View Full Version : Bluegill-crappie hybrid
fishmounter
10-22-2011, 10:53 PM
Wow!
What is this?
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m121/fishmounter/Flier.jpg
Ifishtoolittle
10-22-2011, 11:09 PM
HOLY CRAP! That is something else! WOW, thanks for sharing this Fishmounter!
I never though it would be possible, but what do you know bluegills and crappie can actually cross breed, crazy!
TheAsianGuy
10-22-2011, 11:28 PM
Jeff, that is freaking beautiful! You got that just this morning? My goodness, if that's in LP, I better get a good digi cam to take better shots, and a platform to bring the fish's body out.
exfactor
10-22-2011, 11:36 PM
wall worthy bro. Very unusual fish, and 2 cool
Hooked Up
10-22-2011, 11:37 PM
Cool looking fish! It would/will make a nice mount!
smokehound
10-23-2011, 01:21 AM
Flier! Centrachus Centrarchus!
This is not a hybrid. Very beautiful fish.
Ifishtoolittle
10-23-2011, 01:28 AM
Flier! Centrachus Centrarchus!
This is not a hybrid. Very beautiful fish.
Flier eh? It does look like it doesn't it?
skunked again
10-23-2011, 05:48 AM
Beautiful crappilapia. What lake Jeff?
fishmounter
10-23-2011, 12:07 PM
Ok... The gig is up. I was just wanting to see if anyone knew that this fish is an actual breed of fish, and smokehound nailed it (as usual). It's in the Sunfish family and it is indeed a Flier caught by Jeffrey Abney in a swampy area in North Carolina. Beautiful fish, but they don't get very big. This 8 incher is a big one.
smokehound
10-24-2011, 06:10 PM
Ok... The gig is up. I was just wanting to see if anyone knew that this fish is an actual breed of fish, and smokehound nailed it (as usual). It's in the Sunfish family and it is indeed a Flier caught by Jeffrey Abney in a swampy area in North Carolina. Beautiful fish, but they don't get very big. This 8 incher is a big one.Wow, I knew it was a big one, but DANG. An 8-inch Flier is definitely a trophy.
Ifishtoolittle
10-24-2011, 08:33 PM
Even though it's a flier, it still really looks like a hybrid of a crappie and Gill'.
smokehound
10-24-2011, 10:11 PM
Even though it's a flier, it still really looks like a hybrid of a crappie and Gill'.I always felt they looked more like a rockbass/crappie hybrid, because of the black dots
Jeremy Wade Jr
10-25-2011, 05:32 PM
came across one of these yesterday
http://www.fieldandstream.com/files/imagecache/photo-article/photo/18/DSC_0368.jpg
first initial impression was that it was a redear.. then I realized its mouth was too big.. definitely a cross breed between a bass and a sunfish.. rock bass.. go figure.. heh.
City Dad
10-26-2011, 09:27 AM
Gigantic flier. Good one, FM!:)
I think different sunfish species hybridize far less often (if at all) than most folks think... I've yet to see a pic of any purported hybrids that didn't turn out to be a less common or lesser known species - like the flier.
But Bigfoot, now that's real!
END OF THREAD!
itsagooddaytofish
10-27-2011, 07:40 AM
incredible