Sorry for the confusion.

One year ago I caught these hybrids while fishing for RES in a lake out in Western NE. The only panfish I have ever caught there have been RES, no BG or GSF. When I caught this fish, I couldn't identify it, so I decided to bring it home and stock in my pond. I was hoping to catch them again, photograph, and post on the forum for ID help.

I've looked everywhere for info/images of RES/GSF hybrids and have never found any for comparison. I thought it would be useful to provide these images for our archives - too bad they're of poor quality.

The gape, aqua/electric blue stripes on the opercular flap and the classic spazz-twitch when they are held made me think GSF. The orange border on the opercular tab made me think RES - also because it's from a lake dominated by RES.

I hope this makes more sense. Any guesses as to the genetics of this fish?

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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