Look At This Bluegill !

[vaturkey]

I caught this Bluegill last week in a farm pond ! Have any of you folks ever seen one with fins like this ? Thanks for lookin !


vaturkey 

[Gooserbat]

I've saw them like that before.  I always attributed it to spawning?

[Marc]

It looks like a hybrid blugill, which has become popular to stock in ponds due to fast growth rate and low reproduction rates.

Generally hybrid bluegill are a cross between a bluegill and a green sunfish from my understanding.

[Spring Creek Calls]

That definitely has some sunfish in it, if not all.

[stone road turkey calls]

that's his brake lights and turn signals.

[R AJ]

One thing for sure it isn't a bluegill. Maybe a stump knocker but no gill.

[Marc]

Doing a bit more looking around, I am even more certain it is a bluegill hybrid:

Here is a description of a hybrid bluegill:

http://www.jonesfish.com/content/hybrid-bluegill

The Hybrid Bluegill (Lepomis cyanellus x Lepomis machrochirus), a cross between a green sunfish and a bluegill, is a fish that is stronger and grows faster than the regular bluegill. As a result of hybridization, 90 percent of the fish are males, reducing the chance of an overpopulation problem. This fish has the habits of the normal bluegill, but is more aggressive and more readily accepts commercial fish food.
The hybrid bluegill can be distinguished from regular bluegill by a yellow margin along the pelvic and anal fins. It also has a larger mouth than a bluegill sunfish. The spawning habits of the hybrid bluegill are similar to that of the regular bluegill, but the number of fry produced is not as high. Therefore, it is recommended that the hybrid bluegill be stocked at a 1:2 ratio along with regular bluegill to maintain a sufficient forage base. One-year-old fish range in size from 3 to 8 inches or more. They become sexually mature at 4 to 5 inches.

Here is picture of some apparently being harvested from a commercial operation:



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[Bigspurs68]

Looks like a green sunfish to me. Could be a green/bluegill hybrid I guess.

[CrustyRusty]

Pirhanna

[jblackburn]

green sunfish.  maybe hybrid.  good eating, though

[Rick Howard]

I'm guessing Pumkin Seed.  Green sunfish was my first guess but the body makes me lean to pumkin seed.

[cphill]

I'm guessing Pumkin Seed.  Green sunfish was my first guess but the body makes me lean to pumkin seed.

I agree

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[Gamblinman]

I see some good vittles.

Gman

[Dtrkyman]

green sunfish...aka warmouth

[Hooter]

It looks like a hybrid blugill, which has become popular to stock in ponds due to fast growth rate and low reproduction rates.

Generally hybrid bluegill are a cross between a bluegill and a green sunfish from my understanding.

Yep, This!!
They sell them at the Co-op to put in farm ponds!