Agreed it looks to be a female bluegill. Most seem to be copper colored with dark vertical bands.leeman, yours is a green sunfish. the bluegill in question is just that, a bluegill
put green sunfish in my pond.
o not see how that they were able to morph into green sunfish in a decade in my pond. They were caught from Liberty Resevoir.





View attachment 701643this bluegill has a much yellower belly and its mouth is shaped differntly any ideas?