Corgi, you are on a mission to catch one at a private lake.. You mean RES? Locals planted 500 RES? that is interesting since if that lake is as far north as you live it would be interesting to see if RES can survive that far north.
I found some good pictures of some big Pumpkinseed or probably pumpkinseed/NBG hybrids that I had posted a while back. These were caught in a lake called 'Pine Lake' which is actually a series of a bout 5 lakes about an hour south of Grand Rapids.
You can see they don't necessarily have the bright yellow/orange belly and they don't have the brightest ear tab, but these may be hybrids as well. These were caught on the spawning beds sometime in May I believe.
In this link you scroll down about half way and you will see my post and some pictures including closeups.
