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Can you guys let me know how these guys are doing. To me they look good, but I am looking for confirmation.

I added questions to each pic as needed, but please give me any inputs. Also, the top water is warm, but the water 30 inches down is much cooler, I'll have temps next time.

Also, the catfish are very active as well. Both the BG and CC fight hard all the way to the bank and struggle after I land them so O2 seems to be good for now.

Thanks for the help.

the minnows with the spots on there heads are topminnows there are several different types of topminnows you would have to catch one and take a picture of his side for me to be sure of which type

Thanks for the information, I'll catch a few in my minnow trap and take a few pictures this weekend or early next week and post them.

This is fun! I am learning so much, Thanks!

If you have a manual focus option on your camera, it is sometimes easier to use it to get better focused pics when shooting fish swimming in the water. We'll get you a solid ID if you can catch one. Sometimes with topminnows and related species, minnow traps don't work so well. A dip net or seine is often more effective.

As far as the other photos, the first sunfish from the left appears to be a male BG, the second a female BG, the next is the unknown minnow, then an immature sunfish, most likely a BG, then a a GSFxBG hybrid, then another immature sunfish most likely a BG, then another hybrid sunfish, this one I am not so sure about on the genetics. Most likely a GSFxBG, but it does have a very unusual coloration... What is the stocking history of this pond?

I'll try the net and trap to see what I get. I do have manual focus on my camera and I know how to use it, so I'll try that as well.

About the stocking: the pond is only 9 months old. It is feed by runoff and a spring feed creek. We stocked RES, HBG, CNBG, CC BC, LMB and FHM in Feb. There also seem to be naturally occurring BG in the pond as well from the creek before. Also I have a smaller pond down stream and clearly the FHM found their way up stream before we put in the newer dam.

Thanks for the ID help, it is interesting to me to see such colors.