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I fish a very small pond for bream sometimes, and just flat-out slay them. I also get these bream/bass hybrids called warmouths. I just caught a ton of them, several around a pound just now. By the way it was crazy it's snowing on April 7th in Texas!:p
Could these keep the bream population down? I've been catching several potato chips and just layin em out on the bank.
If this is the fish you are calling a warmouth, its what we call a goggle-eye. Looks like a bream with the mouth of a bass or crappie.
I don't think it would be much of a predator of bream. I would recomend throwing a few catfish in the pond to eat the smaller bream.
This picture is originally posted by nralover on this thread. http://www.crappie.com/gr8vb3/showth...ghlight=goggle
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Yeah, my wife caught that thing a couple weeks ago. I had never seen one before. Here is some info on them:
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/wildlife/...d/warmouth.htm
Don't want to step on any ones toes, but the warmouth (goggle-eye) is NOT a cross between a bass and bream. They are each a different species. And they are very good eating. If you have never tried them, give them a try. I think you will be pleastly surprised. They are alot thicker than your regular bream.
I do not think they would be the problem with your bream population down. Like Johnny said, throw a few catfish in there to keep the small ones down.
Just discovered today that the warmouth ARE the problem. They're WAY overcrowded on the shorelines. :(
Need you some big predator fish. CF
I like catching google eyes. They are very good to eat! YUM
Bill
hey guys im new here, but wanted to comment on the warmouth i caught one on old hickory 13incher real good eatin.
13 Inches!!!! You might have eaten a record fish! The link posted earlier said they are usually 4-10 inches and the Ohio record was 11.2 inches.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigcrappiefishin
World record is 2.7 out of Florida.
They are great eating too!!!!!!!!!!!
We catch tons of them on the Edisto River while fishing for redbreasts. They are delicious tablefare. They are also prolific breeders so keep all you can
i caught him in a spot where a boatdock use to be when they tore it down they just let all the boards fall in the water its maybe 6 or 7 feet deep. i was using a neon green grub.
we were camping we i caught him just cleaned and ate him in less than 3 hours next time guess i better take a photo ha ha
I've always called them "Rock Bass" or big mouth perch, never seen one bigger than 6".
Some of the best eatin panfish there is! There are many names for the warmouth depending on which part of the country you live in,
rock bass - northern (yankee) term :D
google eye - ? don't know where that originates from
molly, or mawmouth - south carolina
warmouth - general south
have caught some approaching 2lbs. in the Lake Okeechobee basin and suspect a new record will come from the Harney Pond canal area of Okeechobee. A good place to catch some biguns is under the SR78 bridge at Harney Pond canal.
I use them for trotline hook hold downs, and also eat a few.
TT
In our area a similar fish is more common . It is a green sunfish which is more likely in a pond.http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/wildlife/...d/grnsnfsh.htm
They sure make good Flathead bait too .
Not a cross breed.Them things can be fun.They do eat lots of little fish.With the larger mouth they can eat larger fish then say a blue gill can.JMO
MinnowSoaker is right. We 'Yanks" from up North call them Rock Bass. They have saved many a day for me when the Bass/Walleye/Crappie/Bluegill's would not bite. My largest ones have always come on a moving lure like a small jig, beatle spin, or small spinnerbait. Shalllow, hard bottom or sand flats at Dawn/Dusk, & just after dark have been the best times for me. If I get into a bunch of them, I break out my 40+ year old rods/reels and have some fun.
I've caught a ton of em in my 50+ years of fishing but,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
13"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Are you being truthfull????
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http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/wildlife/...uthsunfish.htmQuote:
Originally Posted by NIMROD
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/wildlife/..._warmoutha.jpg
they are two different fish !!Quote:
Originally Posted by DukeTech
Rock Bass : http://www.landbigfish.com/fish/fish.cfm?ID=31
Warmouth : http://www.landbigfish.com/fish/fish.cfm?ID=65
Though they do resemble each other ... I think the Warmouth is a little more brightly colored (looks like it has "warpaint" on it :D ), whereas the Rock Bass is more darker colored (browns & blacks).
The Rock Bass have six anal fin spines which helps distinguish them from the Warmouth, which has three.
......... cp :cool:
well different locals have different nicknames. im from up north originally and we used to call warmouths rockbass also. we didnt actually have rockbass and the nickname stuck to warmouths cause they like living in thee rocks its same with other fishes. down southintexas we call cobia- ling. but up north a ling is a type of cod. get what im saying
I did not know that. I'd always considered them both the same. I learned something today.:) They look even more similar.....after their battered & fried!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by crappiepappy