What species of sunfish or bluegill are in the delta?

[BASSTUD]

How many differnt species of sunfish are there in the delta and are they specific to certain areas or are they just pretty much all over the place?....thanks in advance

[BassManDan]

Bluegill are sunfish.

[crawdaddy]

Sunfish-Largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass, redear, bluegill and crappie.

[BASSTUD]

I understand that bluegill,bass,smallmouth and crappie are in the sunfish family...i guess what i was getting at more specificly...how many in the bluegill family...the redear and bluegill....are there anymore??...besides the little red dot on the side of the head is there any general color differences between these two??...I purchased a mattgill green sun fish color pattern but i wanted the male bluegill but they were out so I settled, i think this will effect my confidience while throwing this bait( we know how that goes), so i was just wondering if there is that big of a difference between the mattgill green sunfish color and the species of bluegill that swimm in the delta.

[ASD]

All you need is confidience what you have will work fine!!

[fish_food]

I understand that bluegill,bass,smallmouth and crappie are in the sunfish family...i guess what i was getting at more specificly...how many in the bluegill family...the redear and bluegill....are there anymore??...

"Bluegill" isn't a family--it's the "common name" for just one species in the Centrarchid or sunfish family.

In addition to the Delta sunfish species already mentioned in posts above, add the following:

1. black crappie
2. white crappie
3. green sunfish
3. rock bass
4. warmouth

[Greg_Cornish]

How about phrasing it like this? "Look, asshats, How many fish in the Delta look a lot like Bluegill?"

[fish_food]

[BASSTUD]

LOL that about sums it up...thank you

[Greg_Cornish]

LOL that about sums it up...thank you

I'm just here to help!

[John Perry]

Greg you are the BEST! you always make me laugh.

[John Perry]

Greg you are the BEST! you always make me laugh.

[Turkeyman]

Greg, that's the best answer to this whole thread. Thanks for clearing that up.

[BassManDan]

Geez Greg, always so beligerent and mean spirited!

Known species of centrachids in California (all of which are in the Delta to some extent).

Lepomis macrochirus - bluegill
Lepomis cyanellus - green sunfish
Lepomis microlophus - redear sunfish
Lepomis gibbosus - pumpkinseed
Lepomis golosus - warmouth
Pomoxis annularis - white crappie
Pomoxis nigromaculatus - black crappie
Archoplites interruptus - Sacramento perch
Micropterus salmoides - largemouth bass
Micropterus dolomieu - smallmouth bass
Micropterus punctulatus - spotted bass
Micropterus coosae - redeye bass

That should answer you question.