Ontario Shore Fishing Forum

This Pumpkinseed does not look quite as should is this just normal variance or a hybrid? Caught on the Rideau in Ottawa. The spots seems more rounded than I would expect.... I have not caught many of these so I'm just not sure....

Looks pretty normal to me. There isn't much around your area that it can hybrid with except for Bluegill...and that doesn't looks like a bluegill/pumpkinseed hybrid.

Thanks! That's what I was thinking but it just did not look exactly like the pictures I had seen.

I actually find it very beautiful with the big round orange spots on the side. You don't see many that looks like that.

That's a fat sunnie.