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Title: What the heck is this?
Post by: bigredonice on Feb 09, 2016, 04:55 PM
Caught amongst perch on a southern tier lake in the Dansville area.   

My guess is a green sunfish hybrid....possibly with a...rockbass?

(http://i.imgur.com/T5pYnpl.jpg?1)
Title: Re: What the heck is this?
Post by: trapper2000 on Feb 09, 2016, 05:01 PM
that's a  couple fish tails  and  maybe a  fish tale  :roflmao:  resize your  photo
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Post by: beershanty on Feb 09, 2016, 05:02 PM
That is weird, I have no idea but that's a wild lookin specimen
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Post by: trapper2000 on Feb 09, 2016, 05:03 PM
hey how  many  times have  we  told you NOT to fish near indian point  discharge????






I think it's a warmouth
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Post by: SSmokinn SS on Feb 09, 2016, 05:24 PM
Holy cow you are good at photoshop

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Post by: trapper2000 on Feb 09, 2016, 05:31 PM
naaa smoke  it's  probably  just a  regular   bluegill in a  color phase  and  were all talking  nonsence
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Post by: keystoneice20 on Feb 09, 2016, 05:43 PM
A gill-rock, blue-rock, grock, block bass? Whatever it is, I want one! The real question is what does it taste like?
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Post by: SSmokinn SS on Feb 09, 2016, 05:44 PM
naaa smoke  it's  probably  just a  regular   bluegill in a  color phase  and  were all talking  nonsence

Jaw structure/eye placement is different.
Title: Re: What the heck is this?
Post by: trapper2000 on Feb 09, 2016, 05:47 PM
i'm not  a  biologist  i'm  just a  bored  old  guy that cuts a  hole in the  ice  and  catches  fish  till  flyfishing begins.......ya  can't  id  anything with a  picture
Title: Re: What the heck is this?
Post by: deadsmelthead on Feb 09, 2016, 06:05 PM
That thing looks like a lot of different fish, its striped like a perch, has the chest of a sunfish shoulders of a rockbass and mouth of a a smallie..

Ive got this figured out as to exactly what happened, every 4 years what happens in the bays of some waters is known as the the "Drunken Weed Bed Dance" All the fish all get together and drag all the beer cans and bottles vagrants and lazy fisherman left behind and party like there is no tomorrow.. We have all been in this situation before, after a few beers with us humans a 4 looks like an 8 and a 6 looks like a 10.. With fish its no different, a perch sees a rock bass after a couple sips and says ahhh what the heck those are some nice curves and beady red eyes i wonder if she wants to go out back by the lily pad... ::)
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Post by: jeffd7766 on Feb 09, 2016, 06:07 PM
It looks like a chiclid haha....possibly a mayan cichlid/roxk bass

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Post by: mwajac on Feb 09, 2016, 06:12 PM
 ;D ;D ;D Haven't laughed that hard in weeks!!!!!!!

That thing looks like a lot of different fish, its striped like a perch, has the chest of a sunfish shoulders of a rockbass and mouth of a a smallie..

Ive got this figured out as to exactly what happened, every 4 years what happens in the bays of some waters is known as the the "Drunken Weed Bed Dance" All the fish all get together and drag all the beer cans and bottles vagrants and lazy fisherman left behind and party like there is no tomorrow.. We have all been in this situation before, after a few beers with us humans a 4 looks like an 8 and a 6 looks like a 10.. With fish its no different, a perch sees a rock bass after a couple sips and says ahhh what the heck those are some nice curves and beady red eyes i wonder if she wants to go out back by the lily pad... ::)
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Post by: HybridHunter on Feb 09, 2016, 06:17 PM
That thing looks like a lot of different fish, its striped like a perch, has the chest of a sunfish shoulders of a rockbass and mouth of a a smallie..

