Palaezzz folks. We are fishers here. Can we get along?

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If you don't know, you're not a Yank or a Texan. It means you don't know. Hence the original question.

Roadtrip I know what a Chinch is and that`s what I meant!

Where was that caught? I've never seen one of those. Cool.

That there is a Mexican Chupacabra bass not a damn perch!

Pretty neat little fish. First one I caught was all the way up in the Catskills NY while on a hunting trip as a youth. Those red eyes kind of spooked me a bit thought it was a possessed small mouth ha! Was about to perform an exorcism till my pop told me what it was.

It is a warmouth. but a warmouth isn't the same as a rockbass.

Here's my thought. Calling it a perch is like somebody posting up a pic of a large mouth, asking what kinda fish it is, and the answer they get is "that's a fresh water fish." My guess is, he knows its a "perch"

these perch not a perch threads are HILLARIOUS......

I read several in last day or so........and Yes I'm one of the IGNORANT ones- theys all perch A.K.A. bait to me.....

Dont step on that crankbait.

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/war/

I guess I will let you argue that one out with the state. They have been called the same in this area my whole life.

i'd call it a meal. them are good eating. yellow bass are too

I'm from up north and I couldn't care less what people call fish, so long as I know what they meant, it doesn't hurt me any.

Y'all need to relax, folks.

Cool fish anyway you call it. I haven't caught a warmouth but would love to.

TPWD lists them as also called Rock Bass cause they knew plenty of folks around here call them just that. And nothing wrong with that at all!

But since you mentioned arguing it with the state, well, there wouldn't be much of an argument. TPWD agrees that Warmouth and Rock Bass are in fact, separate species.

In fact they say as much in the link you posted. If you read the very end of the two paragraphs under "Life History" in that link...You'll find these sentences, as written by TPWD.



They're very similar species. True Rock Bass are comparatively rare here in Texas, while Warmouth are very common. Up north, it's the other way around.

Hey lavonfisher. Did you ever decide what kind of fish you caught? And why would you want to start this kind of heated debate on a site where everyone always gets along so well? Ha ha.

Not saying you are wrong, but I was under the impression that Rock Bass had RED EYES.

I have lived in South Central Texas all my 63 years, my Daddy taught me any fish we caught that wasn't a bass or a catfish was a perch. They still are.