WHAT KIND OF FISH DID I CATCH?

I’m new to fishing and I am wondering what are these two fishes. I think there different. help pls

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They seem to be bluegills (if I had to guess).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegill

Image 45 (on the left) is a Red Ear, Shell Cracker. Image 44 (on the right) is a Bluegill.

The left pic looks to me what i call a roach,, cross between a rockbass and a sunfish.

Upon further reflection the one on the left is mosty likely a hybrid bluegil/sunnie cross.
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The one on the left is a type of Pumpkinseed Hybrid. The picture may be deceiving, but it looks like the red/orange in the gillflap isn’t as prevalent as a pure Pumpkinseed. Some Pumpkinseed strains have larger mouths, but they are generally found down south.

Pumpkinseed and bluegill.

Isn’t the first one a green sunfish?

First one is a green sunfish, 2nd is pumpkin seed, no doubt.

Huntindave wrote:

Image 45 (on the left) is a Red Ear, Shell Cracker. Image 44 (on the right) is a Bluegill.

huntindave:

You were correct the first time, red ear and bluegill.

ClearCreek

Green Sunfish on the left.

tweed

Sorry, but neither of those are a redear, not even close.

John, while many people have been close the first fish is a GREEN SUNFISH and the second is a bluegill (and a male one at that).

The fish on the left is a Green Sunfish, fish on the right is a Male Blue Gill as Evan said.

Yes male gills typically have the orange chest and females yellow. How one could say a bluegill is a pumpkinseed is beyond me.

I still smile every time “green sunfish” comes up. I hope this one goes to multiple pages as well.

Growing up sun fishing with my grand parents 40+ years ago we only had two kinds of sunfish. Keepers or tossers. So I would say 1 = tosser and 2 = keeper.

I can see why you guys are saying the fish in the left photo is a green sunfish, the reason I called it a red ear was the size of the mouth. The mouth just looks too small for a green sunfish.

The fish does appear to have a rounded pectoral fin, characteristic of a green sunfish. It would be nice to be able to see all the fins not back lighted to see if the fins have the light yellowish margin that green sunfish have.

Buffalo Fishhead

john23 wrote:

I still smile every time “green sunfish” comes up. I hope this one goes to multiple pages as well.

Me too!!!

Mark

They are both brim.

They’re both panfish…

So if the op’s question has been answered, what is the purpose of continuing this discussion?

Denny O wrote:

So if the op’s question has been answered, what is the purpose of continuing this discussion?

Good question, maybe you should start a topic on that.

Denny O wrote:

So if the op’s question has been answered, what is the purpose of continuing this discussion?

Good question, maybe you should start a topic on that.