Ive got this figured out as to exactly what happened, every 4 years what happens in the bays of some waters is known as the the "Drunken Weed Bed Dance" All the fish all get together and drag all the beer cans and bottles vagrants and lazy fisherman left behind and party like there is no tomorrow.. We have all been in this situation before, after a few beers with us humans a 4 looks like an 8 and a 6 looks like a 10.. With fish its no different, a perch sees a rock bass after a couple sips and says ahhh what the heck those are some nice curves and beady red eyes i wonder if she wants to go out back by the lily pad... ::)
Lol! Must have been the old war stories we were talking about that fueled the fire on this one. Good god.
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Post by: Raquettedacker on Feb 09, 2016, 06:18 PM
naaa smoke  it's  probably  just a  regular   bluegill in a  color phase  and  were all talking  nonsence

    Looks like a new market to me.  How much per pound?
Title: Re: What the heck is this?
Post by: trapper2000 on Feb 09, 2016, 06:20 PM
deadsmelthead   you cracked  me  up buddy   :roflmao:
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Post by: trapper2000 on Feb 09, 2016, 06:21 PM
    Looks like a new market to me.  How much per pound?

$ 1.75 I called  as soon as I seen the  thing
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Post by: SPN1 on Feb 09, 2016, 06:22 PM
Look up Warmouth online you will many pictures like that.....
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Post by: Raquettedacker on Feb 09, 2016, 06:24 PM
$ 1.75 I called  as soon as I seen the  thing

   Better be more than that..  New item on the shelf's..      :P
I want Tuna money...  ;D
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Post by: RedneckofLatham on Feb 09, 2016, 06:28 PM
Wow red thats crazy i had a few beers and thought i was seeing things crazy
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Post by: Icer for life on Feb 09, 2016, 06:36 PM
Huh - looked up warmouth like posted above and sure as hell.........never seen nor heard of it in my 56 years of fishing.
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Post by: hot tuna on Feb 09, 2016, 06:42 PM
Looks like a fish out of water and headed to the chow line with the other fish tails
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Post by: adkRoy on Feb 09, 2016, 06:47 PM
Look up Warmouth online you will many pictures like that.....

I am still amazed at all the new stuff I learn on this site.
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Post by: RedneckofLatham on Feb 09, 2016, 06:48 PM
Showed my bro a wildlife major from cobelskill and now an employee of the usda hes stumped but will ask around
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Post by: BillyGoat on Feb 09, 2016, 06:51 PM
Look up green sunfish. All the images look identical to it. Warmouth doesn't have stripes look at the images on Google
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Post by: SPN1 on Feb 09, 2016, 06:52 PM
I used to have a poster of freshwater fishes of north america......I guess i have a few brain cells left........i looked it up to be sure before i posted it.
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Post by: jiignut on Feb 09, 2016, 06:53 PM
Its obviously a TRIPLE TAIL!
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Post by: fish4fun8 on Feb 09, 2016, 06:57 PM
I caught something similar in florida they were called shellcracker still in the sunfish family
Title: Re: What the heck is this?
Post by: BillyGoat on Feb 09, 2016, 06:59 PM
We are In The north east Cold water,  warmouth need warmer water they are down south fish. Aquarium fish. Google New York State green sunfish that is exactly what it is.
Title: Re: What the heck is this?
Post by: trapper2000 on Feb 09, 2016, 07:03 PM
warmouths  and  green  look  a lot  alike  having  fished  a lot  down  south
it  looks  like a  warmouth to me  ...but  it's  pretty much impossible to id a  fish  with a  picture  on the  internet  ....lol  and  there  is a  salt water  fish called a  triple  tail  and  great eating too   ;D


what  ever it  is  or  was  it's  fun  to get something odd ...
Title: Re: What the heck is this?
Post by: jeffd7766 on Feb 09, 2016, 07:23 PM
Mayan cichlid ;-) :tipup: ??? ::) ::) :P
Title: Re: What the heck is this?
Post by: deadsmelthead on Feb 09, 2016, 08:23 PM
I used to have a poster of freshwater fishes of north america......I guess i have a few brain cells left........i looked it up to be sure before i posted it.

Never knew how useful that poster was gonna be when you got rid of it until you jumped on this site did ya..... ;D
Title: Re: What the heck is this?
Post by: deadsmelthead on Feb 09, 2016, 08:31 PM
Lol! Must have been the old war stories we were talking about that fueled the fire on this one. Good god.
lol, it doesnt take much

;D ;D ;D Haven't laughed that hard in weeks!!!!!!!

deadsmelthead   you cracked  me  up buddy   :roflmao:

I try to make someone laugh everyday with nonsense, seemed like the right place for it... Glad yall laughed   @)
Title: Re: What the heck is this?
Post by: PerchEyes on Feb 09, 2016, 08:32 PM
That thing looks like a lot of different fish, its striped like a perch, has the chest of a sunfish shoulders of a rockbass and mouth of a a smallie..

