Reply With QuoteGoggle eye is my vote
HaHa: 0
Crappie.com 1K Star General
ID This Fish
Threw a Rebel Crickhopper for the first time this evening. I was fishing it topwater style and this little guy nailed it. I think it's a green sunfish, but I'e never caught one of these before, so I'm not sure. Lay some knowledge on me!
Check out my Instagram fishing pics:
https://www.instagram.com/fishfishwish/
Super Moderator
* Crappie.com Supporter
Goggle eye is my vote
The love for fishing is one of the best gifts you can pass along
Crappie.com 1K Star General
Crappie.com 3K Star General
Crappie.com 2K Star General
* Crappie.com Supporter
ID This Fish
Goggle eye. War mouth have red eyes usually … but I know lots of folks around here call war mouth a red eyed gogg.
There are so many subtle variations with both species and each individual fish that it’s hard to determine at times.Sent from my iPhone using Crappie.com
Last edited by Smitty39365; 07-15-2021 at 10:27 PM.
Fishfishwish thanked you for this post
Crappie.com 1K Star General
Originally Posted by Smitty39365
Goggle eye. War mouth have red eyes usually … but I know lots of folks around here call war mouth a red eyed gogg.
There are so many subtle variations with both species and each individual fish that it’s hard to determine at times.Sent from my iPhone using Crappie.com
It has red eyes on my screen, not sure if that is showing up on everyone else's devices. Really dark red eyes, no blue on cheeks, no red or orange on fins, no blue specks down the sides, and no white outlining of the black gillplate flapper.. Definitely not a green sunfish and looks everything like a warmouth. Really cool fish, even with the paleness in this particular fish.
It is a warmouth (Lepomis gulosus). Which common name is Goggle Eye, but several people also call the green sunfish a goggle eye so that is where all the confusion lies and why we cannot use common names to ID fish usually.
Congrats on the fish, they arent everywhere and are on the bucket list for many people.
Crappie Wall Hanger II
They both cool looking fishes! Especially your catch, Smitty, with the red around the fins.Goggle eye. War mouth have red eyes usually … but I know lots of folks around here call war mouth a red eyed gogg.
There are so many subtle variations with both species and each individual fish that it’s hard to determine at times.Sent from my iPhone using Crappie.com
Sent from my iPhone using Crappie.com Fishing mobile app
MCG1 LIKED above post
Crappie.com Legend - Moderator Jig Tying Forum
* Crappie.com Supporter
The Warmouth around here have 3 stripes on their Gill plates . Like has already been said there are subtle variations and no doubt a regional difference too maybe. Looks like he was fun regardless. If he’s a hybrid he’ll be tough to call.
Creativity is just intelligence fooling around
Super Moderator
* Crappie.com Supporter
I think the old timers hollered Goggle Eye on anything that was not a Bluegill or a cracker. Wither way looks like it was a scrappy fighter
The love for fishing is one of the best gifts you can pass along
Crappie.com Legend
