[Alphahawk]

Originally Posted by tnpondmanager

Hey, been gone from the forum a while, but the fish is definitely a cross between a redear and a bluegill - as Habrera noted, the opercular is too big for a redear, and bluegill do not have the red fringing on their operculars. Beyond that, as Alpha noted, the body shape is much more that of a bluegill than a redear; and the coloring is unique to bluegill-redear crosses. I have several of these crosses in a pond I manage - here are a couple caught this year:

Hey Walt...long time no see. Nice Gills you have in those lakes. While Williamsport is OK for being right at home it just does not have the big bruisers. Copper Nose are starting to show up at Laurel Hill. Have caught several down there at the pound mark but you won't find any all bunched up together that size. Have ordered some tungsten jigs to try and get deep at Pickwick yet keeping same profile as a 1/64 head but weighing almost 1/32. Going to try them out late Fall early Winter and on.


Regards