Could you elaborate on the ear tab.. Any pics available of the actual fish?
Field and Stream magazine reported years ago that there were no pictures available, but at
www.bigbluegill.com we located the mount of the fish. Our site is the only place you can find them. I'll see what I can do to transfer the images to this site.
The eartab means just what you'd think...
It means the 4 lb, 12 ounce fish likely was BG X RES, or pure RES. From the body morphology it looked like a hybrid. I think it would be inappropriate for me to ever complain about it or start a controversy. The daughter of the record holder is a very nice person, who's been very helpful. I'm certain that without DNA testing it could never be proven that the fish ISN'T a pure bluegill, but this information was relevant to this thread, so I thought I'd share it.
