Help me identify this mystery fish!

[bowhunter012463]

They are a stout little fish. If you get one over 8" then you really got a good one. I have always called it a warmouth aka rock bass ever since I was a young en.

[lowe175]

Yes it's a warmouth. They hit like to ton of bricks.

[glasseyes]

In Ohio, warmouth

[M R Dux]

I caught one on a big crankbait in KY lake last year trolling for crappie in 20 feet of water. Bait was 1/3 the size of the fish.

When I used to tournament bass fish in Ga, we used a lot of fire-tail plastic worms. Those little suckers would grab that tail, start moving off like a big bass, but when you set the hook all you got back was a worm with no firetail.

We always called them rock bass when I was growing up here in KY but warmouths in GA.

[justinp61]

Warmouth. It's a good thing they don't get big, you'd need snagging equipment handle them.

[brucec]

Warmouth
wwwildlife.ow.ncrg/Learning/Species/Fish/Warmouth.aspx





In NC we have both Rock Bass and Warmouth and they are 2 seperate spices. Check out these 2 links above.

[brucec]

Rock Bass

Rock Bass

[Lawnmowerman43]

Largemouth Bream

[huntinslabs]

Sammich maker.

[fishervet]

lunch