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  1. 06-21-2021, 05:21 PM #1
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    What is this?

    If it is a Green Sunfish it is the first one I have caught out of the lake I was on today. Look at the coloring on the bottom and fins.

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    #2 06-21-2021, 05:24 PM
    Warmouth? Could of took a better picture
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    #3 06-21-2021, 05:25 PM
    ... largemouth with a rare genetic thingy that makes them turn yellow. One was in the new recently. I caught one on Lake Wylie early this season. Thought it was sick or pollution got it or something until I read the news article.

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    #4 06-21-2021, 05:27 PM
    Looks like a green sunfish to me, millions of them in Smith Mountain Lake and they will eat anything. Warmouth is a decent guess as well and many locals on SML use the two names interchangeable as they are very similar. They make for good flathead bait.
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    #5 06-21-2021, 05:28 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by tcesni View Post
    Looks like a green sunfish to me, millions of them in Smith Mountain Lake and they will eat anything. Warmouth is a decent guess as well and many locals on SML use the two names interchangeable as they are very similar. They make for good flathead bait.
    Green sunfish would be my second guess
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    #6 06-21-2021, 05:29 PM
    Another angle..
    He was about 13-14”

    I just looked up green sunfish, I think that is what it is


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    #7 06-21-2021, 05:30 PM
    Yep... Green sunfish.
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    #8 06-21-2021, 05:30 PM
    Definitely a sunfish of some kind.
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    #9 06-21-2021, 05:33 PM
    20210516_102817.jpg Upside down pic but from my search this was a Green Sunfish I got on Gaston this year.
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    #10 06-21-2021, 06:09 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Bassman Ia. View Post
    Another angle..
    He was about 13-14”

    I just looked up green sunfish, I think that is what it is


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    #11 06-21-2021, 06:23 PM
    That's like taking pictures of a person straight down from above their head and straight up from below their feet
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    #12 06-21-2021, 06:28 PM

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    #13 06-21-2021, 06:31 PM
    Womouth lol
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    #14 06-21-2021, 07:32 PM
    That's a Greenie and a MONSTER at that, great catch..

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    #15 06-21-2021, 07:35 PM
    I have been catching some similar looking greensunfish/warmouth/Whatthephuck fish while flipping mats the last few years.
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    #16 06-21-2021, 07:39 PM
    large mouth gives it away warmouth
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    #17 06-21-2021, 07:39 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by 21XDC View Post
    This pretty much seals the deal even with a questionable picture
    Although I don't see a Redbreast in the mix legit
    Toughest ones out of the group
    Not too mention that all species of freshwater bass are sunfish.
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    #18 06-21-2021, 07:51 PM
    Green sunfish. Not warmouth.
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    #19 06-21-2021, 08:51 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Bassman Ia. View Post
    Another angle..
    He was about 13-14”

    I just looked up green sunfish, I think that is what it is


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    Do you have any pics with a normal profile view.
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    #20 06-21-2021, 08:54 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by smokewagon View Post
    Do you have any pics with a normal profile view.
    Think he was afraid to touch it?
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