Pumpkinseed ((Lepomis gibbosus) Pond perch, sun perch, sunny)
◎Dark, olive-green on its back, with mottled sides. Base color of sides, yellowish, spotted with orange, red and blue. Its belly is yellow to bright orange. Cheeks and gill covers marked with alternate worm-shaped bands of blue-green and yellow. Bluish-black gill cover flaps are edged with white, yellow, orange or blue, with a small half moon spot of red.
◎Size:Average 4 to 6 inches.
Rainbow Trout ((Oncorhynchus mykiss) Rainbow)
◎The variety of rainbows has resulted in a variety of colors, hues and markings. Normally the back is olive-green with a silvery cast on its sides fading to a silvery white belly. Apinkish or light rosy red band extends from its cheek to near its tail. Normally, they are well spotted with black spots, but vary from large spots to tiny specks to no markings at all.
Redbreast Sunfish ((Lepomis auritus) Yellowbreast sunfish, redbelly, red throat)
◎Basically olive to brownish gray along the back, merging to blue with a golden cast along its sides and a bright orange to yellow underside. Has several irregular bluish stripes on its cheek and gill cover. Identifiable by a long, black opercular(gill) flap.
◎Size:Reaches about 8 inches.
Redear Sunfish ((Lepomis microlophus) Shellcracker)
◎Yellow-green or olive, with faint vertical bars and random dark spots. During spawning, the margin of the maleıs gill cover flap turns bright red. Body is rounded like other sunfish and has a relatively small mouth. Pectoral fins are long and pointed. They grow faster and larger than other sunfish.
◎Size: 1 lb. fish not uncommon and often reaching 2 lbs.
Roanoke Bass ((Ambloplites cavifrons) Redeye, rock bass)
◎Robust body much like the rock bass but with dark, olivegreen to olivebrown back, fading to grayish sides and white belly. Has smaller scale spots than the rock bass and lighter small whitish or yellowish spots on its upper body. Has a slightly concave outline over the eyes. Checks scaleless or nearly so.
Rock Bass ((Ambloplites rupestris) Redeye, google eye, rock sunfish)
◎Short, robust body and fairly large mouth. Lower jaw protrudes slightly. Back is olivegreen with sides tarnished gold or brassy colored. Each scale has a dark central spot. Large spots on its lower body forms a striped-like appearance. Has a discernable dark outline on its anal fin. Has wide vertical blotches on its sides and a dark spot on its cheek.
◎Size: Average 6 to 8 inches, but will reach 12 to 14 inches and 1½ to 2 lbs. Checks with obvious sacles.