Bottom photo is tough, but those top three all look like hybrids with a touch of GSF. Some of them almost look like three species in one. None are purebreads, I doubt even the 4th photo is.
I don't see a lot of naturally occuring hybrids in the ponds I manage, and I usually plant or have 2-3 species, never start with hybrids, pumpkinseeds or cnb.
Current pond overrun with bg I planted 280 RES, 160 gsf. There was one oddball in the gsf, I had to seperate and then individually inspect every fish. Could have been a mutant more chance than a hybrid. The fish source was a pond gone to polliwogs, so I got everything. Now I take 100 3" and below bg out every chance I get, and they are up in the shallows spawning, so I need to get started ASAP. Next Spring, maybe even this Fall I start planting 10" and over FLA LMB. Need to backfill for 2 year ago die off. Going to attempt to establish balanced fishery, self sustaining for a few years. Going to keep culling bg, until I make a dent.
Last edited by The Pond Frog; 05/18/10 02:34 PM.
