Thread: Crappie/Bluegill Hybrid?

Liek Pete said, warmouth.

I caught one when I was about 15 that was 14" and was over 2-1/2lbs from a pond in Richmond Co. I'm sure it was a state if not a world record. That fish was 2" thick. I wached it eat a 1/8 oz white rooter tail. Bet it was 1975 near the town of Hoffman NC. Man I'm old.

Originally Posted by Racoon

I caught one when I was about 15 that was 14" and was over 2-1/2lbs from a pond in Richmond Co. I'm sure it was a state if not a world record. That fish was 2" thick. I wached it eat a 1/8 oz white rooter tail. Bet it was 1975 near the town of Hoffman NC. Man I'm old.

yep if it was a warmouth,you had a worlds record.....
Warmouth 2lbs 7oz Tony D. Dempsey Guess Lake, Holt, FL October 19, 1985

Fishing World Records

Warmouth all the way my friend!... : )

Might be a green sunfish.

Looks like a Warmouth to me.

A warmouth.


Besides their distinctive spotted patterns, warmouths can be easily identified and distinguished from other panfish or sunfish by their proportionally large mouths (except green sunfish which also have a proportionally large mouth). Other panfish of the same weight will have mouths 2-3 times smaller than that of the warmouth, whose oral proportions are in line with those of largemouth/black bass. It is often stated that warmouths have the body of a bream (a small common sunfish) and the head of a bass, leading to rumors that it is a man-made crossbreed.

Warmouths can be very aggressive, and will often strike at lures and baits even after being released by anglers moments before.

old post but what about this one?