New species for me... (Page 2): good fighters......like bluegill on steroids...

Bruce10892 Loc: Northeast Ohio

Sinker Rig wrote:

Common here

good fighters......like bluegill on steroids

Bruce10892 Loc: Northeast Ohio

Randyhartford wrote:

They like rock banks, fight like bluegill, but their mouths are bigger.
Fun to catch!

Thanks for the reply Randy. According to my research they also like to hide under tree stumps and in deep rooted grasses. They are very impressive fighters for their size. Great matchup with the ultralight setup.

Bruce10892 Loc: Northeast Ohio

Whitey wrote:

They aren't bad eating either 🤗

Thanks for the reply Whitey.......I'll have to give them a try in the old frying pan

Bruce10892 Loc: Northeast Ohio

mistred64 wrote:

Bluegill in steroids?

Bluegill on steroids

Bruce10892 Loc: Northeast Ohio

kandydisbar wrote:

Looks like a nice little fatty. New to me also!

Thanks for the reply Kandy....Ya I wouldn't mind catching more of them. Nice fighters

Papa Jack Loc: Indianapolis

I have heard of these but never caught one. They do look a great deal like a rock bass. An easy way to know it’s a rock bass is they will have red eyes. Thanks for the pictures.

Bruce10892 Loc: Northeast Ohio

Papa Jack wrote:

I have heard of these but never caught one. They do look a great deal like a rock bass. An easy way to know it’s a rock bass is they will have red eyes. Thanks for the pictures.

Thanks for the response Papa. The pictures are not of good quality...sorry. But the Warmouth eyes are red also. The purple hue is distinctive also

ranger632 Loc: Near Yosemite Park Ca.

Bruce10892 wrote:

As I was reeling the first one in I thought I had a black crappie...hmmm hadn't caught one of those in a while...then as I got it out of the water thought I had a Rock Bass...never caught one of those. Well after a quick picture and safe release, I caught a second one. To make a long story short after some research I was told that they were actually Warmouth. First ones for me ever.

Pretty fish, at first thought it was a bluegill, never heard of Warmouth thanks for the picture

Bruce10892 Loc: Northeast Ohio

ranger632 wrote:

Pretty fish, at first thought it was a bluegill, never heard of Warmouth thanks for the picture

Ranger....thanks for your response. I wasn't quite sure what it was at first. Still lots of species left on my bucket list.

ranger632 Loc: Near Yosemite Park Ca.

Bruce10892 wrote:

Ranger....thanks for your response. I wasn't quite sure what it was at first. Still lots of species left on my bucket list.

Hope you catch them all..

Whitey Loc: Southeast ohio

Bruce10892 wrote:

Thanks for the reply Mike. Ya I wasn't sure what they were at first. They look very similar to Rockies

Bruce the easy way to tell them apart is the Horizontal line running from the eye toward the end of the Gill plate

Lockman54 Loc: Alliance,Oh

Bruce10892 wrote:

As I was reeling the first one in I thought I had a black crappie...hmmm hadn't caught one of those in a while...then as I got it out of the water thought I had a Rock Bass...never caught one of those. Well after a quick picture and safe release, I caught a second one. To make a long story short after some research I was told that they were actually Warmouth. First ones for me ever.

Reminds me of what we always called them rockbass. They're very hardy little guys. They always hangout along the edge of the water. Fun to catch no matter what their size is.

mdegraw

Have these in North Carolina also. They like very still waters in our rivers. They strike lures aggressively, like bluegills.

Outlawone Loc: Central Louisiana

Down in Louisiana we call google eye not sure really how to spell it your right pound for pound they are fighters if they grew to say 5# that’s what I would fish for more often

HenryG Loc: Falmouth Cape Cod Massachusetts

Bruce10892 wrote:

As I was reeling the first one in I thought I had a black crappie...hmmm hadn't caught one of those in a while...then as I got it out of the water thought I had a Rock Bass...never caught one of those. Well after a quick picture and safe release, I caught a second one. To make a long story short after some research I was told that they were actually Warmouth. First ones for me ever.

Nice catch and they put up a fight🎣😎👍