snowflakeeel:

Hi recently went fishing in my area and these where some of the fish I caught. All the fish returned to the pond safe. – @chi-zilla4470s

Those are some nice looking boys! I love the blue color on the first one!

The first looks like a longear sunfish. Great wet pets, they don’t get much larger than that and are very smart fish with nice colors. They adapt best to captivity if caught as tiny fry, though. The second, I’d say maybe bluegill. The catfish are probably bullheads.

In the future, consider not photographing fish while they’re hanging from the hook, it causes more distress and damage. Bringing a shallow container to put water in is also a good idea, you can hold fish sideways in the water to get pics while they can still breathe, and it reduces damage to their slime coat. Dry surfaces rub off the protective slime coat and increase the chance of parasites or diseases getting ahold. Kudos for catch-and-release, though!