07-30-2012, 11:08 AM
I'll second that opinion! If you care to hear it from a good ol boy from Indiana. My entire childhood thru young adult life I spent targeting panfish in the coal "strip" pits of southern Indiana (all the while my dad would be on the LMB extravaganza). Well I said all that to say I've seen just about every species of panfish. And you my friend FOR SURE have stumbled across a true pumpkinseed gill. And as the other poster stated redear are much larger, in fact growing up my brother actually caught a redear that weighed in at 3lbs. 4oz. (of course that happened to be the largest that I personally had ever seen). Just bought a plane ticket to go back in mid September to do some fishing(I mean visit some family). Can't hardly wait, you truly brought back memories with that picture. Growing up we spent just about every Saturday and Sunday in those pits outside the hunting season. Back then in Indiana, there was no limit on sunfish. You really could catch more than you ever wanted to clean. Thanks for the post! Hope this helps.
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