So my buddy posted a picture on the internet today saying that he caught a decent size "crappie" at Lake Berryessa in CA. It's definitely not a crappie... I was thinking maybe a bluegill X crappie or bass. What do you guys thing? Attachment 165536
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So my buddy posted a picture on the internet today saying that he caught a decent size "crappie" at Lake Berryessa in CA. It's definitely not a crappie... I was thinking maybe a bluegill X crappie or bass. What do you guys thing? Attachment 165536
I'm going with a photo crop. :twocents
redear.
I will bite............................red eye makes me say shellcracker and since it is in CA where a lot of big fish of all kinds have come from lately......a big dang shellcracker on a treble hook from most likely a roostertail cause they surely don't snatch fish in CA!!!
A very pale post spawn female redear/shellcracker.
Readear and a dang nice one. I'd like to find a mess like that on a fly rod.
theysaid........Its a redear.
What they said!
Looks like a redear to me too.
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/attac...0&d=1373239571
We had this same conversation with this pic also. Redear.
Much better pic Slab.....:highfive
thats a chinkapin...we catch a lot of them here....nows the time to catch them...they are bigger than a red ear .longer too....they do put up a fight...i promise you thats what that is...i caught some yesterday
ChinquapinQuote:
Originally Posted by bistineaudon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redear_sunfish
From Wikipedia
The redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus), also known as the shellcracker, Georgia bream, cherry gill, chinquapin, improved bream, rouge ear sunfish and sun perch, is native to the southeastern United States, but since it is a popular sport fish it has been introduced to bodies of water all over North America. It generally resembles the bluegill except for coloration and somewhat larger size. It is dark-colored dorsally and yellow-green ventrally. The male has a cherry-red edge on its operculum; females have orange coloration in this area. The adult fish is between 20 and 24 centimetres (7.9 and 9.4 in) in length. Max length is 43.2 cm (17.0 in), compared to a maximum of about 40 cm (16 in) for the bluegill.
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Originally Posted by bistineaudon
They are the same thing....
What fish??Quote:
Originally Posted by Slab
Be nice. I have three daughters of my very own.Quote:
Originally Posted by tcounty
I am surprised anybody noticed the fish in Slab's picture. What a pretty girl!
My favorite bobbers!
one would be great !:biggrinQuote:
Originally Posted by cray
[QUOTE=filletfetish;2717247]My favorite bobbers![/QUOT
and in the right places.
I admit the fish does have a strange look in the pic.