That's 100% a pumpkinseed. We don't have many shellcrackers up north. They are more round, less oblong and their colors are similar but duller.
I need a some kinda trip soon. Work has been grinding me into a paste lately. I hate tax season. When work makes me grouchy my kids proportionally drive me 10x more nuts. It's either walleyes, lake trout, or turkeys not sure which.
I did sneak out Friday for a minute. It was intended to be more of a hiking/scouting type mission but I took along a spinning rod and it turned into my lifetime best native brookie pulled out of a beaver pond. I had one cast per spot because my partner's retrieving instincts.
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