plastic bottle fish trap. what I caught.

[tomasm87]

I made a fish trap then I set it up this morning. Worked ok. This is what i caught. I know is a sunfish but what species? Think it may be a blue gill.

 

[bettaowner]

At that size, getting an ID is very difficult. It could be a blue gill

 

[jwh0818]

I made a fish trap then I set it up this morning. Worked ok. This is what i caught. I know is a sunfish but what species? Think it may be a blue gill.

Looks like a crappie to be honest

 

[gman42]

Looks like a blue gill for sure

 

[tomasm87]

Yeah had a feeling it was. I made a bigger trap with a bigger bottle. I'm hoping to catch one of the pygmy species. But we'll see.

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

Having caught thousands of bluegill and other fish in my seine net that is no bluegill. I would say crappie those pop up way less often in my area so good catch

 

[tomasm87]

Seine net! Thats what i need.

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

Seine net! Thats what i need.

It's a lot of fun. I always just she what I can catch and then throw all back

 

[tomasm87]

Thats what i do. I go to acouple of creeks a few times a week. always go under the overpass. I'm sure people think I'm an alcoholic just hiding under the bridge to get drunk. Lol. With good reason there always a few whiskey and vodka bottles scattered on the floor.

 

[LSUMAN]

That is 100% green sunfish

 

[tomasm87]

Green sunfish. Interesting. Do they get big?

 

[aquandrew]

Green sunfish. Interesting. Do they get big?

2-3 lbs at most here is a tiny one i caught a couple days ago

 

[LSUMAN]

2-3lbs that must be some sort of world record haha, mot state records are not even a pound, they don't get very big in the wild

 

[TrevorKinkel]

That's a rock bass not a green sunfish that you caught fishing

 

[aquandrew]

That's a rock bass not a green sunfish that you caught fishing

what i caught? its definitely a green sunfish, the lake i caught it out of has a species report and rock bass don't have those bright colors around the head

 

[bshenanagins]

could I see how you made the trap??

 

[tomasm87]

could I see how you made the trap??

Pretty simple. Just cut the top portion of a bottle and invert it. Like I did. Drilled holes to run a rope through it. I found this bottle at a creek I visit and it gave me the idea. You can use a bigger bottle.

 

[Demonknight]

Rock Bass

Green sunfish

bluegill