Ive got this figured out as to exactly what happened, every 4 years what happens in the bays of some waters is known as the the "Drunken Weed Bed Dance" All the fish all get together and drag all the beer cans and bottles vagrants and lazy fisherman left behind and party like there is no tomorrow.. We have all been in this situation before, after a few beers with us humans a 4 looks like an 8 and a 6 looks like a 10.. With fish its no different, a perch sees a rock bass after a couple sips and says ahhh what the heck those are some nice curves and beady red eyes i wonder if she wants to go out back by the lily pad... ::)


How many beers to produce the puppy-monkey-baby on that Superbowl commercial???
That was deeply disturbing...
Title: Re: What the heck is this?
Post by: throughtheroof on Feb 09, 2016, 08:46 PM
...Banded Sunfish.
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Post by: Adkrs on Feb 09, 2016, 08:58 PM
Where did ya catch it? I would say green sunfish
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Post by: toydevil48 on Feb 10, 2016, 03:54 AM
War mouth are in ny, I have caught war mouth in many different small ponds around here....it looks like one
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Post by: mike304 on Feb 10, 2016, 06:11 AM
I agree with the Green Sunfish folks

http://www.pima.gov/cmo/sdcp/species/fsheets/ex/sf.html
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Post by: BillyGoat on Feb 10, 2016, 07:33 AM
Fish was caught in a pond/small lake in the southern tier. My buddy won't let me blow up the spot... u know how that is.  But I thought is was very cool Fish he caught,  so I had ( bigred ) put a pic up of the fish. In the description of a warmouth they have 3 to 5 lines that radiant (if that's the word) from the eye. This fish doesn't.  So off the bat no warmouth......  possible hybrid of a green sunfish or just a green sunfish. 
 
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Post by: OneidaAngler on Feb 10, 2016, 11:12 AM
Looks like a green sunfish/bluegill hybrid to me. Stripes like a big gill and a large head and mouth of a green sunfish. These hybrids are popular with pond owners. Aggressive like a green sunfish and they get as big as gills can get.
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Post by: greensider on Feb 10, 2016, 12:10 PM
already said but i would have said warmouth i caught one a long time ago in the lower hudson
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Post by: H2O-32 on Feb 10, 2016, 12:30 PM
Only one way to tell for sure.......


DEEP FRY IT AND SEE WHAT IT TASTES LIKE!

Let us know, thx.
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Post by: reddog11 on Feb 10, 2016, 12:54 PM
I think it`s a rock bass
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Post by: Adkrs on Feb 10, 2016, 01:01 PM
Fish was caught in a pond/small lake in the southern tier. My buddy won't let me blow up the spot... u know how that is.  But I thought is was very cool Fish he caught,  so I had ( bigred ) put a pic up of the fish. In the description of a warmouth they have 3 to 5 lines that radiant (if that's the word) from the eye. This fish doesn't.  So off the bat no warmouth......  possible hybrid of a green sunfish or just a green sunfish.

Fair enough. I was just trying to think geographically how would/could it be there
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Post by: greensider on Feb 10, 2016, 02:16 PM
i have caught some fish in places they had no place being even one of a kind in some places people release fish in places where they did not catch them often enough
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Post by: trapper2000 on Feb 10, 2016, 03:49 PM
if you really wanted to know  take  the picture and  but it in the  general ice shanty thread  of  go on myfishfinder and  put in under some of the more southern forums
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Post by: Icicle1 on Feb 10, 2016, 03:54 PM
Odd looking 1!
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Post by: eyeball15 on Feb 10, 2016, 04:05 PM
Is peacock sunfish..
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Post by: Pappy24 on Feb 10, 2016, 04:12 PM
No doubt related to the hairy chested nut scratcher..... ::)
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Post by: perch chacer on Feb 10, 2016, 04:29 PM
I agree with the Green Sunfish folks

