r/SunfishSpecies

Love the green on it.

Could someone ID this fish for me? I thought it was a crappie, but I’m not so sure after seeing actual crappie.😂

Caught in a creek off old hickory lake on the Cumberland river just north of Nashville, baby lmb thrown in because technically they’re in the sunfish family and are not a “true bass”

The orange spots read like a pumpkinseed, but zero red on the earflap.

Hit a ned rig like a beast lol

Caught this last summer in CT

Not fantastic lighting, but i got what i could.

I havent seen a sunfish with leopard markings like these.

Ive fished this pond for 25 years continuously, and have only found three species, blugill, red ear, and pumpkinseed. None of the three have ever produced a pattern quite like this.

I havent caught a pumpkinseed oit of here in two years, whereas they used to be every other one. Do these fish often interbreed?

This guy must have been used as bait and escaped.. he was about 10” long so this must have been from awhile ago..

This dude fought like a bass absolute unit!

I'm still a newbie and I want to catch bigger fish in the future ( i.e catfish ). Michigan btw

Angler Award!!!

They’re really liking the orange grubs rn. Such fun on an ultralight combo.