Thread: Name that fish

actually, it is not a shell cracker or red ear - the mouth is way to large for a shell cracker. as noted by the others, the fish is a goggle eye, rock bass, or warmouth - depending upon which part of the country you are from.

Thanks. It's the first one I've caught in all the time I've been fishing. I thought it was just a deformed mess of a fish. Caught it in 25 FOW at the bottom. Water was pretty stained.

Rock Bass/ War Mouth. I guess it just depends upon where you are from and whom you are with. I do know this though....... A flathead will lay the smack down on that little baby. Like someone else said, don't see them long but when we do they are going in the live well and ill break out a 6500 ABU and toss him out on a road bed or at a ccrete boat landing. Set thee clicker and get ready!!

My uncle had a pond which had some War Mouths in it. That is what you have.