NO FAIR !

**Ketchn** · 02-23-2023, 07:15 AM

Ours never get colored up in these parts ......

sometimes a bit darker , but never really RED BREASTED ...?

**DockShootinJack** · 02-23-2023, 07:24 AM

If is funny the differences seen regionally

**Ketchn** · 02-23-2023, 07:31 AM

Originally Posted by DockShootinJack

If is funny the differences seen regionally

some refer to them as yellowbelly sunfish in these parts , just saying ...
pretty sure they are just red breasted sunfish ....

**SuperDave336** · 02-23-2023, 07:33 AM

Still juvenile and not fully mature?

**DockShootinJack** · 02-23-2023, 07:37 AM

The muddy water crappie we have up here are pretty washed out as well

**BuckeyeCrappie** · 02-23-2023, 07:59 AM

The don’t color real well here either.

**BobC** · 02-24-2023, 08:02 AM

And maybe a little early for the spring tuxedos….
Bob

**MCG1** · 02-24-2023, 09:10 PM

That one just hatched out, give it some time

**Ketchn** · 02-25-2023, 07:52 AM

Originally Posted by SuperDave336

Still juvenile and not fully mature?

even the larger specimens , they darken up , but pretty much never ever get red breasted ....

**Ketchn** · 02-25-2023, 07:55 AM

Originally Posted by MCG1

That one just hatched out, give it some time

at 7 inches it for is old enough to make baby sunfish , just saying

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