Pond Boss Forums FISH & FISHING Sunfish-Including Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass What type of hybrid?

The mouth looks bigger because the mouth is open whereas the other BG have their mouth closed and it appears they have a smaller mouth. The open mouth better shows the maxillary thus is appears larger than that of a closed mouth. I agree with Snipe and Sunil, all the non-crappie in the pic I think are what we standardly call northern strain BG and they probably were caught from clear, light brown stained water. BG from wild natural populations will have a 'fair' amount of natural variation of color. I will next post a link of mouth size variation for the common sunfish (Lepomiis) species. The bluegill does have a small amount of mouth size variation in natural populations that is also noted in this well done video link that has some good useful information.

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