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Matt Breuer

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How many species have people caught in the 'gill family? What's your biggest mix in a day? I've never caught Redears (shellcrackers) or Warmouths, and my best day is today, four species including hybrids.

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Matt... I have only caught three basic types of Bream as they are called elswhere. Bluegill,Pumkinseed and Green. This will be an interesting thread to follow, Thanks
P.S. I forgot about Rockbass and Largemouth,Have yet to catch a smallmouth.
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I've caught largemouth, smallmouth, rock bass, black crappie, bluegill, pumkinseed, orange spotted, green, and hybrids from the sunnie family. I'd like to hear what others have managed! I'm missing a lot of fish on the spectrum.

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Smallmouths, largemouths, rock and spotted bass are all members of the sunfish family. There is a great sunfish family tree on the PA DNR HSOforum showing all of the fish in the sunnie family!

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I used to live in North Carolina, and my parents still do. Whenever I fish there we always catch a variety of Bream as they are referred to there. I have caught Long ear Sunfish (referred to as Cherries).

Also, the red ear (we call them shell crackers) these are by far the largest of the sunfish in my experience. We usually caught these averaging size from 10-12.5 inches. You have to keep in mind that these fish start to get broader across the back than longer. They are a stout fish. In NC, fish tend to run larger because they have a longer growing season.

Along with the warmouth, bluegills, pumpkinseeds, and greens.

Here in MN, I have caught bluegills, greens, and pumpkinseeds, and hybrids.

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Here's a pic of the world record redear sunfish (shellcracker), nuts isn't it?

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Two guys were fishing together and one caught a 5 lb. 4 oz. redear and ten minutes later the one pictured above was caght and weighed 5 lbs. 7.5 oz. The two biggest ever caught, same day, same lake. Both fish came from the Santee Cooper Diversonal Canal near its confluence at Lake Moultrie, South Carolina

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Those are some huge sunfish! The ones we caught this weekend might have a few years before they reach that size Matt wink.gif I still have that one in my truck grin.gif

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Matt Johnson

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