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Offline Fatfish

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War Mouth
« on: Feb 10, 2011, 09:41 AM »
I remember my Dad and I catching these little fish on set lines. Cross between a gill and bass? They never get real big, maybe 3 to 4 in. Anybody caught these fish lately? I had a fella ask me about what they were. My Dad called them War Mouth.   Jerry

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Re: War Mouth
« Reply #1 on: Feb 10, 2011, 09:43 AM »
Pretty sure that's a green sunfish.
                       

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Re: War Mouth
« Reply #3 on: Feb 10, 2011, 09:51 AM »
They get a little larger in the south east as I've caught them to 9 1/2".

Here's a little more info. Enjoy.

   http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=warmouth+perch
      

Offline Melbs7

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Re: War Mouth
« Reply #4 on: Feb 12, 2011, 07:55 PM »
hmmm... never seen or heard of them.... anyone ever catch them in WI??

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Re: War Mouth
« Reply #5 on: Feb 13, 2011, 09:09 AM »
Yes I have caught them in WI.  That photo appears to be of a green sunfish, the warmouth looks much more like a rockbass than a sunny. The tail is also notched deeper on the warmouth.

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Re: War Mouth
« Reply #6 on: Feb 13, 2011, 09:36 AM »
I catch them in a pond near me all the time. i have seen them up to 8 to 9 inches

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Re: War Mouth
« Reply #7 on: Feb 13, 2011, 10:14 AM »
It is funny,have not seen this fish in probably 25 years,and I fish a lot,first one that I have seen caught on hard water. The first picture on the google post is what I am talking about.    Jerry

 



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