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Fish I.D.

Posted By: WhereDayBe?

Fish I.D. - 07/10/17 06:42 PM

Caught this little guy on Ray Roberts while crappie fishing with my neighbor, Sunday morning.
Neither of us are sure what it is.
Posted By: redmojo

Re: Fish I.D. - 07/10/17 06:45 PM

It's a skinny, small crappie but maybe I'm wrong...
Posted By: James Biggs

Re: Fish I.D. - 07/10/17 06:47 PM

Rock bass
Posted By: Fishbonz

Re: Fish I.D. - 07/10/17 06:48 PM

Crappie? No sir! Either a Warmouth or Rock Bass 2cents
Posted By: redmojo

Re: Fish I.D. - 07/10/17 06:51 PM

I believe y'all are right.
Posted By: greenen

Re: Fish I.D. - 07/10/17 06:55 PM

Warmouth.
Posted By: Swimbaiter

Re: Fish I.D. - 07/10/17 06:55 PM

WARMOUTH
Posted By: Outdoordude

Re: Fish I.D. - 07/10/17 07:22 PM

Warmouth.
Posted By: rangertaylor

Re: Fish I.D. - 07/10/17 07:26 PM

Caught one of these on Eagle Mountain last weekend and wasn't sure what it was either, thanks for the pic and clarification.
Posted By: Jarrett Latta

Re: Fish I.D. - 07/10/17 07:31 PM

Warmouth for sure. Similar to green sunfish. Both crazy aggressive
Posted By: aggieangler03

Re: Fish I.D. - 07/10/17 08:04 PM

That is a Bitesallyourchartreusetipsoffyourcrawslittlebastages Fish
Posted By: SFAJACKS44

Re: Fish I.D. - 07/10/17 08:29 PM

Warmouth.... or as my Granny would call them.. A Goggle-eye
Posted By: Chris B

Re: Fish I.D. - 07/10/17 10:52 PM

Warmouth, caught one two weekends in a row off the same small patch of grass on an 8" lizard.
Posted By: Capt Jerry

Re: Fish I.D. - 07/10/17 11:07 PM

Goggle-eye. My father called 'em that. He would know, as he was the best fisherman I ever knew.
Posted By: James Biggs

Re: Fish I.D. - 07/10/17 11:23 PM

Rock bass & warmouth I though were the same. Might be like a Texas perch. Lol
Posted By: catslayer

Re: Fish I.D. - 07/11/17 02:49 AM

Warmouth
Posted By: catslayer

Re: Fish I.D. - 07/11/17 02:50 AM

Originally Posted By: aggieangler03
That is a Bitesallyourchartreusetipsoffyourcrawslittlebastages Fish


X100000
Posted By: DevinJoe

Re: Fish I.D. - 07/11/17 02:56 AM

Look Ryan Boykin. It's another snakehead whip
Posted By: Verkeith

Re: Fish I.D. - 07/11/17 03:15 AM

Originally Posted By: SFAJACKS44
Warmouth.... or as my Granny would call them.. A Goggle-eye


Yep..
Posted By: BASS420

Re: Fish I.D. - 07/11/17 03:52 PM

The best Yella cat bait is what I call it. Goggleye!!
Posted By: LumberKat

Re: Fish I.D. - 07/11/17 07:34 PM

Warmouth

Originally Posted By: James Biggs
Rock bass & warmouth I though were the same. Might be like a Texas perch. Lol

Warmouth have 3 spines on the anal fin.


Rock bass have 6 spines on the anal fin.

Posted By: tsspencer2887

Re: Fish I.D. - 07/11/17 08:25 PM

Originally Posted By: LumberKat
Warmouth

Originally Posted By: James Biggs
Rock bass & warmouth I though were the same. Might be like a Texas perch. Lol

Warmouth have 3 spines on the anal fin.


Rock bass have 6 spines on the anal fin.




Might want to explain that to TPWD.
Posted By: LumberKat

Re: Fish I.D. - 07/12/17 01:21 PM

Originally Posted By: tsspencer2887
Originally Posted By: LumberKat
Warmouth

Originally Posted By: James Biggs
Rock bass & warmouth I though were the same. Might be like a Texas perch. Lol

Warmouth have 3 spines on the anal fin.


Rock bass have 6 spines on the anal fin.




Might want to explain that to TPWD.



TPWD agrees, "Warmouth are somewhat larger than either rock bass or green sunfish (with which it is often confused)...Warmouth have 3 spines in the anal fin..."
Posted By: tsspencer2887

Re: Fish I.D. - 07/12/17 02:16 PM

Originally Posted By: LumberKat
Originally Posted By: tsspencer2887
Originally Posted By: LumberKat
Warmouth

Originally Posted By: James Biggs
Rock bass & warmouth I though were the same. Might be like a Texas perch. Lol

Warmouth have 3 spines on the anal fin.


Rock bass have 6 spines on the anal fin.




Might want to explain that to TPWD.



TPWD agrees, "Warmouth are somewhat larger than either rock bass or green sunfish (with which it is often confused)...Warmouth have 3 spines in the anal fin..."


I realize that but they have "Rock bass" listed as another name for Warmouth.
Posted By: cruzfishing

Re: Fish I.D. - 07/12/17 05:34 PM

Some place....somewhere...a female crappie is trying to explain to her husband why his children look like bass...
Posted By: David Burton

Re: Fish I.D. - 07/12/17 07:18 PM

They do get bigger on Athens!

Posted By: RiverRoad

Re: Fish I.D. - 07/13/17 02:48 AM

I've always called this a Goggle Eye as well
Posted By: Brad R

Re: Fish I.D. - 07/13/17 11:12 AM

First, it is definitely a warmouth.

tssspencer2887 notes something TPWD does and ought to stop doing. Under its "Other Names," it should stop including mis-identifications. Nicknames and regional names, sure, and note such references that they are often called goggle-eyes, etc.

But not by a name where it is just wrong.

Example: Some anglers catch what they believe to be smallmouth bass here in Texas when they are often spotted bass or just odd shaped or colored largemouth bass, we see it here pretty frequently on TFF . . . and other posters point out the mistake.

But, under TPWD's odd logic, a largemouth bass might be called a smallmouth bass under "Other Names."

TPWD doesn't in this case (a mis-odentification) and it shouldn't do it anywhere. It just confuses people.

Brad
Posted By: less wind

Re: Fish I.D. - 07/13/17 06:41 PM

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