Bluegill

Description:

Bluegills have smaller mouths than either bass or crappies. They are deep of body like crappies, but fairly thick from side to side. These brightly-colored little fish may be told apart most easily by remembering that the bluegill has a blue-black spot on the margin of the gill cover. Males can be distinguished from females, especially during spawning time, by the brighter color of the male bluegill.

Habitat:

Bluegills characteristically inhabit vegetated, quiet or slow-moving waters. They spawn when water temperatures approach 70F, congregating in large groups on common spawning grounds in water six to 12 inches deep.

Notes:

Other Names: bluegill sunfish, bream, sun perch, blue perch, blue sunfish, copperbelly, red-breasted bream, copperhead bream, and blue bream Average size: 12 oz-2 lbs, up to 2.5 lbs Spring spawner ((Found in the Medina River))