Thread: Strange Looking Redbreast Sunfish

Has anyone ever caught redbreast sunfish? The creek I live on is full of them, sometimes up to 9-1/2" even though it's a small body of water about 20' wide and 6' deep.

I don't have a photo, but the other day I caught something that looked like a cross between a redeye (rock bass) and a redbreast. Now redbreasts have a larger mouth than a bluegill and are much more colorful, but their mouth isn't as big as a redeyes. Would it be possible for a redbreast and a redeye to mate and hatch?

The photo on the left is an artists version of the redbreast, the photo on the right is the creek in my backyard.