I'd also be interested in the gape of a Green sunfish.
Dave, here ya go.
7 1/8" GSF mouth gape 1"
7" GSF mouth gape 15/16"
5 3/4" GSF mouth gape 3/4"
7 3/4" HBG 7/8"
7 3/4" HBG 7/8"
7 1/2" HBG 13/16"
7" BG 9/16" All from my old pond.
Fed a few pellets to the small GSF in close to the bank today. Fed a hand full then as I got a group gathered around, just threw out a floating pellet one at a time so I could observe. GSF are aaaaaagressive. I was amazed at 3" fish taking full pellets (the pellets I was feeding were game chow with multiple size pellets). No way would one of my BG (of the same length)in the big pond do that. The little BG would peck at it, but the GSF just swallow it whole. Sometimes 4 and five fish at once going after a single pellet, most in the 3-4" range (I have removed a lot of the 4" by trapping). Just need to be able to make the things grow bigger. They are one heck of a fish. Just don't get big enough. Have to settle for HBG.
