Bruce :

Contrary to my prior post that may not be a male RE. I thought I had read and seen pictures of male and female RE and that they looked the same except the male only had the red earflap. That is apparantly not the case. After a search I can't find that info but found several references and statements that just say they look alike. More confusion surrounds the lepomis species.

Anyone who knows how to visually tell the male and female RE apart please let me know.