Pkfish49 Posted June 24, 2017 Posted June 24, 2017 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 Quote
Megastink Posted June 24, 2017 Posted June 24, 2017 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. 3 Quote
Pkfish49 Posted June 24, 2017 Author Posted June 24, 2017 6 minutes ago, 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 Quote
Super User WRB Posted June 24, 2017 Super User Posted June 24, 2017 LMB Yellow perch Female blue gill Male Blue gill 7 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted June 24, 2017 Global Moderator Posted June 24, 2017 19 minutes ago, WRB said: LMB Yellow perch Female blue gill Male Blue gill X2 5 Quote
BigAngus752 Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 What do the bluegill in your area eat? Children? 13 Quote
Karma Posted June 27, 2017 Posted June 27, 2017 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 4 Quote
NCbassraider Posted June 27, 2017 Posted June 27, 2017 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. 4 Quote
FamilyFishinFood Posted June 27, 2017 Posted June 27, 2017 Thats crazy... ever tried fishing bluegill swimbaits? 1 Quote
FreddoB Posted June 27, 2017 Posted June 27, 2017 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! 2 Quote
NCbassraider Posted June 27, 2017 Posted June 27, 2017 12 hours ago, FamilyFishinFood said: Thats crazy... ever tried fishing bluegill swimbaits? All the time. Any bait with bluegill coloration does well here. Quote
frosty Posted June 27, 2017 Posted June 27, 2017 19 hours ago, 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! 4 Quote
Pkfish49 Posted July 4, 2017 Author Posted July 4, 2017 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. 2 Quote
Super User RoLo Posted July 5, 2017 Super User Posted July 5, 2017 12 minutes ago, 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 1 Quote
Pkfish49 Posted July 5, 2017 Author Posted July 5, 2017 41 minutes ago, 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. Quote
d-camarena Posted July 5, 2017 Posted July 5, 2017 Lol that lm is obviously large enough. People go crazy when people post pics of fish they keep 1 Quote
Super User RoLo Posted July 5, 2017 Super User Posted July 5, 2017 5 hours ago, 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 2 Quote
Super User the reel ess Posted July 5, 2017 Super User Posted July 5, 2017 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 6/27/2017 at 7:07 PM, 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. 1 Quote
Pkfish49 Posted July 6, 2017 Author Posted July 6, 2017 14 hours ago, 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. Quote
Super User fishnkamp Posted July 6, 2017 Super User Posted July 6, 2017 It is amazing the effects FISH PORN has on us. 4 Quote
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