Thread: Redear, Pumpkinseed or hybrid....?

Originally Posted by ArthurLK11

Neither a green or a bluegill has an operlecular that color or shape? What makes you say its those?

because I ketch hundreds of them in a large pond that ONLY has greens and bluegill and they hybridize like crazy in there typically look highly similar to that fish
of course depending on how many times they cross and what the percentage of outward appearances they retained from either parent it can vary tremendously
but for sure one of the parents/grandparents on that fish is about positively a green sunfish.....
the other side could be something other than bluegill maybe red ear or pumpkin seed or some other sunfish as the ear flap is really vibrant
but note the color on the straight green sunfish ear flap ….it reddens lots more on the crosses in Texas waters….just saying
one thing for certain , once they cross that line its a toss as to what the appearance will be and most especially down the road a few generations …..