Help me identify this mystery fish!

[shadboy]

Warmouth in the piedmont of the Carolina's.

[RetiredRR]

Yup! Good eatin' fish.

[VaCrappieMan]

Warmouth

[blue-jig]

Rock bass. Catch 1-2 a year.

[bfish]

warmouth.

Here is why: http://www.tnfish.org/FishIdentifica...cation_Key.htm

Here is photos:
TWRA - Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency - Sunfish Identification

[stringstalker911]

Awesome! Thanks for all the help and replies guys. After looking at the TWRA pics above, it is definately a warmouth. I must say that has to be a first!. I thought for sure he was some type of hybrid smallmouth. Thanks again.

[CrappiePappy]

Awesome! Thanks for all the help and replies guys. After looking at the TWRA pics above, it is definately a warmouth. I must say that has to be a first!. I thought for sure he was some type of hybrid smallmouth. Thanks again.

They may not be a hybrid smallmouth, but they sure do act like one at times

I don't know how many times I've had a Warmouth pick up my 6" worm or 4" plastic craw, and have me thinking it was a big 'ole Bass ... then send him flying completely over the boat with my "cross his eyes" hookset
Or grab my crankbait and shake the fire out of the end of my rod as I reel it in

Can't say as I've caught many Warmouth when fishing for Crappie ... but, I can wear out a marabou Roadrunner on their crazy cousin, the Green Sunfish ... especially if I'm casting right against the banks.


... cp

[blue-jig]

Rock Bass. Ha. I'm sure the website is right but it's been a Rock bass my whole life anyway!

[CrappiePappy]

Rock Bass. Ha. I'm sure the website is right but it's been a Rock bass my whole life anyway!

Yep ... Rock Bass, Goggle Eye, Redeye, Warmouth, and other names are used to describe a Warmouth or Rock Bass, interchangeably ... even though a Rock Bass & Warmouth are two different species. They can be hard to distinguish from each other.

... cp

[blue-jig]

I think I learned that from my grandfather or a friend of his when I caught one at 5-6 years old on a willow fly hatch and been calling it rock bass ever since then. You're right, they are tough and will strip drag on a lil spinner.