Thread: My Son's Catch - Bluegill?

Originally Posted by kcbrown

They go by several names. The one on the left is a green sunfish... kinda looks like a redear (red ear). The other two are what we call goggle eye, rock bass, war mouth, etc. They are of the panfish family, taste fine, fight hard, usually caught close to shore, love rocky areas.

Better check your ID? tHe one on the left looks like a hybrid of Green Sunfish/ Bluegill and other two are Green Sunfish for sure. Some call Green Sunfish by Ricefield Slicks. The Warmouth is a similar fish as are Rock Bass, but none of them are either.

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Originally Posted by NIMROD

Better check your ID? tHe one on the left looks like a hybrid of Green Sunfish/ Bluegill and other two are Green Sunfish for sure. Some call Green Sunfish by Ricefield Slicks. The Warmouth is a similar fish as are Rock Bass, but none of them are either.

Green Sunfish #1

X2 Not a great sunfish IDer by any means, but the 2 right ones are what we here in KS call "perch". Commonly found in rocky areas, and probably one of the better baits also. They are good eating, for everything it seems, nice firm meat, small, soft scales and hardy.