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Any clue what kind of fishing is it because it doesn't look like a blue gill to me especially with the color it is and on the gill plate with that orange vibe.
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Possibly a redear sunfish? If you google it, a few come up looking pretty similar. Just a guess tho.
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Look like it is to me but let's see what other people say before I confirm it. Just happy to get another fish off my bucket list XD
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Dude that is a redear sunfish or if you ask my grandpa, a chinquapin or shell cracker. Did you catch this in utah??
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I didn't think we had any redears in Utah. Good to know though.
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Pumpkin seed?
I have caught a few of them in Utah and they do have the Red Ear mark.
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I agree. It looks like some sort of Sunfish. Where did you catch it?
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The fish in question is a red-ear sunfish. I assume that it was caught in Willow Pond in Murray??? They were illegally introduced there a couple years ago. We do have pumpkinseed sunfish in Sunset Pond in Draper and I have attached a photo of a pumpkinseed for folks so everyone can see the difference.
I would appreciate a confirmation on the water please.
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Looks to me like a juvenile Pumpkinseed Sunfish. I have caught some giant ones in Salem Pond. They look just like this one but bigger.
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Naw it is definitely a redear. I've caught plenty of them in all sizes in Texas as well as pumpkinseeds. I wish they could be *legally* introduced somewhere. Redear sunfish are also known as shellcrackers since one of their favorite snacks is snail. I wonder how well they would feast on quagga mussels...
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I agree with it being a redear, I have caught pumpkin seed sunfish before and they don'thave banding like the pictures you have shown. Here is one that I caught out of sunset
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[quote wagdog]Redear sunfish are also known as shellcrackers since one of their favorite snacks is snail. I wonder how well they would feast on quagga mussels...[/quote]
They might help -- but they haven't really done much for Lake Mead or Havasu. Sure, they might prey on quagga, but they're not going to control quagga.
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yeah im thinking willow pond.
I saw some kids catching some there this summer.
they are cool looking fish too
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might be a new hybrid! Tiger musky cross with a crappie
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Definitely a shell cracker. We would catch shell crackers in the 3 lb range in KY...one of the best fighting fish out there! WTG!
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Two fish I would like to catch are pumpkinseeds and redears. Nice catch.
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[quote wagdog]Dude that is a redear sunfish or if you ask my grandpa, a chinquapin or shell cracker. Did you catch this in utah??[/quote]
Right on. I grew up in Utah, but live in Virginia now. No question that this is a redear. Here in Virginia we call them shellcrackers. Very common here.
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