Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Some Fish I.D. Pics

Below are some pictures I've taken of some sunfish/panfish sorts of species I've caught while flyfishing.  Thought I'd share them in hopes they help others identify fish they've caught that maybe they weren't sure about what kind they were. 
I did try to choose some of the best examples from amongst those I've caught.  But I've also been amazed at how different fish of the same species can look, so these are examples, not definitive photos.  Meaning, no fish is probably going to look EXACTLY like these, but hopefully you can see the similarities and differences between the species, and figure out what you may have caught.

In the above photo collage, from top left and then clockwise:
Pumpkinseed Sunfish
Redear Sunfish
Longear Sunfish (Central)
Redbreast Sunfish
(Western) Dollar Sunfish
Northern Sunfish

In the photo collage above, from Top Left, then clockwise:
Spotted Sunfish
Redspotted Sunfish
Orangespotted Sunfish
Warmouth
Green Sunfish
Bantam Sunfish

In the double picture above, the top fish is a Coppernose Bluegill (from Florida), and the bottom fish is a Bluegill (Northern).

In the photo collage above, from top to bottom on the left side:
Ozark Bass
Rock Bass
Shadow Bass
...and from top to bottom on the right side:
Black Crappie
White Crappie
Flier

 


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