Incredible fins and color. That fish is liven large!

Got out for an hr this evening with the fly rod and the fishing was on fire. Probably caught 40 (greens, hybrids, BG's) & 1 bass.

Here are a few pics. No monsters but some cool colors.

Bump since we are in the season

Sorry but none of them are Perch!

All I see is bait

Seriously?! Did you get on this thread and only look at the original post and no replies?! That subject has been touched many times throughout this thread, read the whole thing or at least part of it before you jump in. This is TEXAS fishing forums and in Texas, Perch is a VERY common nickname for Freshwater Sunfish. I think you have alot to learn.

Not a Perch

I fished a new location on a creek yesterday. I caught bluegill, green sunfish, redear, longear, bass and catfish all out of the same small area in just an hour or so.

I have been told they catch rock bass in this creek as well. I caught this fish. Unfortunately, the picture quality turned out poor.

It had dark red eyes
It's fins had a dark black outline with white tips
The red on the ear flap could have been blood, otherwise this would point to pumkinseed.


Thoughts?

I would say some Redear in it for sure! Hybrid Sunfish. Just my two cents. The mouth area design is not like a Redear's.

Warmouth

Thanks for the input

I definitely need to catch another one and take some better pictures. I try to get the picture and get them back in the water as quickly as possible.

I've read about Warmouth, Rock Bass and sometimes Bluegill having red eyes. The eyes were very bulged out as well. That was my first clue.

I think the spot of red on the ear was possibly blood, the hook may have nicked a gill. Even so, the spot of red was very small. Pumpkinseed have a very small patch of red on the ear. It is not as wide as the typical red ear.

The striations on the face are a similar characteristic shared by warmouth, pumkinseed, greenies and rock bass.

A characteristic of the rock bass is a dark black outline on the bottom fins with a white or cream colored tip on fins.

I have caught Warmouth in a pond before and the coloring was much different from this one. Those were more of a copper color.

I hope to catch another soon and take a better picture but the creek is flooding again. Warmouth or Hybrid of some type is a definite possibility.

It is not too uncommon to catch warmouth with a "red ear". Looks like a warmouth to me also.

Thanks Jagg, I found an example of a warmouth with a red ear. It makes sense now.

Not a Perch

I was able to catch another Warmouth from the creek today. It had the same small red spot on the ear. This one also had a spot of red on top of the body but it was definitely a blood spot. Probably from either the turtles or gar that were roaming around the area.

Another beautiful species.

If you are referring to the red dot at the end of the dorsal fin, that is not blood. It is a common color that supposedly distinguishes males from females.

Great information, thanks.