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Pkfish49 reply :

I know the second from the top is a Yellow Perch. Can somebody please verify that the top fish is a Largemouth Bass. Also, is the bottom fish a Bluegill and the one next to it a Pumpkinseed Sunfish.

Thanks

Tyler21 reply :

The top fish is a Largemouth bass

Megastink reply :

Both bottom fish are bluegill. I believe the very bottom is a make, and the one above it a female. That largemouth doesn't look very big. I hope it was the minimum size to keep.

Pkfish49 reply :

On 6/24/2017 at 9:26 AM, Megastink said:

Both bottom fish are bluegill. I believe the very bottom is a make, and the one above it a female. That largemouth doesn't look very big. I hope it was the minimum size to keep.

New York State's Minimum is 12 inches and this one came in around 17 inches. Maybe the original camera angle makes it look smaller. Here is some proof:

Thanks

Megastink reply :

Your pan fish must have been huge!

WRB reply :

LMB

Yellow perch

Female blue gill

Male Blue gill

Bluebasser86 reply :

On 6/24/2017 at 1:05 PM, WRB said:

LMB

Yellow perch

Female blue gill

Male Blue gill

BigAngus752 reply :

What do the bluegill in your area eat? Children?

Brian Miller reply :

Those are some big bluegill!

bagofdonuts reply :

Looks like dinner to me.

Karma reply :

this is a longear sunfish... for future reference a pumpkin seed looks very similar but has a red/bright orange marking towards the back of the black ear marking. I caught probably 20 or so the other day to bring home and stock my pond. My bass are hungry

NCbassraider reply :

I've got massive blue gill in my lake. That's a 5" jerkbait this guy tries to eat. They attack all the bass baits. I've been told to get them out to protect the bass population but I find it hard to cull a fish that has lived this long.

FamilyFishinFood reply :

Thats crazy... ever tried fishing bluegill swimbaits?

FreddoB reply :

I catch pumpkinseed on lakes here in North NJ and they're easy to tell from bluegill. Try doing a Google search of "bluegill or pumpkinseed" and look a the differences. I find the pumpkinseed to be much "brighter" and the ear flap at rear of gill cover has red on it. But that said, you have "pig fish for bluegill"! Hang on to your rod well, they put up quite a fight for their sizes!

NCbassraider reply :

On 6/27/2017 at 11:52 AM, FamilyFishinFood said:

Thats crazy... ever tried fishing bluegill swimbaits?

All the time. Any bait with bluegill coloration does well here.

frosty reply :

On 6/27/2017 at 11:25 AM, NCbassraider said:

I've got massive blue gill in my lake. That's a 5" jerkbait this guy tries to eat. They attack all the bass baits. I've been told to get them out to protect the bass population but I find it hard to cull a fish that has lived this long.

A bluegill was my first catch on a new megabass vision 110 jr jerkbait, I caught 5 or 6 on a yo-zuri jerkbait. I think if a bluegills mouth got as big as a basses, well I think the fish population would be in trouble!

Weedless reply :

This is a pumpkinseed.

Pkfish49 reply :

Yours is easy to identify, but in my neck of the woods, the Pumpkinseeds are much closer looking to Bluegills. Check out these. They are clearly Pumpkinseed because of the red dots on the opercular flap, but the coloring is darker than yours.

RoLo reply :

On 7/5/2017 at 7:58 AM, Pkfish49 said:

Yours is easy to identify, but in my neck of the woods, the Pumpkinseeds are much closer looking to Bluegills. Check out these. They are clearly Pumpkinseed because of the red dots on the opercular flap, but the coloring is darker than yours.

Those are some chunky pumpkinseeds!

Roger

Pkfish49 reply :

On 7/5/2017 at 8:15 AM, RoLo said:

Those are some chunky pumpkinseeds!

Roger

Ty - You are the second poster here who commented that I've caught large panfish. I just picked up freshwater fishing after a long absence and didn't realize I was landing such nice-sized fish.

d-camarena reply :

Lol that lm is obviously large enough. People go crazy when people post pics of fish they keep

RoLo reply :

On 7/5/2017 at 8:25 AM, Pkfish49 said:

Ty - You are the second poster here who commented that I've caught large panfish. I just picked up freshwater fishing after a long absence and didn't realize I was landing such nice-sized fish.

