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[Gavin]

Looks like a green sunfish, and a longear sunfish. Nice double!

 

[Mitch f]

4 minutes ago, Gavin said:

Looks like a green sunfish, and a longear sunfish. Nice double!

 

I’m no panfish Xpert! 😄

[top_dollar]

2 hours ago, Gavin said:

Looks like a green sunfish, and a longear sunfish. Nice double!

 

I think you're correct.  Lots of long ears in that stretch.  They are incredible looking fish. 

[Al Agnew]

On 8/9/2020 at 10:16 AM, Mitch f said:

I’m no panfish Xpert! 😄

Obviously!😜

For what it's worth, there are no pumpkinseeds in MO.  The bright orange and blue ones are longear sunfish...pumpkinseeds are a different species that does not live in MO (there have been something like 3 or 4 documented instances of pumpkinseeds in this state, total).  And warmouth do live here, but are not often caught on Ozark streams.  I've caught a few over the years, but probably no more than a dozen or so.  

If you want to sound like a real Ozarker, though, the one in the picture is a "black perch", and the other is a "sunperch".  Never mind that perch are an entirely different family of fish than sunfish.  Ain't local names fun?

[Gavin]

Fisher folks are pretty ignorant when it relates to species. The term I hate most is "Meanmouth". Utter that term, and you are in my idiot camp. There are at least a dozen bass species in the USA, and there are hybrids of many.

 

[Mitch f]

6 hours ago, Al Agnew said:

Obviously!😜

For what it's worth, there are no pumpkinseeds in MO.  The bright orange and blue ones are longear sunfish...pumpkinseeds are a different species that does not live in MO (there have been something like 3 or 4 documented instances of pumpkinseeds in this state, total).  And warmouth do live here, but are not often caught on Ozark streams.  I've caught a few over the years, but probably no more than a dozen or so.  

If you want to sound like a real Ozarker, though, the one in the picture is a "black perch", and the other is a "sunperch".  Never mind that perch are an entirely different family of fish than sunfish.  Ain't local names fun?

Panfish are those things that get in the way before the bass hits your lure! 😂

[Johnsfolly]

6 minutes ago, Mitch f said:

Panfish are those things that get in the way before the bass hits your lure! 😂

Panfish Lives Matter! 😁

I personally can't  take "Germam browns" when refering to brown trout. Maybe in 1890 there were still some being stocked from Germany.

[Mitch f]

6 hours ago, Gavin said:

Fisher folks are pretty ignorant when it relates to species. The term I hate most is "Meanmouth". Utter that term, and you are in my idiot camp. There are at least a dozen bass species in the USA, and there are hybrids of many.

 

I use it sometimes only because the majority of folks know what you’re referring to quickly, but ya...it’s not the Correct term almost every time it’s being used.

[Mitch f]

21 minutes ago, Johnsfolly said:

Panfish Lives Matter! 😁

I personally can't  take "Germam browns" when refering to brown trout. Maybe in 1890 there were still some being stocked from Germany.

That’s worse than Canada Goose! 😂 

[top_dollar]

Next time I am out, if I remember, Ill bring a pan fish rig and get some better pics of what I catch.