Thread: Fish ID - please help

war mouth....some people call them LOG PERCH....For me its awesome big catfish bait.

Yep! Those are Warmouth, nice ones too.

Warmouth perch is what I've always heard.

Those are green sunfish not warmouth. Green sunfish have large mouths and are found in farm ponds in shallow water. Their bottom fins typically trimmed in white. Some people do call a greenie a warmouth though.

Originally Posted by cricket george

Those are green sunfish not warmouth. Green sunfish have large mouths and are found in farm ponds in shallow water. Their bottom fins typically trimmed in white. Some people do call a greenie a warmouth though.

Don't know about that george. I don't see any white on em anywere. ID pixs need to be closer with fins raised so we can count rays and spines.

They don't look like Warmouth .... no "warpaint" stripes on their faces. Plus, the stripes down the side are more indicative of a Green Sunfish, and the dorsal fins run back closer to the tail fins (also more like a Green Sunfish).

Then again, if both species are present in this pond ... they could be Warmouth/Green Sunfish hybrids (which might explain the scarce stripes on the top two). Or, it could be that the pond is normally muddy (or off color), & that's the reason for the dark coloration & missing dark bands down the sides (on the top two).

Whatever they are ... they look like they're fat & healthy. You won't care what specie they are, once you gett'em clean'd & fried :p .... they'll eat good

... cp

Originally Posted by Pegleg

Don't know about that george. I don't see any white on em anywere. ID pixs need to be closer with fins raised so we can count rays and spines.

Sorry. When I took this photo I wasn't planning on submitting these pics for ID

I know what those fish are. Down here in 'Bama, we call em DINNER