In many waters, pumpkinseeds only run around 4 or 5".

The one in your photo is probably equivalent to an 8-lb bass

the reel ess reply :

I think they're both bluegills, of the opposite gender. When one of the sexes gets large it turns very dark as you have there. Nice fish.

It's very rare for us to see yellow perch in SC, but they are here. They just don't seem to follow the patters of crappie or bluegill so we don't catch them much. I bet I've caught fewer than 10 my entire "career" and never a good size one. When I was young, we called the green perch.

On 6/28/2017 at 7:07 AM, frosty said:

A bluegill was my first catch on a new megabass vision 110 jr jerkbait, I caught 5 or 6 on a yo-zuri jerkbait. I think if a bluegills mouth got as big as a basses, well I think the fish population would be in trouble!

Here we catch them on the smallest Rapala jointed minnow and Rooster Tails.

Pkfish49 reply :

On 7/5/2017 at 8:22 PM, the reel ess said:

I think they're both bluegills, of the opposite gender. When one of the sexes gets large it turns very dark as you have there. Nice fish.

It's very rare for us to see yellow perch in SC, but they are here. They just don't seem to follow the patters of crappie or bluegill so we don't catch them much. I bet I've caught fewer than 10 my entire "career" and never a good size one. When I was young, we called the green perch.

Here we catch them on the smallest Rapala jointed minnow and Rooster Tails.

Whatever those two were, I caught them on nightcrawler worms. That lake is so weedy with so many lily pads that I couldn't throw any lures without getting them snagged on almost every cast. When I get better technique, I'll figure out some working "weedless" setups. In another lake, I did catch more of these and other panfish with the same wally diver lures that the bass were going after. I had also thought that those 2 were Pumpkinseed Sunfish, because some fish that I know for certain were Bluegills tasted much better than these, but I caught them in a much, much bigger lake and maybe their better diet contributed to the taste.

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SuperCorona reply :

On 7/5/2017 at 8:22 PM, the reel ess said:

I think they're both bluegills, of the opposite gender. When one of the sexes gets large it turns very dark as you have there. Nice fish.

It's very rare for us to see yellow perch in SC, but they are here. They just don't seem to follow the patters of crappie or bluegill so we don't catch them much. I bet I've caught fewer than 10 my entire "career" and never a good size one. When I was young, we called the green perch.

Here we catch them on the smallest Rapala jointed minnow and Rooster Tails.

I caught my first SC yellow perch a few weeks ago with a little crappie jig tipped with a cricket on the freshwater side at Bushy Park/Cooper River. I knew what it was, but I didn't think there were any in SC. It was about 8" long.

boostr reply :

On 7/5/2017 at 7:58 AM, Pkfish49 said:

Yours is easy to identify, but in my neck of the woods, the Pumpkinseeds are much closer looking to Bluegills. Check out these. They are clearly Pumpkinseed because of the red dots on the opercular flap, but the coloring is darker than yours.

Could also be Red ear sunfish. Redear and Ps can be tough to distinguish sometimes. Some people say that Red ear are southern Ps.

boostr reply :

On 6/27/2017 at 3:02 PM, FreddoB said:

I catch pumpkinseed on lakes here in North NJ and they're easy to tell from bluegill. Try doing a Google search of "bluegill or pumpkinseed" and look a the differences. I find the pumpkinseed to be much "brighter" and the ear flap at rear of gill cover has red on it. But that said, you have "pig fish for bluegill"! Hang on to your rod well, they put up quite a fight for their

There is a spot in Rockaway off of Green Pond Rd where they have some giant gills for up here.

the reel ess reply :

On 7/12/2017 at 7:04 PM, SuperCorona said:

I caught my first SC yellow perch a few weeks ago with a little crappie jig tipped with a cricket on the freshwater side at Bushy Park/Cooper River. I knew what it was, but I didn't think there were any in SC. It was about 8" long.

Yeah, I never caught one much bigger than 5" in my whole life.

