monster warmouth from the canal!

[jonnythefisherman1]

at about 6:40 in the evening, i hit the ohio erie canal in coventry county. using dead minnows on a jighead, i caught a small 3'' warmouth. after releasing the warmouth, i had no luck for 10 minutes. so i switched out the minnow for a chartuse WAHOO! jig. great move! i moved over to some lily pads and jigged the lure on the lily pad and let it drop into the water. this way i caught 2 nice bluegills that flopped right out my hand into the water then i caught a good 6'' warmouth on the jig. 30 minutes and a few more small ones later, i went a area where a man was fishing with a plastic worm. i caught a another 6'' warmouth. as soon as i put my jig in the water where a bunch of baitfish where panicking, a 7 1/2'' warmouth came charging out like a bass and swallowed the entire jig, but luckly i set the hook in time to keep it from getting throat hook. the man admired the catch and offered me his fish. i accepted the fish and left at 8:00
fish kept and caught
warmouth bass:7 1/2 in
warmouth bass:6 in
warmouth bass:6 in

[Slab]

Got any pictures of that big Warmouth. Always wondered if they get looking like a big headed bluegill.

[Pat]

Great report ! thanks for posting, post some pic`s if you have them

[jonnythefisherman1]

i have pics but i have no idea how to post them. they are on a cell phone.

[jimeisaac]

i have pics but i have no idea how to post them. they are on a cell phone.

http://www.crappie.com/crappie/panfi...-pictures.html

[Slab]

http://www.crappie.com/crappie/post-...appie-com.html

Or there to go straight from the phone.

[jonnythefisherman1]

thanks! but i dont think i will post the pic. it not a very good one and its just me with a 6'' warmouth.

[T.C.]

Got any pictures of that big Warmouth. Always wondered if they get looking like a big headed bluegill.

slab, they dont look nuttin like a gill, they are short, THICK across the back and got a big ole mouth for such a small fish. catch alot off of minnows fishing in the shallows for crappie, they hang around cypress trees by the bank also. I capitalized think cause they really are, you can have the same lenght bluegill and the warmouth has twice the meat. and by short i dont mean they dont get big, i have heard of 1 1/2 pounders but the majority you catch arent very long.

[T.C.]

heres one i found online to show off, i dont have any personal pics of my own to show off, i always throw em back cause i catch em when im after specks. but you can tell how meaty they are, cool lookin little fish.

[GCD]

. i accepted the fish and left at 8:00
fish kept and caught
warmouth bass:7 1/2 in
warmouth bass:6 in
warmouth bass:6 in

Dude! are you sure you want to be keeping and eating those fish? There's a Huge fish consumption advisory list for your state!

Ohio Sport Fish Consumption Advisory - Limit Meals