at 6:48 am #1700504

    Looks like a rock bass to me. Darker than normal. Maybe spawning?

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    June 23, 2017 at 7:44 am #1700517

    Can’t tell if it has a rock bass’s red eyes, but do rock bass get yellow in the tip of their fins like that?


    @aaronbye     can ID it for us.

    Evan Pheneger
    Hastings, MN
    Posts: 838
    June 23, 2017 at 7:49 am #1700519

    I would say its just a dark green. A giant and a beautiful one at that.

    MN DNR Fisheries – Lake City
    Lake CIty, MN
    Posts: 158
    June 23, 2017 at 8:22 am #1700524

    That is a very nice green sunfish in spawning coloration.

    They often hybridize with other sunfish species, but that one appears to just be a large green.

    Joe Scegura
    Alexandria MN
    Posts: 2758
    June 23, 2017 at 8:29 am #1700528
    MN DNR Fisheries – Lake City wrote:

    That is a very nice green sunfish in spawning coloration.

    X2

    This is not a rock bass. Rock bass do not have an ear and they have a different fin structure. (see picture) Very nice fish! I love the smile waytogo

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    Hoyt4
    NULL
    Posts: 1266
    June 23, 2017 at 8:31 am #1700530

    Thats a great greeny ,would like a few of those.

    404 ERROR
    MN
    Posts: 3918
    June 23, 2017 at 8:42 am #1700535

    That’s a big one! If it’s just over 10″, it could be a new SD record. Looks a little short, but it could be close!

    mr-special
    MPLS
    Posts: 696
    June 23, 2017 at 9:01 am #1700543

    that is a very very nice Greeny. i think they fight harder than or run of the mill sunny

    gary d
    cordova,il
    Posts: 1125
    June 23, 2017 at 3:49 pm #1700629

    Nice green, I would love to catch it on a fly rod and popper!!!

    biggill
    East Bethel, MN
    Posts: 11321
    June 23, 2017 at 7:41 pm #1700648

    Greenie for sure.

    This thread kinda kills the ongoing green sunfish joke. bawling

    riverruns
    Inactive
    Posts: 2218
    June 23, 2017 at 10:14 pm #1700657
    biggill wrote:

    This thread kinda kills the ongoing green sunfish joke.

    Crap, that’s the only reason I said Green Sunfish. crazy

    I had no idea what it was. doah

    Well at least someone woke up the kid holding it. jester waytogo

    Real Gill
    Posts: 1
    February 9, 2020 at 3:10 pm #1913693

    Green sunfish are commonly called rock bass in error. This link attached has an example of a true rock bass. The yellow or orange boarder on the fins and large mouth give it away as a green sunfish. Smaller green sunfish usually have thin blue lines on the cheek as well. https://fw.ky.gov/Fish/Pages/Rock-Bass.aspx

    moustachesteve
    Twin Cities
    Posts: 540
    February 10, 2020 at 9:13 am #1913974
    biggill wrote:

    Greenie for sure.

    This thread kinda kills the ongoing green sunfish joke. bawling

    At least we still have hose cat

    mahtofire14
    Mahtomedi, MN
    Posts: 11040
    February 10, 2020 at 7:09 pm #1914188

    rotflol

    I’m dying…..It actually is a green sunfish…. rotflol

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