I stocked only coppernose bluegill and redear for my sunfish population. I have had quite a few people ask me where the coppernose are with a small cooler or stringer full of them after fishing at the pond here. It seems they look at the bluegills first and assume that they are native bluegills. The males appear to have a much more pronounced band than the females.
I've caught a few redear but not many, but I've also caught some that look completely like redear, except the red is missing from the operculum ear flap. I don't know if they have somehow crossed with the coppernose but they are there.
