Gang,

I was fishiing off the dock with my 4 yr old son for bluegills, pumpkinseeds and rock bass when he hooked this fish. It was only 6-7 inches long and I lip-landed it like a bass (I can't do that with the average sunfish he catches as the mouths are tiny).

It's built like a bass and has pumpkinseed markings on it's face. It has bizarre markings... notice the white edged fins. Any insight? We called it the 'Weirdo"

It's a green sunfish...

Google 'em... If it was as big as you said it's a BIG one...Most are quite small...

Thier mouth is quite a bit bigger than a bluegill or pumpkinseed, but they tend to be quite a small fish..

What lake did you catch it in..?? I haven't caught any inNY's Finger Lakes, but they are very common in the Tioga County PA reservoirs, the Hammond and Cowanesque dams...

I'm going to have to agree with Pygmy on the Green Sunfish

definitely a green sunfish... i have caught them over 1lb but they rarely get that big

its a green sunfish when i catch a bream im like ok its a bream nothing to special lol

I have never seen one before, but I think it is a cool looking fish to have mounted just by it's looks..

That's a Warmouth.

I have no ideal, but I'd like a stringer of em.

Bobby

Back in missouri we called those either sunfish or perch aka "Darn worm Steelers".

New one to me. I don't think we have them here.....yet