I'll preface my post by saying that most of these fish are old pics.
I thought I'd post some pics of fish I've not seen in this thread.
I have many pics of the species already posted, but thought adding some
new species would be nice.
Most of these are not from this year, with the exception of the hybrid bluegill.
Carp - This one weighed 24 lbs. My PB was 41 lbs caught at the hot ponds near the mouth of
the Saginaw river in a man made canal/river that flows into the bay from the warm water
discharge of a coal burning power plant that flows into the bay just east of the mouth of
the Saginaw river.
Hybrid Bluegill - This 11 inch model came from our pond where all fish are catch and release.
A hybrid bluegill is a cross between a female green sunfish and a male bluegill.
They grow larger and faster than normal bluegills.
The reason they are preferred over normal bluegills to stock in ponds is their offspring.
When a male and female hybrid spawn, their offspring is 90 to 95 % males. This, over time,
will keep the pond from getting over populated with the very prolific bluegills.
Most anglers are not aware of how many times a year these fish will spawn.
In the southern tier of states, 3 times. Where I'm at in Michigan, twice. The late spring spawn
is the one that everyone is aware of, but in August they will also spawn second time in the
northern tier of states, although the numbers of eggs in this late summer spawn is reduced from
what the spring spawn numbers are.
The holding capacity of a pond, or any body of water, is the weight of the fish the body of
water can support per acre. In ponds, a very noticeable size difference occurs as the fish
over populate a body of water. The same weight per species/ per acre occurs
but can be easily noticed in ponds as far as size of the fish.
If a one acre pond can hold 500 lbs of bluegills, the numbers can tell the story.
If the average is taken on the 1000 bluegills and they average 1/2 lb each. (Some will be
much larger and some much smaller), but the 500 lb holding capacity remains the same.
Lets say those 500 lbs of bluegills were a 1/2 lb average. That would mean 500 lbs = 1000 fish.
As over population occurs, assume the numbers of bluegills doubles to 2000 fish. The combined
weight of these fish would also be the same approx weight per acre at around 500 lbs. Although the
average size has now dropped to a 1/4 lb each. Holding capacity is measured in weight per
acre and not the size of the fish. Size determines their numbers based on holding capacity
measured in weight.
This is why those with farm ponds stock hybrids. When a hybrid male and a hybrid female spawn,
their offspring being mostly males controls the over population that can occur. A hybrid lives
for six or seven years, and after stocking them, one will have to stock again in about 10 years
because all of the females will be gone.
Steelhead - On top
17 lbs. 6 oz. PB with 2 lb test leader surf fishing
Brown Trout
Lake Trout - Bottom
14 lbs Lake Trout
Coho - This pic is also from the early 70s.
Trolling in front of Cook's Nuclear power plant
with a catch of spring coho and brown trout.
Chinook - Early 70s - A 22 lb King caught trolling on Lake Michigan on a friends
boat that started my quest for a boat of my own. Two years after this, I had my
first one complete with downriggers, marine band radio, spare kicker motor, planer board
mast system, and a bunch of level wind Penn reels and trolling rods, and the
beginnings of what grew into an insane collection of lures.
31 lbs
Glowfish - These coho and brown trout were caught anchored in the discharge waters
at Cook's Nuclear power plant on the the southern shores of Lake Michigan.
The two discharges boil up from the bottom about a 1/4 mile from shore, and in that
fish are cold blooded and the discharged water is in the mid 50s, it's a spot where fish
will winter as they prefer the warmer water. Super easy bite. Anchored using smelt,
alewives, and spawn bags. In a half day of fishing two guys could catch over 100.
It was very hard to get two lines in the water without having 2 on at the same time.
Like shooting fish in the proverbial barrel.
Based on the slits of my eyes, whatever I was smoking that day was an easy 8/10
Whitefish - Prior state record
Alewife - These androgynous bait fish invaded the great lakes and in the 60's
their numbers exploded. The dead ones washed up on the beach were piled up along
the shoreline by the millions, and the stench could be smelled for a very long
distance. The home owners along the shoreline put up a stink about the stench and
our DNR decided to reintroduce salmon again. A multi million dollar industry was born.
I was in on this from the onset. I started trolling for them in 1970 and fishing
the rivers they ran in the fall for some fantastic fishing.
I believe this fish should get the credit for the salmon boom that has occurred
because of their invasion.
Alewife
My kind of bite. No crowds, huge trout, and a peaceful serenity that washes over my soul.
Lake Michigan at sunset waiting for a rod to double over with a steelhead or brown trout.
Tell them how big that hybrid bluegill was I released.
It was huge
The reason I had to ask was the no ice thing we have going on with this side of the Bridge. Us "Trolls" haven't seen much haha. 
