What is this?!?!?

[BarryG]

green sunfish

[throwback]

Last time I caught a warmouth it pulled like dead weight. Like reeling in a small stick.

[GitDaGrease]

We call em goggle eye, caught a few on my last video, meat was white and delicious!

x2 on that. Caught my first one with my dad when i was about 5 years old and thats the name he taught me. goggle eye lol

[bistineaudon]

its a goggle eye...i catch a lot of those bream fishing....ive caught them all my life and iam 62 i never ate one tho and i catch some big ones

[rubicon3680]

its a goggle eye...i catch a lot of those bream fishing....ive caught them all my life and iam 62 i never ate one tho and i catch some big ones

You should try em I can't tell the difference between them and bream. They are very good eating.

As to there name i've heard of warmouth for them, but not goggle eye or green sunfish. Not saying that ain't what they are though. I think that poor little fish gets a new name every time someone catches one. From my experience my dad has always called em warmouth, the river fishermen around here call em black perch and are willing to argue bout itRofl(I'll have to remember goggle eye and green sunfish just to aggervate those guys), the Tennessee fishing guide refers to em as rock bass. Either way they are way up on the list as far tastyness goes.
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[skeetbum]

I live in Middle Tennessee and we have two varieties of fish that though similar, are very different. The rock bass has a red eye and are built slimmer than what you hold, which I know as a warmouth perch. Those dudes fight hard for their size and are good table fare. They like woody cover and love to hit chartreuse jigs we offered them while I lived on FL. In TN they tend to like cover but it is more varied in material, large rock among them. They filet better due to their thickness, and I'll take all I can get. Enjoy them, both on the line and on the plate.

[njones]

Stump knocker aka Warmouth is what we've always called them.

here links to identify your catch.


Rock Bass Fish Identification

Warmouth Fish Identification

[rubicon3680]

Stump knocker aka Warmouth is what we've always called them.

here links to identify your catch.


Rock Bass Fish Identification

Warmouth Fish Identification

That is the first pictures of the two different species i've ever seen. Thanks for posting that link.

[CrappiePappy]

Warmouth ... Rock Bass ... Green Sunfish --- are three DIFFERENT fish. Goggle eye, Stumpknocker, red eye, etc. are just some of the nicknames they've been given.

From the coloration, especially the white tips on the fins, tells me it's a Warmouth. (I've had several in my aquarium in the past)

And, as has been said ... scrappy little fighters & good table fare !!

... cp

[njones]

Just doing what I can.