Pond Boss Forums FISH & FISHING Sunfish-Including Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass Is this a RES ?

I don’t see any red ears 😉 LOL
Only other option would be a CNBG or a northern BG but they all have bright yellow bellies
This thing is just over a year old and already over 1#

Jason most of the RES here have yellowish bellies and mouth is larger than BG plus the red on ear flap
How clear is your pond? Murky ponds the fish color washes out

I'm no expert but mine usually look more like what Pat is describing. Very nice fish Jason!!

Here are photos of other BG I have caught in the last 10 days. Mind you this pond was first stocked 9/15/23
The water clarity has been as low as 22” , 2 weeks ago to 28” today.
We fish every day and have never caught a fish that looked like this. They are all round and have color.
Never anything close to this long and lean.

That's a Redear Jason, just somewhat colorless. spots on cheeks are pretty tell tail.

Looks like I can confirm after this evening.
Never caught one of these before, now 3 in 24 hours.
Male and female this evening
Never mind the blood, that stupid thing finned me pretty good

Dang that's a lot of blood. Bruce Condello's signature reads ... "Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors".

Sounds like some behavior change to me.

Your pond is maturing nicely. Good job!

The second it shook in my hand it felt like I was holding razor blades

May 19 post
Male BG , Male CNBG , unknown ( ? cross) does not have standard RES traits.