Thread: Warmouth

I am in Georgia and all of them look like what we call Warmouth. A blast to catch on ultra light rod dropping crickets around stumps and downed trees.


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Very aggressive little fish. Makes them fun to catch

Catching Green Sunfish around these parts is as easy as just getting your lure close to the bank ... especially rocky banks. Warmouth, on the other hand, tend to run a little deeper ... and grow considerably larger.

Many people confuse Rock Bass & Warmouth ... but, they are two separate fish.

Here's a link to a thread from 2004, where we had a discussion on these fish :
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/main-...sunfish-2.html

I've caught a few rock bass in the same area as the Warmouth and green sunfish. They go directly from the lake to the frying pan. I've have to start keeping any warmouth and green sunfish of a decent size.

In northern Arkansas we have three species of "goggle eye". They are Ozark Bass, Shadow Bass, and Rock Bass. They all look pretty similar but live in different streams. We also have Warmouth and Greensunfish. These are also called "goggle eye" by anglers in Arkansas. I have caught and eaten all of them and they all taste good. Here is an Ozark Bass that I caught in a creek in northern Arkansas last weekend on a flat trip.

That's a nice looking fish.

Don't mean to butt in but..

How big do the green sunfish get?
I love those thing. Very feisty fish. They are a thick string fish.
They have larger mouths and can take larger baits and lures.

I have never targeted them myself, but I have never complained when they end up in my ice chest. They seem to be a perpetually angry bugger and I like that in a fish!


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