From the picture it looks more like a Bluegill than a RES,,,however it COULD be a small RES. For sure It is not a green sunfish. It is pretty hard to be accurate at that small size.; BG and RES look a lot alike at that size until the ear tab starts to show more color detail with a rear border or no border. IMO you won't know the positive ID until it gets larger as in 3.5"-4". Either way if it is a BG you are stuck with them. What size RES were stocked???
This is why we heavily emphasize to buy larger size RES 4"-5" so they can be hand sorted to usually stop introduction of sunfish that you do not want to have in the pond. Keep us advised as the pond progresses and this size gets larger . The 50 RES that were stocked Spring 2024 should be 4"-5" by now and if you fish with a small hook and worm near the bottom you might catch some of the larger ones. Where did you buy the RES??
Last edited by Bill Cody; 09/18/24 08:34 PM.
