Is this a pumpkinseed?

**wademaster** · 09-09-2012, 09:06 PM

My girlfriend caught this earlier on a nightcrawler and i thought it was a pumpkinseed; just not positive; need some input; thanks alot; good fishing to you guys.

**NIMROD** · 09-09-2012, 09:18 PM

Looks like Catfish bait! I believe it appears to be a pumpkinseed.

**Barnacle Bill** · 09-09-2012, 09:27 PM

And sometimes called a flyer.

**SeaRay** · 09-09-2012, 09:35 PM

Think you are correct. Here is a pic of one.
SeaRay

**Bassky** · 09-10-2012, 08:50 AM

Yep, They are the prettiest fish in No America freshwater. i have caught a ton of them in the rivers in No. Ky area.
Bassky

**wademaster** · 09-10-2012, 09:28 AM

Originally Posted by Barnacle Bill

And sometimes called a flyer.

i thought a flyer was a whole different species of fish?

**"G"** · 09-10-2012, 03:24 PM

You are correct.....that is a Pumpkinseed

**Barnacle Bill** · 09-10-2012, 04:12 PM

Pumpkinseed - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flier_(fish)

**NIMROD** · 09-10-2012, 06:44 PM

Originally Posted by Barnacle Bill

Pumpkinseed - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flier_(fish)

Your link did not work for me. This one works . Fliers are different than Punkinseed.
Flier (fish) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

**no1son** · 09-10-2012, 07:02 PM

Sure looks like a pumpkinseed to me, too. Definitely not a flier. Where they coexist with either green sunfish or bluegills, they will hybridize with either them, too, and then it gets tough to identify whether or not you have the pure species, but even then you can usually tell whether there is pumpkinseed in the mix or not. They are about as pretty a fish as we have in North American waters.

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