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Reply With QuoteI sent this picture to my fisheries biologist friend that works for our SC DNR. Doesn't look like the red breast we catch here. She'll know for sure and I'll share her answer.
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Used to catch them from a certain small lake in west Tennessee. In that particular body of water they were prolific and consistently grew to 8 or 9 inches long. Alas, they drained the lake to make repairs and when they refilled it, only bluegill and shellcrackers are present. The fishing for them (gills and crackers) is still very good, and bigger specimens of both are more common than any redbreast sunfish I can remember, but I do miss that unique fish that was a fond memory of my youth 40 years ago.
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I sent this picture to my fisheries biologist friend that works for our SC DNR. Doesn't look like the red breast we catch here. She'll know for sure and I'll share her answer.
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Well it's confirmed as red breast possibly hybridized. She explained that Texas has a completely different drainage than SC and similar species appear different in different environments.
She said the long ear flap gives away the identity.
The red breast we catch in our tannin stained rivers have dark red breast, hence the name. Some locals call them Robins.
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I think Stan’s fish is a hybrid fish but the original I posted is mostly if not 100% pure from all the ones I have seen in these parts
The pointy nose is kinda another give away on them .and the ear flap is always really long long
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