Thread: Is this a pumpkinseed?

in my opinion they both have the coloration on the "ear"; but the pumpkinseed has alot more prominent facial markings as well as just being more colorful in general; the crackers are alot bigger too

Pumpkinseed and ain't they pretty

Pretty neat picture. Learned alot from this thread. Thanks for asking the question.

The first fish shown is a P'seed,in my area in the cooler clearer rivers you can catch a boat load and for their size they are fighters.They can also make a good church goer cuss alot b/c they want leave your lure along enough to scatch your head.
How ever the flier shown is a pretty fish too,out of all the years I have fished around here I've only caught 5 and it was after a flood.Caught them in a oxbow that drains back into black river,I've fished that area many many times afterwards and have never caught another one.The first one I caught I sorta looked at it and thought funny looking bream but the next one I caught I looked it over pretty good.Called a friend and said I caught a funny looking bream it looks like a crappie but is colored like a bream except it had lines running down its sides.Plus its eyes shine like a walleye,after sending time on the internet I found it,a flier.
Ever time we fish that lake I try to catch another one to show him I wasn't lying about a fish that had a crappie look a bream color and a walleye eye.What I cann't understand is I released the five and know they should be dtill in the lake unless they are like P'seeds trying to eat every bait in the lake some other fishman ate them for lunch.

Originally Posted by Turtlebait

The first fish shown is a P'seed,in my area in the cooler clearer rivers you can catch a boat load and for their size they are fighters.They can also make a good church goer cuss alot b/c they want leave your lure along enough to scatch your head.
How ever the flier shown is a pretty fish too,out of all the years I have fished around here I've only caught 5 and it was after a flood.Caught them in a oxbow that drains back into black river,I've fished that area many many times afterwards and have never caught another one.The first one I caught I sorta looked at it and thought funny looking bream but the next one I caught I looked it over pretty good.Called a friend and said I caught a funny looking bream it looks like a crappie but is colored like a bream except it had lines running down its sides.Plus its eyes shine like a walleye,after sending time on the internet I found it,a flier.

Ever time we fish that lake I try to catch another one to show him I wasn't lying about a fish that had a crappie look a bream color and a walleye eye.What I cann't understand is I released the five and know they should be dtill in the lake unless they are like P'seeds trying to eat every bait in the lake some other fishman ate them for lunch.

That's ironic because we've been trying to catch more pumpkinseeds in this place and haven't ever caught but just that one; seems the more you target a fish the more you'll catch everything but the one you want

Sure wish I could send all our P'seed your way,out of the thousands you catch maybe just a maybe be big enough to throw in the cooler.when bass fishing they'll pick pick or grab your lure all the time causeing you to jerk set the hook all day long.Yeah cuss alot on our cooler clear water rivers,when fishing 10in. Plastic worms they'll keep you on pins and needles as to whether to set the hook,the little guys even pick it up and run with it.Our P'seeds never get the lockjaw around here like I said they'll make a good church goer go bad.
Cann't understand why we haven't got fliers in our cooler clear water rivers,as to what I've read about them thats what they like too.

I'd like to find some fliers myself

Here's one caught on Cayuga Lake in Ovid, NY. July 4th weekend, Kayak fishing.
This guy put two hooks from a Rebel Grasshopper into my left hand. So worth it : )