Ewest,
Gee thanks. After mounting up hundreds of male and female redears over the course of 20 + years as a taxidermist, I don't know my redears? And I guess fisheries school with honors was a waste of time too?
It's definitely a Redear (Lempomis microlophus)also known in the south as a shellcracker.
Looks like female to me as I don't see much of a bright red/orange border, and it appears to have a bulge which could be indicitive of eggs. But what do I know?
