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Fish ID #486579 02/25/18 12:10 PM
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 705 SE Pennsylvania R RobA OP Lunker
OP RobA Lunker R Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 705 SE Pennsylvania	I noticed small fish near the bank the other day. I can't imagine they're fry of this year as it's only February and they seem too small to be last year's hatch. The pond was rebuilt and stocked in 2008 with LMB, BG, fatheads and golden shiners. I made a crude minnow trap and caught these. The smaller fish in about 1-1/4" and the larger is about 2-1/4". Any thoughts? Attached Images

Re: Fish ID RobA #486580 02/25/18 12:18 PM
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 6,088 Likes: 96 SE Kansas S snrub
snrub S Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 6,088 Likes: 96 SE Kansas	Looks like a sunfish to me, probably BG. Last edited by snrub; 02/25/18 12:19 PM. John I subscribe to Pond Boss Magazine

Re: Fish ID snrub #486591 02/25/18 05:50 PM
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 705 SE Pennsylvania R RobA OP Lunker
OP RobA Lunker R Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 705 SE Pennsylvania	That's what I was thinking. Surprised they were so small. Is it possible the bluegill spawned late in the fall and the fry didn't have time to grow?

Re: Fish ID RobA #486595 02/25/18 08:13 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,809 Likes: 315 Somerset, PA Sunil Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker
Sunil Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,809 Likes: 315 Somerset, PA	RobA!! Brother where have you been??!!! I agree on the bluegill. The first fish seems to be no more than a 1/2" long. I wonder how old it is. The second fish from maybe a late, late summer-early fall BG spawn? In Pennsylvania??? Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."

Re: Fish ID RobA #486618 02/26/18 01:07 PM
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 21,541 Likes: 282 Miss. E ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker
ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker E Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 21,541 Likes: 282 Miss.	Originally Posted By: RobA That's what I was thinking. Surprised they were so small. Is it possible the bluegill spawned late in the fall and the fry didn't have time to grow? That is a common experience - not at all unusual to have late hatch BG that starve over winter up north.