I am guilty this time .......

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Originally Posted by cray

Nice looking mess of fish. Why that one so dark, it's cheeks look almost like a small mouth. it sure is nice looking.

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that sir is a Warmouth like Crappie pappy said .....looks to be in spawning colors to me .....wish we had lots of them in the larger version .
mighty fine sunfish for sure ...thump jigs well and fight well and taste real good ....just dont ketch lots of them in the large variety
and or many of them in many spots in these parts ....
they dont reside in your part of the US best i can tell , but yawl got rock bass and we dont have them down here ...but they are kinda similar fish

Yup, picture perfect Texas Warmouth.

In Michigan, they look more like a small stunted cross between a bluegill and a rock bass. They don't get very big here at all, are extremely slimy, more bony, and a lot less meat than a bluegill. Most folks here will kill them when they catch them as they tend to take over an area pretty quickly.

if you had your pfd on as you should, the boys would not have to ask you if you had one in the boat nonono

Warmouth eh. Interesting. We have "rockies" up here (rock bass), which do not look like those fish. Must be a different species from what we have. Beautiful fish regardless!

Our rockies are stubbier and less pretty than yours! :) This is what our rockies look like:

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Originally Posted by ibmack

if you had your pfd on as you should, the boys would not have to ask you if you had one in the boat nonono

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We was sitting still and have a have to wear when under power mode in my boat :ThumbsUp

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Originally Posted by Crestliner08

Our rockies are stubbier and less pretty than yours! :) This is what our rockies look like:

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Yes sir they are different fish ......managed quite a few rock bass when I was younger up in lake Wallenpawpak I think it was called in Penna. , lived up there for 7 years as a kid

Another great fishing trip. Congratulations!

Yeah, Rock Bass & Warmouth are NOT the same fish, although they do get confused with each other where both are common. They are "cousins", more or less, belonging to the same "family" of Sunfish (Centrarchidae).

Nice catch thanks for sharing