Labor Day weekend.
Sep 7, 2020 22:00:21 #
Jwid
Loc: Lake Killarney, Ironton, MO
Here they are. Best pictures attached. Note the lure is a $1 Walmart spinner that the skirt came apart during a fight. I put a black salamander on and fished with it. Overall back was the bait color of choice this weekend. First picture is a fish caught below the damn from 30 feet above. Last picture I would like help identifying. Eyes are black not red as some similar fish at the same spot. Warmouth, Rock Fish, and Goggle Eye have been offered up. Some call it a Bluegill, but I know that isn’t the case. Large mouth easily discounts that ID.
Sep 7, 2020 22:48:55 #
Sep 8, 2020 04:49:26 #
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Sep 8, 2020 17:36:00 #
Jwid wrote:
Here they are. Best pictures attached. Note the l... (show quote)
Nice catch Jwid, I would guess Warmouth. Our Rockbass have the red eyes, but the body colors are similar. Definitely not a Bluegill.
Sep 8, 2020 19:26:18 #
Sep 8, 2020 20:10:58 #
Sep 8, 2020 20:27:41 #
Jwid
Loc: Lake Killarney, Ironton, MO
Fredfish wrote:
Nice catch Jwid, I would guess Warmouth. Our Rockbass have the red eyes, but the body colors are similar. Definitely not a Bluegill.
So Fredfish you can see my issue. Some have red eyes some don’t.
Book on Warmouth red eyes.
Sep 8, 2020 20:54:56 #
Jwid wrote:
So Fredfish you can see my issue. Some have red eyes some don’t.
Book on Warmouth red eyes.
Book on Warmouth red eyes.
Yeah Jwid, you've got a dilemma there. Maybe they are crossbreeding? Does your state have a rulebook with pictures of available fish? Maybe something in there would give you a hint.
Sep 8, 2020 21:18:42 #
Jwid
Loc: Lake Killarney, Ironton, MO
Rulebook, no.
I have read a number of articles. Lots of pictures. I think a Warmouth, Goggle Eye, and Rock Bass might be the same fish with a variety of appearances. I haven’t applied a fork to them yet, but they are fun to catch.
I have read a number of articles. Lots of pictures. I think a Warmouth, Goggle Eye, and Rock Bass might be the same fish with a variety of appearances. I haven’t applied a fork to them yet, but they are fun to catch.
Sep 8, 2020 21:31:57 #
Jwid wrote:
Rulebook, no.
I have read a number of articles. Lots of pictures. I think a Warmouth, Goggle Eye, and Rock Bass might be the same fish with a variety of appearances. I haven’t applied a fork to them yet, but they are fun to catch.
I have read a number of articles. Lots of pictures. I think a Warmouth, Goggle Eye, and Rock Bass might be the same fish with a variety of appearances. I haven’t applied a fork to them yet, but they are fun to catch.
If you Google them, it says similar but different species. I think we need an Ichthyologist on the Stage.
Sep 8, 2020 22:18:51 #
Jwid
Loc: Lake Killarney, Ironton, MO
I asked Terry to come over.
“Well, I guess I qualify for this (retired fisheries biologist)“
“Well, I guess I qualify for this (retired fisheries biologist)“
Sep 8, 2020 22:32:02 #
May two cents? They're all some type of sunfish, including lm and sm bass, and I'd bet that they can all interbreed. That would be a warmouth if it had red eyes, but it doesn't. Maybe it's a large mouth bluegill? I say it's some sort of mongrel.
Sep 8, 2020 22:36:45 #
Sep 8, 2020 22:53:03 #
Warmouths? I thought that was how you recognize them, big mouth and red eyes. Other than that they just about look exactly like a well fed bluegill. And they're not that common.
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