Awesome Color

[nhpleasantlakebass]

I normally would not care much about a bluegill. But I got this got this morning and his color was awesome he smacked a pop-r and went just under 12".

[nhpleasantlakebass]

Caught this guy next cast. Same dock. Much better fight. But he got same as the bluegill almost. I'm posting from the boat. He went 3lb4oz. Not a bad first 30 min

[MarkH024]

The first fish is a pumpkinseed, not a bluegill.  Neat looking fish regardless. 

[scaleface]

He would be beautiful in an aquarium. Ive been thinking about setting mine back up with a few sunfish in it. a couple of green sunfish and Pumpin seeds would be cool .

[nhpleasantlakebass]

The first fish is a pumpkinseed, not a bluegill.  Neat looking fish regardless.

Thanks for the info. The fish had blue gills. So I figures it must be a bluegill

[DevinFishing29]

Wow I would love to catch that pumpkinseed on my popper fly. Pumpkinseed are beatiful. I would love to get the bass too though!

[Bluebasser86]

Pretty little fish. We get lots of Longear Sunfish in certain areas around here. A male that is lit up for spawning season is about as pretty as a freshwater fish can get.

[FinCulture]

Thanks for the info. The fish had blue gills. So I figures it must be a bluegill

they are very similar looking. The biggest giveaway is that bright blue pattern on the mouth area of the face.

[wytstang]

I would find a jig close in color(s) or have one made. Good looking fish.

[desmobob]

I think the Pumpkinseed sunfish out of a nice, clear lake might be the prettiest fish in fresh water.  And they're fighting' little buggers, too.  If they got to be four or five pounds...   man!

 

 

Tight lines,

Bob

[bigbill]

Take pictures of the awesome looking ones, measure each one. Then have a taxidermy do a mount of four or five. I seen these befoe mounted they look great in the den.