Eric, its a Longear that grew in a pond with few fish. For a little more context I stocked this LES male into the pond (the only LES) by throwing it above the dam from the adjacent pond below. It was only about 4.5 to 5" in length when I did that. For a time, that upper pond was a panfish paradise containing only male panfish (LES, BG, RES) from the pond below. At the time, the upper pond had a population of catfish and Gams) It took that fish 1 year to go from 5" to 7.5" and I did release him. I caught and released him again that season but that is the last I saw of him. The following year I couldn't catch any the BG that had been in there. I don't know if they just died or were caught by another fishermen. Also the following year BG of all flavors and LMB were brought into the pond by others and the grand experiment was kaput.