http://www.pima.gov/cmo/sdcp/species/fsheets/ex/sf.html
All the searching I did, I  agree with mike304 it is most likely a green sunfish.  Don't try to make it something it isn't.  Let your local DEC fish biologist tell you what it is.  Our tax $$$ pay for him to know.
Title: Re: What the heck is this?
Post by: trapper2000 on Feb 10, 2016, 05:05 PM
No doubt related to the hairy chested nut scratcher..... ::)

my  God  I  don't know  how I  missed  it  ....your  correct!!!!
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Post by: Icicle1 on Feb 10, 2016, 05:12 PM
Peacock bass grabbed a blue gill for a wife.
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Post by: bucketbass on Feb 10, 2016, 06:32 PM
Green sunfish cross with blue gill...bluegreen sunfish  ;D
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Post by: big_guy_13021 on Feb 10, 2016, 06:40 PM
I would
 put that cold water phiranna on my wall :clap: :clap: it would be quit the conversation piece cold water phiranna look it up.. ;D
			
Title: Re: What the heck is this?
Post by: trapper2000 on Feb 11, 2016, 05:59 AM
We are In The north east Cold water,  warmouth need warmer water they are down south fish. Aquarium fish. Google New York State green sunfish that is exactly what it is.

actually the native range of green sunfish and warmouths is the same ....both greens and warmouths have been used I pond stockings and have found there way into the great lakes ....I have caught many greens  down in Oswego at times .....

warmouths and greens look very very similar and yes warmouths do have the stripes
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Post by: trapper2000 on Feb 11, 2016, 06:09 AM
We are In The north east Cold water,  warmouth need warmer water they are down south fish. Aquarium fish. Google New York State green sunfish that is exactly what it is.


actually the green and warmouths native range is exactly the same! they look very very similar warmouths in fact do have stripes ,both fish have been stocked in ponds in new York state and used as hybrids  ...both fish have found their way into the great lakes ....

so you got a picture of a fish with a lot of glare that could be either one (or something totally different)  and you have a  bunch of guys that use maggots as bait  to sit on the  ice and fish threw a hole with frozen snot hanging off their faces  using google to make them fish ID experts .....how can ya  lose  figuring this one out  geeee whiz andy
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Post by: BillyGoat on Feb 11, 2016, 08:03 AM
Trapper you think he knows it all. Look at the pic .. get out your glasses.  And guess, what if u can read..... warmouths don't  have lines on their FACE.   Cuz that's what I said.  So know it all....  all u do on Here is run your mouth I think k u are nothing but a warmouth
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Post by: BillyGoat on Feb 11, 2016, 08:04 AM
I figured this would be a good conversation piece as well but you gotta have one or two of those douchebags out there
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Post by: bigredonice on Feb 11, 2016, 08:05 AM
I figured this would be a good conversation piece as well but you gotta have one or two of those douchebags out there

oh god your both stubborn coots ;D  Although i still think green sunfish  @)

why aren't you on the ice Kev??   or is the bite slow?
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Post by: BillyGoat on Feb 11, 2016, 08:07 AM
Lol . I have to travel  1 45 min  to find ice.   all open water over here
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Post by: TommyBoy1971 on Feb 11, 2016, 10:09 AM
well?? how did it taste? that's the more important question!  ;D
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Post by: caliking on Feb 11, 2016, 10:20 AM
well me and uncle Josie are sitting around the fire burnin one down like a chicken on a stick it he's the biologist and tells me it is a green bluegill and if you want to argue with him I will leave him your number lol  :blink: :blink: :blink:
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Post by: trapper2000 on Feb 11, 2016, 11:37 AM
wow  billy goat  your takeing this a  bit to  serious buddy  it's just a  sunfish  :roflmao:

granted  it's a  warmouth  but  we  can call it a  green eyed crappie rock bass  just so  we  don't hurt your feelings  :roflmao:

you  people  need to learn to laugh a  bit .....  you can't tell what it is  from a  picture  so your  guess is  just as good as  mine ....I only  know  what warmouths look like  from  living  down  south 

you didn't  want a   conversation you  wanted  everyone to agree  with you ....

