Interesting little critter.
Caught several red ear in my brothers farm pond, but caught two of theses fish that look like a cross between a crappie and a red ear. Notice the scale pattern and the body, mouth is rather big for a red ear.
i could be wrong but they look like a cross species fish !
Interesting little critter.
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Me. I don't know.
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Its a Centrarchus macropterus. We call them fliers down here.
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Bill H. PTC USN Ret
Chesapeake, Va
First step in identifying. Did you count the fins?
Second step...what is up with those eyes!!!!!!!
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I should have counted the dorsal fin but didn't there were several things fishy about that these fish lol
1. The color along the belly was yellowish like a bluegill or red ear
2 the eyes were multicolored
3 scale pattern was just like a crappie
4 mouth was big for a redear or gill
5 length was long for a redear or gill
ju st a really strange fish
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Bill H. PTC USN Ret
Chesapeake, Va