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  • Any photos or stories about rare or odd looking fresh water fish caught ? (p.8)
2016/02/15 11:59:27
CAPTAIN HOOK
Man...that's the same fish ! Good thing your cousin tossed it back for you to catch !   LOL.....


 
2016/02/16 18:11:20
ZelieSam
troutguyAnd a bluegill x pumpkinseed hybrid? from my favorite wild brown and brook trout creek. 

 

 
Green eared sunfish.  
2016/02/17 07:11:12
Divemaster
python73
troutguyAnd a bluegill x pumpkinseed hybrid? from my favorite wild brown and brook trout creek.  
 Green eared sunfish.  


That looks like a Green Sunfish X Pumpkinseed to me. Lepomis hybrids can be tricky though, a local lake I fish has Bluegills, Pumpkinseeds, and Green Sunfish and they all readily hybridize with each other so there's about 6 strains of different Sunnies in the lake.
2016/02/21 15:07:03
ddubs3
Caught this at High Point Lake. Sent pic to PFBC and they said it was a pike and pickerel hybrid. There are no known tiger muskies there and notice the pickerel black mark under the eye
2016/02/23 12:34:04
Dan Morey
Had to put up a couple male bowfin pics. They don't get big like the females, but they are the peacock of the species.
 
During the spawn their underbellies and lower fins turn psychedelic colors. Have even caught a few with fluorescent blue and green mouth/tongues.
 

 
2016/02/23 12:35:57
Dan Morey
Here's another:
 

 
 
2016/02/23 14:18:35
Rollingrock
Attachments are not available: Download requirements not met This is a black and white version of a yellow perch that we caught at Deep Creek last fall.

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2016/02/23 14:29:51
Divemaster
Maynard.G.Crabs
Had to put up a couple male bowfin pics. They don't get big like the females, but they are the peacock of the species. During the spawn their underbellies and lower fins turn psychedelic colors. Have even caught a few with fluorescent blue and green mouth/tongues.  


What time of year do those beasts spawn?
2016/02/23 16:30:33
Dan Morey
Spring. The male guards the eggs, and later the fry. Aggressively.  If you wander too close to a cloud of fry, papa might just take a bite out of your waders.  Hasn't happened to me, though I've been in a few standoffs.
2016/02/23 19:04:42
BeenThereDoneThat.
Cool pictures Maynard and interesting info about the spawn.

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