2012 Panfish Photos

  • kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    June 1, 2012 at 5:48 pm #1072908

    That pumkinseed is very close to a state record.

    tccat
    Minneapolis, MN.
    Posts: 195
    June 1, 2012 at 6:46 pm #1072924

    It may be a hybrid.

    Rob_Bethke
    Lakeville,Mn
    Posts: 8
    June 4, 2012 at 8:28 am #1073369

    One of my favorite lakes for Pan Fishing. Considered a “Heritage Fishery” Nothing under 11″ I wish I would have taken a pic of the gills and crappies in hand but we were having so much fun reeling in fish I guess we forgot lol I usually like to catch and release but its great to have a big fish fry with friend’s and Family. The Crappie on ice that I’m comparing to my hand was caught on Lake Minnetonka (Six Mile Creek) one of my Favorite Lakes! 2012 Crappie Contest





    justinhall03
    Posts: 6
    June 28, 2012 at 3:16 pm #1079523

    This is a good looking fish I caught a few weeks ago

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    June 28, 2012 at 3:21 pm #1079527

    Someone ID please. I want to take a guess first. Pumpkinseed/Bluegill cross?

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    June 28, 2012 at 3:25 pm #1079529

    Hybrid Bluegill

    I love the colors in thier face and fins

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    June 28, 2012 at 5:27 pm #1079608

    Quote:

    Hybrid Bluegill
    I love the colors in thier face and fins


    X2 I’ve seen them before and the colors almost make it look like a coral reef fish in freshwater.

    armchairdeity
    Phoenix, AZ, formerly from the NW 'Burbs, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    Posts: 1620
    July 10, 2012 at 4:31 am #1082518

    Quote:

    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.

    bosman
    DeSoto, WI
    Posts: 914
    July 13, 2012 at 8:37 pm #1083952

    Some pannies that learned a lesson the hard way the last few weeks.


    armchairdeity
    Phoenix, AZ, formerly from the NW 'Burbs, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    Posts: 1620
    July 14, 2012 at 4:52 pm #1084135

    Nice bluegills!

    bosman
    DeSoto, WI
    Posts: 914
    July 14, 2012 at 10:58 pm #1084200

    Squat & I filled the tailgate up today

    armchairdeity
    Phoenix, AZ, formerly from the NW 'Burbs, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    Posts: 1620
    July 15, 2012 at 1:52 pm #1084259

    Nice catch! Looks like it’s gonna be good eats for you guys!

    Ralph Wiggum
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 11764
    July 15, 2012 at 8:11 pm #1084328

    The predators were sluggish today, but I stumbled upon a hot bite. I haven’t targeted pannies in a long time, but I was catching these about as fast as I wanted. Decided to bring a few home for some fish tacos!

    That’s my wife’s hand, not mine, BTW.

    armchairdeity
    Phoenix, AZ, formerly from the NW 'Burbs, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    Posts: 1620
    July 15, 2012 at 8:13 pm #1084333

    Man it’s been a long time since I hooked into any panfish of that quality.

    Congrats!

    armchairdeity
    Phoenix, AZ, formerly from the NW 'Burbs, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    Posts: 1620
    July 18, 2012 at 6:02 am #1085186

    A few more pics from the night I took my daughter out…

    The one was a big “buck” green sunfish hybrid… fought like a big bass.

    The pumpkinseed was just pretty.

    The little one, well, I have no idea how it even got the hook in its mouth. The whole fish was only a little bigger than my thumb!



    Dave Koonce
    Moderator
    Prairie du Chien Wi.
    Posts: 6946
    August 12, 2012 at 8:53 pm #1091664

    Mille Lacs has Gills !!

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    August 13, 2012 at 11:58 am #1091751

    Way to go Panfish Whisperer!

    john-o
    Hastings, MN
    Posts: 144
    August 13, 2012 at 12:31 pm #1091760

    Photo holding an honest 11″ personal best. The one on my lap was 10+.

    Sharon
    Moderator
    SE Metro
    Posts: 5455
    August 13, 2012 at 7:23 pm #1091900

    Quote:

    Photo holding an honest 11″ personal best. The one on my lap was 10+.


    Holy sunfish!

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    August 14, 2012 at 12:13 am #1091941

    Those are a couple of beauts too. You people are making me jealous.

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    August 27, 2012 at 4:21 pm #1095086

    My good friend Randy made a trip from the SE corner of Wisconsin to check out the wing dam bite on Pool 8. I don’t think he was disapointed

    average-joe
    Hudson, WI
    Posts: 2376
    August 28, 2012 at 5:29 am #1095255

    Nice fish!!

    Great color

    john-o
    Hastings, MN
    Posts: 144
    September 3, 2012 at 8:19 pm #1096403

    Two big males about 30 seconds apart, nice 10.5

    armchairdeity
    Phoenix, AZ, formerly from the NW 'Burbs, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    Posts: 1620
    September 10, 2012 at 8:14 pm #1097790

    Dude, nice fish.

    I keep wanting to target them in my favorite pannie-and-northern lake, but it’s a 90-minute drive and hauling the boat that far is a pain… but I think we just may pull it off for an end-of-season outing.

    Hopefully I can match you for this one.

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