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Is this BG fry? #129594 08/17/08 03:14 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 285 Birch Run, MI R rexcramer Lunker
rexcramer Lunker R Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 285 Birch Run, MI	Have I finally found a baby BG in my pond? They are about an inch long BG1 BG2 Last edited by rexcramer; 08/17/08 03:24 PM.

Re: Is this BG fry? rexcramer #129596 08/17/08 03:25 PM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 20,043 Likes: 1 Northeastern Indiana Cecil Baird1 Hall of Fame Lunker
Cecil Baird1 Hall of Fame Lunker Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 20,043 Likes: 1 Northeastern Indiana	Bluegill or White Crappie. If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.

Re: Is this BG fry? Cecil Baird1 #129597 08/17/08 03:41 PM
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Bill Cody Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker B Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 15,999 Likes: 1498 Northwest Ohio - Malinta OH	Those small fish are in my opinion smal BG. Second photo is better for recognition. Definately not crappie IMO. aka Pond Doctor & Dr. Perca Read Pond Boss Magazine - America's Journal of Pond Management

Re: Is this BG fry? Bill Cody #129598 08/17/08 03:52 PM
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rexcramer Lunker R Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 285 Birch Run, MI	Better not be crappie, I only put in BG and YP. Do you think they were born in early July?

Re: Is this BG fry? rexcramer #129600 08/17/08 04:11 PM
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Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker Joined: May 2004 Posts: 14,676 Likes: 509 40 N, 82 1/2 W	BG, just like a few hundred I saw while seining today. "Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever." -S. M. Stirling

Re: Is this BG fry? Theo Gallus #129608 08/17/08 05:05 PM
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rexcramer Lunker R Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 285 Birch Run, MI	Thanks for the replies. Can someone tell me what kind of shiner this is specifically? 2.5 inch minnow

Re: Is this BG fry? rexcramer #129613 08/17/08 07:23 PM
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Ric Swaim Lunker R Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,902 Surry Co NC	I think that is a Bridle shiner. Pond Boss Subscriber & Books Owner If you can read this ... thank a teacher. Since it's in english ... thank our military! Ric

Re: Is this BG fry? rexcramer #129614 08/17/08 07:23 PM
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Cecil Baird1 Hall of Fame Lunker Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 20,043 Likes: 1 Northeastern Indiana	Originally Posted By: rexcramer Thanks for the replies. Can someone tell me what kind of shiner this is specifically? 2.5 inch minnow Looks like a fathead to me. My fatheads have a stripe down the side. Forgive me for thinking it was a crappie but it looked sooooooo skinny compared to the Condello bluegill jumbos I have. If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.

Re: Is this BG fry? Cecil Baird1 #129616 08/17/08 07:37 PM
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Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker Joined: May 2004 Posts: 14,676 Likes: 509 40 N, 82 1/2 W	It looks just like my FHM too. "Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever." -S. M. Stirling

Re: Is this BG fry? Theo Gallus #129617 08/17/08 07:38 PM
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GW Lunker G Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,287 Central florida	My FH seem to have a, um, fatter head!

Re: Is this BG fry? GW #129619 08/17/08 07:45 PM
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ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker E Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 22,033 Likes: 483 Miss.	BG , BG , FH.

Re: Is this BG fry? ewest #129622 08/17/08 08:06 PM
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GW Lunker G Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,287 Central florida	FH! I need to look at my fat head again. $\:\)$

Re: Is this BG fry? GW #129624 08/17/08 08:24 PM
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ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker E Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 22,033 Likes: 483 Miss.

Re: Is this BG fry? GW #129625 08/17/08 08:30 PM
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rexcramer Lunker R Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 285 Birch Run, MI	Well there must be a couple different subspecies of FH then, because I have some other ones that are almost all black and have, well, much fatter heads. I did buy some FH from Andersons, and some from a local fish farm, so I guess there would be some differences. My "other" FH's look like this, are much more reclusive, and have different behavior: Maybe I was confused between males and females? fatheads?

Re: Is this BG fry? rexcramer #129627 08/17/08 08:44 PM
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GW Lunker G Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,287 Central florida	rex, the male FH in your illustration is in spawning colors. I'm pretty sure they look more like the females at other times. Last edited by GW; 08/17/08 11:35 PM. Reason: I forgot one "y".

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