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Someone ID please. I want to take a guess first. Pumpkinseed/Bluegill cross?
Hybrid Bluegill/Green. The Green gives it that elongate shape.
I love Greens and their hybrids… they are a unique sunfish due to their agression and their oversized mouth. They form a sort of bridge between the bass side (Micropterus) and the sunfish side (Lepomis) of Centrarchids. And then there’s the crappie branch of the family (Pomoxis).
But I digress.
The green sunfish is so freaking aggressive that it will hit on Rapala and/or Daredevils being used to target largemouth bass. I’ve had one hit so hard I actually thought it was a small bass… turns out it was a 6″ green with a serious attitude.
And yes, I admit that while I did know that the bass and sunnies are part of the same family I DID have to go to wikipedia to look up the binomial nomenclature for these guys.