IT"S A SUNFISH   :roflmao:

and  don't talk  dirty on here  my grandchildren read this  and  so don't  other children ,whats wrong with you
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Post by: Adkrs on Feb 11, 2016, 11:46 AM
wow  billy goat  your takeing this a  bit to  serious buddy  it's just a  sunfish  :roflmao:

granted  it's a  warmouth  but  we  can call it a  green eyed crappie rock bass  just so  we  don't hurt your feelings  :roflmao:

you  people  need to learn to laugh a  bit .....  you can't tell what it is  from a  picture  so your  guess is  just as good as  mine ....I only  know  what warmouths look like  from  living  down  south 

you didn't  want a   conversation you  wanted  everyone to agree  with you ....

IT"S A SUNFISH   :roflmao:

and  don't talk  dirty on here  my grandchildren read this  and  so don't  other children ,whats wrong with you

I think people have a hard time telling if you're joking through text  :P
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Post by: Raquettedacker on Feb 11, 2016, 11:48 AM
I think people have a hard time telling if you're joking through text  :P


     Who Trapp... :roflmao: :roflmao:       ::) ::) ::)
Title: Re: What the heck is this?
Post by: trapper2000 on Feb 11, 2016, 11:53 AM
warmouths  and  green  look  a lot  alike  having  fished  a lot  down  south
it  looks  like a  warmouth to me  ...but  it's  pretty much impossible to id a  fish  with a  picture  on the  internet  ....lol  and  there  is a  salt water  fish called a  triple  tail  and  great eating too   ;D


what  ever it  is  or  was  it's  fun  to get something odd ...

NOW  IF  YOU  READ  MY POST  FROM THE  BEGINNING YOU WILL  CLEARLY SEE  I SAID  I DIDN'T  KNOW WHAT IT  WAS ...HAVING LIVED  DOWN  SOUTH I HAVE  CAUGHT BOTH  GREEN  AND  WARMOUTHS  I  SAID " it  looks  like a  warmouth to me "  I  ALSO  SAID  IT'S  PRETTY MUCH IMPOSSIABLE  TO ID A  FISH  FROM A  PHOTO .......  NOW  BILLYGOAT  CAN  YOU PLEASE  EXPLAIN TO ME  WHY  YOUR  SO UPSET  ????  ALL THREW THIS THREAD   EVERYONE WAS  JOKING  AND  HAVING  FUN  AND  YOU TURN ALL RED ......DO I KNOW  EVERYTHING   ...I REALLY  DON'T  BUT  I KNOW  ANYONE  WITH ANY  COMMON  SENCE COULD SEE THIS   STUPID  ..... IF I OFFENDED  YOU I'M  SORRY I ONLY  SAID  WHAT I HONESTLY THINK IS  TRUE  I  NEVER CALLED  YOU ANY NAMES  ...TO BAD  YOU CAN'T SAY THE  SAME ....I  JUST  WANTED TO HAVE  FUN  WITH THE  POST AND JOKE  AROUND  ...........
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Post by: trapper2000 on Feb 11, 2016, 11:59 AM
I think people have a hard time telling if you're joking through text  :P

ADKrs you can ask the  guys I fish  with i'm  always  joking ,I ment  no harm  and  that's  easy to see ....  I do think it  looks  like a warmouth   but  I can  tell threw a  photo  and  it's all  glare  anyways ...............  now   do  you need  me  to  tell  you the   difference between a  steelhead  rainbow  and  cut throat   :roflmao:

hey  I can  also  tell the  difference  between a  black  and  a  mallard  from  silhouette  ;D
Title: Re: What the heck is this?
Post by: Raquettedacker on Feb 11, 2016, 12:23 PM
NOW  IF  YOU  READ  MY POST  FROM THE  BEGINNING YOU WILL  CLEARLY SEE  I SAID  I DIDN'T  KNOW WHAT IT  WAS ...HAVING LIVED  DOWN  SOUTH I HAVE  CAUGHT BOTH  GREEN  AND  WARMOUTHS  I  SAID " it  looks  like a  warmouth to me "  I  ALSO  SAID  IT'S  PRETTY MUCH IMPOSSIABLE  TO ID A  FISH  FROM A  PHOTO .......  NOW  BILLYGOAT  CAN  YOU PLEASE  EXPLAIN TO ME  WHY  YOUR  SO UPSET  ????  ALL THREW THIS THREAD   EVERYONE WAS  JOKING  AND  HAVING  FUN  AND  YOU TURN ALL RED ......DO I KNOW  EVERYTHING   ...I REALLY  DON'T  BUT  I KNOW  ANYONE  WITH ANY  COMMON  SENCE COULD SEE THIS   STUPID  ..... IF I OFFENDED  YOU I'M  SORRY I ONLY  SAID  WHAT I HONESTLY THINK IS  TRUE  I  NEVER CALLED  YOU ANY NAMES  ...TO BAD  YOU CAN'T SAY THE  SAME ....I  JUST  WANTED TO HAVE  FUN  WITH THE  POST AND JOKE  AROUND  ...........

