Nice looking flat fish flags. I know there are many different varieties of gills and sunnies from all parts of the country. Those look similar to our blue gills up here in New England. Our Sunfish are more orange colored especially on the bottom and look like this..

Our gills like like this one


Ours rarely will be 11" though and the larger ones are normally just under a pound. I did catch an 11" gill last year that was 1.41 and was the biggest I have ever caught. Must be fun in a float tube. Aren't there some things in the water down there that are not good to encounter especially in a tube? My TX time at Lackland AFB and later at Sheppard many years ago introduced me to lots of snakes and spiders that weren't fun to be around.