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[smalljaw67]

This is a bluegill, if you see red dimpled on the sides and a thin red line behind the gill it would be a pumpkinseed. Red ear sunfish look like pumpkinseeds but instead of a thin red line behind the gill it has more of a red spot and a small red spot on the end of the blue make on the gill. The bluegill in the picture could also be a green sunfish but I doubt it just because of the bright colors you described, green sunfish are probably the least colorfull of the fish we call sunfish which are the bluegill, the pumpkinseed, the red ear and the green.

[jmed999]

Thanks guys! There's another bream-like fish I catch a lot. It looks similar but has a bigger mouth. I'll post a pic next time I catch one.

[Bobby Uhrig]

It looks to me like the biggest fish Dozer ever caught

[Lund Explorer]

My name for that kind of fish is DINNER!

[Gangley]

Green Sunfish are what you dont want. They have voracious appetites and don't grow very large. They will outcompete the regular bluegills, redear's and pumpkinseeds for forage and never get to a good size. If you don't mind taking the time to clean little guys, they are good table fare.

[Bluebasser86]

Female bluegill, no doubt about it.

[Brent Christian]

x10 female bluegill...

[Lund Explorer]

What about a white crappie?

If we are going to name the fish I suggest we name it Bob.

Bob the Crappie or Bob the Fish.

FYI, the old school name for crappie up here is Specks. I've also heard them called Calico's. But I've never heard of them called Bob unless it was in Texas where it was their middle name.

[tugsandpulls]

its a kibby by the way has anyone else heard of a kibby or is it just a new england slang word

[jmed999]

How do y'all know it's a female?

[A-Jay]

its a kibby by the way has anyone else heard of a kibby or is it just a new england slang word

Yup - I grew up in MA and fished NH allot as well.
Kibby was the name for just about anything that ate a worm hanging under a bobber.
The one exception was a horn pout (?) - the spines on those buggers are Wicked Shaaarp.

A-Jay

[tholmes]

How do y'all know it's a female?

Mostly by it's coloration. The males tend to be more colorful with darker, more saturated colors while the females tend to have more pale, washed-out colors.

Tom

[Bluebasser86]

Mostly by it's coloration. The males tend to be more colorful with darker, more saturated colors while the females tend to have more pale, washed-out colors.

Tom

What he said. This only applies to larger fish though, small bluegills will all have the washed out look but that fish is big enough it would have changed to the brighter colors if it was a male.

[Bassn Blvd]

_{Sorry to say, but all of you are wrong. That particular fish is called "Bass Bait." By far the best live bait there is for bass.}

[Sam]

Yep. Female Bluegill.

But I still like the name Bob.