Boondogie - Good catch on the fish in the 3rd pic. I did not even look at the 3rd pic. I saw GSF and knew BIG trouble was in Angler's MI pond. As Snipe says It is a pumpkinseed sunfish. Angler should be so lucky to have all PSS in the pond instead of the problematic GSF.
This is what Angler8689 should be doing with a lot of the GSF that he is catching in his traps - hand feeding the GSF minus their fins to the SMB when he gets his SMB. A good pair of scissors works well for removing fins. I do this for several SMB in one of my ponds. You have to first start using live fish to train the bass. It usually does not take very long to train the bass to eating easy catch live food. IMO this also conditions the SMB to focus on eating GSF.
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