fish ID

Anyone know specifically what kind of Bluegill this is. It came out of the water while pulling up a boat anchor with all the weeds and muck down here in Florida.

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Looks like someone dumped their aquarium fish in your lake. Lot of that happening. Maybe a cross breed?

:dono:scratchhead Just leave it down there and don't bring it to Blackshear with you:Rofl

Juvenile blue-spotted sunfish.

:scratchhead what's it taste like??

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Originally Posted by skiff89_jr

Juvenile blue-spotted sunfish.

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Thank you. I knew someone would know. Skiff89_jr you are a winner. Please PM me your mailing address and shirt size, and I'll send you out an authentic crappie.com t-shirt.

Google "flier", basically a cross between a crappie and sunfish family, very strong fighters(ala Bluegill) but they don't attain much size(5 - 10"). I've caught around 5 while living in MD., but only in specific lakes, go figure.

u2s

Now that you said that, I found a nice reference:
The Virtual Aquarium of Virginia Tech--Sunfishes

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Originally Posted by up2specks

Google "flier", basically a cross between a crappie and sunfish family, very strong fighters(ala Bluegill) but they don't attain much size(5 - 10"). I've caught around 5 while living in MD., but only in specific lakes, go figure.

u2s

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Here's the Flier:
The Virtual Aquarium of Virginia Tech--Sunfishes

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Juvenile blue-spotted sunfish :Rofl