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Panfish ID...Copper Nose?

Posted on 5/31/20 at 4:41 pm
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81650 posts
Posted on 5/31/20 at 4:41 pm
This giant was caught in a public lake today, not a stocked pond. Been fishing there for 40 years and never seen anything like it there.
Posted by Ron Cheramie
The Cajun Hedgehog
Member since Aug 2016
5143 posts
Posted on 5/31/20 at 5:17 pm to
That large operculum made me think redear but there isn’t any red.

Don’t think it’s any purebred native sunfish Either natural hybrid or pond escapee

Please put this on the Louisiana fishing report on fb and watch the replies
Posted by bbvdd
Memphis, TN
Member since Jun 2009
25006 posts
Posted on 5/31/20 at 5:29 pm to
I’m not sure the name but those are pretty plentiful up here on the Tennessee River. I’ll try and figure out the name.

I think it’s just called a bluegill
This post was edited on 5/31/20 at 5:35 pm
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
64052 posts
Posted on 5/31/20 at 6:36 pm to
Bluegill

11 inches is a doosey.
Posted by SneakyWaff1es
Member since Nov 2012
3941 posts
Posted on 5/31/20 at 6:38 pm to
It doesn't look like a coppernose to me.
This post was edited on 5/31/20 at 6:40 pm
Posted by bootlegger
Ponchatoula
Member since Dec 2012
5337 posts
Posted on 5/31/20 at 7:47 pm to


Just for reference, this is a hybrid coppernose from my pond.
Posted by DownSouthJukin
Coaching Changes Board
Member since Jan 2014
27276 posts
Posted on 5/31/20 at 8:20 pm to
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I think it’s just called a bluegill

Posted by Geaux23
Member since Sep 2012
5810 posts
Posted on 5/31/20 at 9:10 pm to
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Been fishing there for 40 years


You older than I thought
Posted by aTmTexas Dillo
East Texas Lake
Member since Sep 2018
15104 posts
Posted on 6/1/20 at 4:45 am to
I'm guessing Shellcracker??
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81650 posts
Posted on 6/1/20 at 6:43 am to
Not that for sure. I will say it looks nothing like any other bluegill I've seen from that lake (Kincaid).
Posted by Jimbo1975
Chackbay
Member since May 2020
150 posts
Posted on 6/1/20 at 7:20 am to
I have been fishing in Bayou Black for 30+ years that my friend is a Blue gill
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81650 posts
Posted on 6/1/20 at 8:33 am to
Just to be clear, a Coppernose is a bluegill.
Posted by Bigfishchoupique
Member since Jul 2017
8405 posts
Posted on 6/1/20 at 10:27 am to
We call them perch.
Posted by bluemoons
the marsh
Member since Oct 2012
5515 posts
Posted on 6/1/20 at 10:29 am to
I just think it's a hybrid sunfish. Not a coppernose. Coppernoses have really distinct facial markings and that one doesn't have it.
Posted by Gtmodawg
PNW
Member since Dec 2019
4580 posts
Posted on 6/1/20 at 10:32 am to
That is what we call a bream in Georgia LOL...its a nice one. I think it is either a bluegill or a shellcracker but it could be some sort of hybrid....but in North Georgia they are all bream LOL.. nice fish! Nothing funner to catch in my opinion and mature ones are very worthy adversaries...in the south we are blessed with "big" bream and therefore they seem relatively easy to catch....but big doesn't mean mature in the south....a big mature bream, and if that isn't some sort of hybrid I would say it was mature as well as big, is as difficult to trick into a boat as any fish that swims...GOOD JOB!
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81650 posts
Posted on 6/1/20 at 10:36 am to
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I just think it's a hybrid sunfish.
Agree.

Like someone dumped it?
Posted by plazadweller
South Georgia
Member since Jul 2011
11450 posts
Posted on 6/1/20 at 11:25 am to
Looks like a shellcracker to me
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81650 posts
Posted on 6/1/20 at 11:38 am to
That's one thing I know it's not.
Posted by Walkerdog14
Member since Dec 2014
1215 posts
Posted on 6/1/20 at 8:09 pm to
Sunpearth
Posted by Ingeniero
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2013
18288 posts
Posted on 6/1/20 at 8:27 pm to
As long as I've been fishing I still can't identify one panfish from another. They're all fricking bream to me
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