Fish ID

Type: Nontidal
Region: Southern
Location: St. Mary's Lake

This was caught on Saturday, April 11, 2015 @ St. Mary's Lake. Could you please identify the species? Thank you!

DNR Response: You caught a flier. The flier (Centrarchus macropterus) is a sunfish (family Centrarchidae) native to muddy-bottomed swamps, ponds, weedy lakes, and riverine backwaters across the American South, from southern Illinois east to the Potomac River basin and south to Texas.