     Stop yelling............... ..   please...   ;D
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Post by: H2O-32 on Feb 11, 2016, 12:30 PM
Definitely an Atlantic.
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Post by: trapper2000 on Feb 11, 2016, 12:47 PM
it  did have a  forked tail  :roflmao: :roflmao:
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Post by: trapper2000 on Feb 11, 2016, 01:22 PM
yoooooooooooooooo  it's  a  warmouth.....don't make  me take ahold of ya ..............

(http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss231/trapper2000/images_zpsgob7n8v8.jpg)
Title: Re: What the heck is this?
Post by: BillyGoat on Feb 11, 2016, 01:25 PM
well just talked to the one who caught it , and he said it tasted like a thick blue gill, sweet meat.  2x on his messages
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Post by: icedogger17 on Feb 11, 2016, 01:33 PM
That's not a walleye?
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Post by: trapper2000 on Feb 11, 2016, 01:35 PM
it's a  gobie cross snakehead warmouth
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Post by: pooch2543 on Feb 11, 2016, 02:54 PM
I did a bunch of research, 4 pages worth.....its a invasive species called the tigersunnie. Look it up!!!!
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Post by: pughole on Feb 11, 2016, 03:09 PM
At least it is dead now ;D
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Post by: greensider on Feb 11, 2016, 06:23 PM
if you look up warmouth just about every pict they show looks like that fish i used to keep green sunfish in an aquarium it is not a green
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Post by: H2O-32 on Feb 11, 2016, 07:29 PM
Found it.

(http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/theallaboutsingingfish/images/5/58/Big_Mouth_Billy_Bass-1-.JPG)
Title: Re: What the heck is this?
Post by: trapper2000 on Feb 11, 2016, 07:45 PM
 :clap: :roflmao:
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Post by: bills25 on Feb 11, 2016, 08:01 PM
That's a cool looking fish probably a green sunfish id say after looking at pictures.  The coolest fish I've seen though i was about 12 years old mind you I started fishing around 3 and could identify pretty much any fish at 12,  I was fishing chautaqua lake with my dad out of we wan chu cottages, when we pulled up to the dock I asked an older guy getting out of his boat if he caught anything, he said he had 1 walleye and being a kid I asked to see it.  So he showed me and it was a smallmouth so I said something like "that's no walleye" then he proceeded to open its mouth and it had teeth.  It had me stumped 100% looked like a smaller but had teeth of a walleye, I'll remember that day forever.  If I was older looking back I would have payed that guy to take that fish and took it to the second to see what it was.  Imagine if it actually fought like a smallie and tasted like an eye!!!!
Title: Re: What the heck is this?
Post by: wnyicer on Feb 11, 2016, 08:05 PM
http://www.tnfish.org/FishIdentificationID_TWRA/TWRA_Sunfish_Identification_Key.htm  (http://www.tnfish.org/FishIdentificationID_TWRA/TWRA_Sunfish_Identification_Key.htm)
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Post by: SPN1 on Feb 11, 2016, 08:49 PM
Wish i never saw that poster i posted about!!!  ;D
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Post by: dabills on Feb 11, 2016, 09:29 PM
I've never seen this fish before but it is cool. My vote is green sunfish based on pictures
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Post by: hunt4perch on Feb 12, 2016, 03:06 PM
Coppernose Bluegill
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Post by: fish4fun8 on Feb 12, 2016, 03:47 PM
a thigamagigwhatucallit!
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Post by: nitzer on Feb 12, 2016, 08:15 PM
Looks to me like perch and a sunfish did the hibidy dibidy. Is that possible?
Title: Re: What the heck is this?
Post by: Bear Lake Bob on Feb 13, 2016, 09:40 AM
Looks like a southern shell cracker naw!,,,,,  Just a Blue Gill! Lol  lol :tipup: