So where minnow fishing on my 2 acre pond saturday night. About 12 beers(a piece) and a pack of cigarretes into the night we catch a fish that is half perch, bluegill or whatever crossed with a crappie. I fished for 20 years and this thing was funny looking, it was tall like a big bluegill but had the exact stripes of a crappie. It weighed about 1/2 pound. It had that black dot behind his gills like the perch do. Ive owned the pond 3 years and this is the first time to see one. Anybody else see one? Oh and we caught a 8 pound bass at 1 in the morning on a minnow. The thing was massive. I have one of those electric scales where the handle pops up that u get at walmart and it said 8 pounds but I could swear its wrong. Its hialrious the damn minnow was as big as the bass's eye ball. Why we he go after such a little fish being as big as he was. I have a picture of the bass on my computer if someone wants to post it ill email it to them. Also have 2 solid white catfish in my pond pink eyes.