Sounds like a Crappie to me. Locally here in upstate NY, they take on a greenish tint (to match the lake weeds I guess...)
Mike Bernazzani - New York At 10:25 AM 7/11/02 -0400, you wrote: >After hearing all the stories about the Frankenfish, (I live not too far >away from Crofton, MD) a buddy of mine and I went fishing yesterday, in a >couple of our local ponds for blue gill, crappie, LM bass, and whatever >else might happen to take a shine to our little foam critters. My buddy >hauled in a somewhat small fish, and called me over to look at it. Had >the blue spot on it's gill plate, and the colorings were mostly that of a >blue gill, but had the mouth of a LM bass, and the fin configuration of a >LM bass. Talked to another buddy of mine, him not seeing the fish, he >thought it might be something called a Goggle Eye. Anyone else ever seen >a fish like this? > > >Mark >
