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 What Kind of Fish is this??
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04/23/09 03:17 PM
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I went to a pond very close to my house that hasn't even been there a full year. I throw in an artificial worm and I got a bite on nearly every cast. And caught tons of these. You can't tell by the picture but they have ruby red eyes. I first thought Rock bass but it doesn't have the 6 Anal Spines. So they are either big perch or baby small mouths every single one was about 6 to 7 inches long and put up a nice fight for the size. What do you think?  
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04/23/09 03:43 PM
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Its either a green sunfish or a warmouth. Can't tell for certain from the pics. Go to tpwd's website, select "Fishing/Boating", then "Freshwater Fish Species". There are pictures and detailed descriptions of all the sunfishes.
"Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out" - Zachary Troy Schrah - a young man with vision far beyond his years.
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Re: What Kind of Fish is this??
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04/23/09 04:26 PM
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Yea I guess it is a green sunfish (rock bass). The way they were biting it makes sense.
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Re: What Kind of Fish is this??
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04/23/09 04:34 PM
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Warmouth, rock bass, red eye bass, goggle eye... all samey same
When in doubt, jerk.
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04/23/09 04:46 PM
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The TPWD website says a warmouth and rock bass (green sunfish) are different.
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Re: What Kind of Fish is this??
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04/23/09 04:48 PM
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Warmouth, rock bass, red eye bass, goggle eye... all samey same except not really... Rock Bass "Ambloplites rupestris"  Warmouth "Lepomis gulosus "  I am going with Warmouth on that fish
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Re: What Kind of Fish is this??
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04/23/09 04:49 PM
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Reading the info on the Rock Bass leads me to believe Rock Bass because it states that the Rock Bass is usually the first fish to populate a newly formed lake or pond. And they usually overpopulate small ponds to the point that they will not grow very big. So judging by the fact the pond was formed less than a year ago and the shear numbers of fish.... It has to be the Rock Bass. I didn't see the 6 Anal Spines but it also states that the rock bass will breed with other sunfish. So could be a hybrid.
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04/23/09 04:51 PM
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Maybe a Warmouth Rock Bass Hybrid Because it does look a lot like that Warmouth.
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Re: What Kind of Fish is this??
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04/23/09 04:52 PM
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where are you located in texas? that would make a huge differance
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Re: What Kind of Fish is this??
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04/23/09 04:53 PM
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These were caught in a pond in north west harris county.
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04/23/09 05:07 PM
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cajundave
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google eye, but pic makes hard to tell.
That's why they call it fishing and not catching! 
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Re: What Kind of Fish is this??
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04/23/09 05:55 PM
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That's a warmouth, different fish from green sunfish, and different from a rock bass (three diff. species).
No fish is too good for the grease.
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Re: What Kind of Fish is this??
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04/23/09 06:01 PM
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Warmouth without a doubt. Black dot on gill plate
I wish they got about 20lbs, awesome fish.
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Re: What Kind of Fish is this??
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04/23/09 06:07 PM
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yep, goggle eye, aka Warmouth, I swear a 4 inch goggle eye will try and eat a 8" plastic worm.
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Re: What Kind of Fish is this??
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04/23/09 06:10 PM
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TPWD calls both the green sunfish and the Warmouth a Goggle Eye and Rock Bass even though they have two different pictures.
Green Sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus)
Other Names
Goggle-eye, Rock Bass, Branch Perch
Warmouth (Lepomis gulosus)
Other Names
Redeye, Goggle-eye, Red-eyed Bream, Stump Knocker, Mudgapper, Mo-mouth, Morgan, Molly, Rock Bass, Open Mouth, Weed Bass, Wood Bass, Strawberry "perch", Mud Bass, Warmouth Bass
Last edited by DCB311; 04/23/09 06:11 PM.
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