Omaha is a 3 to 4 hour drive from the where Dr. Willis's did his study and that is about as far south as their natural range is in the state. We do have orange spotted sunfish present in low numbers in the area but no pumpkinseed. The only way to know for sure would be to physically examine the gill rakers. Long time ago I took in what looked like a pumpkinseed in for a state record application, a physical examination of the gill rakers at UNL determined that is was a GSF x BG hybrid, a non standard cross from what most hatcheries do.