SuperCorona reply :

On 7/14/2017 at 2:32 AM, boostr said:

Could also be Red ear sunfish. Redear and Ps can be tough to distinguish sometimes. Some people say that Red ear are southern Ps.

Those look like shellcrackers.

the reel ess reply :

Here's a handy chart showing the difference between shellcrackers (redear sunfish) and pumpkinseeds, among others. And I understand shellcrackers get a good bit larger. They also have a different diet as one's name implies.

Largemouth21 reply :

On 6/27/2017 at 11:25 AM, NCbassraider said:

I've got massive blue gill in my lake. That's a 5" jerkbait this guy tries to eat. They attack all the bass baits. I've been told to get them out to protect the bass population but I find it hard to cull a fish that has lived this long.

bass and bluegill thrive together when in the same body of water. I don't think you need to remove them.

On 6/27/2017 at 10:54 AM, Karma said:

this is a longear sunfish... for future reference a pumpkin seed looks very similar but has a red/bright orange marking towards the back of the black ear marking. I caught probably 20 or so the other day to bring home and stock my pond. My bass are hungry

that would be a good aquarium fish. Never seen one with that coloring

Karma reply :

On 7/19/2017 at 2:38 AM, Largemouth21 said:

that would be a good aquarium fish. Never seen one with that coloring

yeah I thought about it. Just got a new 55 gallon tank in my house.... on the other hand, I can just go out to Dale Hollow and catch more of them. I know where they like to hang out.

Largemouth21 reply :

On 7/22/2017 at 4:33 AM, Karma said:

yeah I thought about it. Just got a new 55 gallon tank in my house.... on the other hand, I can just go out to Dale Hollow and catch more of them. I know where they like to hang out.

go for it! that tank is plenty big for 2 or three of those suckers! I want a pic when you're done

Looch reply :

On 7/14/2017 at 2:32 AM, boostr said:

Could also be Red ear sunfish. Redear and Ps can be tough to distinguish sometimes. Some people say that Red ear are southern Ps.

red dot on operculum = pumpkinseed or redear. Pumpkinseed have a war paint look on the operculum. Never see redears where I live but pretty sure those are seeds

no red and has pretty color like a p-seed = longear. They also have a white line on the operculum flap around the dark spot.

imo, longear and pumpkinseeds are the prettiest freshwater fish in America, popular in "native" fishtanks, no doubt the aquarium trade is how 'seeds got into the UK and are now listed as invasive. No largemouth to keep them in check. They got pike and zander(basically euroWalleye) but I doubt they harass 'seeds like bass do here during the spawns.

Pkfish49 reply :

On 7/14/2017 at 2:32 AM, boostr said:

Could also be Red ear sunfish. Redear and Ps can be tough to distinguish sometimes. Some people say that Red ear are southern Ps.

On 7/17/2017 at 8:48 PM, SuperCorona said:

Those look like shellcrackers.

On 7/25/2017 at 4:08 AM, Looch said:

red dot on operculum = pumpkinseed or redear. Pumpkinseed have a war paint look on the operculum. Never see redears where I live but pretty sure those are seeds

no red and has pretty color like a p-seed = longear. They also have a white line on the operculum flap around the dark spot.

imo, longear and pumpkinseeds are the prettiest freshwater fish in America, popular in "native" fishtanks, no doubt the aquarium trade is how 'seeds got into the UK and are now listed as invasive. No largemouth to keep them in check. They got pike and zander(basically euroWalleye) but I doubt they harass 'seeds like bass do here during the spawns.

I got a positive ID from The New York State DEC Bureau of Fisheries:

"They’re both pumpkinseeds. The two main identifying characteristics that set them apart from bluegills are the red spot on the gill cover and the turquoise wavy bands on the head. Bluegills lack the red spot and tend to have more of a dark vertical banding down their bodies."

Subaqua Adinterim reply :

Some pumpkinseeds get quite large and they're all aggressive. Here's a pic of a massive one (as far as sunfish go) from several weeks ago that managed to catch up with a 4" pit boss. I thought it was notable due to size, and that it was able to grab a 3/0 skip gap hook.

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