Need help identifying fish... Florida freshwater.

Me | 8/15/2015 | Me

[paul544]

I know Freepers are a big help in these hobby areas so I thought this would be a good place to ask. I've been fishing here in central Florida lately. Mostly in the smaller lakes and ponds that dot the landscape. I've been catching some decent fish but for the life of me can't figure out what I've caught. First I thought a small bass but the more I look online the less that seems to be the case.

Is there anyone here I could email a couple of pictures to and get their input? I don't have anywhere online to post these other than a facebook account.

[johniegrad]

Looking again at the chart, if colors are true, it doesn’t seem to match the war mouth on that basis. I understand that may be the least likely discriminator. If its a rock bass then the species may have somehow extended its range. I’d be tempted to get another one and ask the DNR to identify it for you.

[paul544]

I’m going again today and will do that. Thanks

[johniegrad]

If you would, either private mail me or ping me with the answer. You never know what might happen. I had a friend who is an avid bird watcher and privately studied loons here in northern Minnesota. He canoed in Winibigoshish Lake and discovered literally thousands of them congregated in a bay just weeks before they migrated. No one knew that they flocked before migration and he published the results of his counts in an ornithological journal.

IF that's a rock bass, you may be the first to identify them in your region. Long shot, sure. But just maybe ...

[Safetgiver]

Where is the picture??? Maybe it’s a grayling?

[Mike Darancette]

You want us to send you pictures of fish, that’s just wrong.

[Ben Ficklin]

It has lots of names.

Rock bass, google eye, warmouth, Ozark bass, stumpknocker.

In the spring they are more of a green color but thru the summer they turn darker.

They have a tender mouth. They hit hard but don't fight much once they are hooked.

[patriot08]

Hi paul.
Wanna see your fish.
Don’t you have a place on your PC where you store your photos? Then try http://tinypic.com/
Easy.

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[FunkyZero]

huge crappie, that was my first guess too but the fins aren’t right. looks like rock bass after you study it for a minute.

[Dusty Road]

That is a Warmouth Perch. I have them in my stock tank’s, some call them a Goggle Eye Perch.

[JoeProBono]

[paul544]

Thanks. It didn’t have much fight when hooked, that’s true.

[Ben Ficklin]

Another thing that you can do, now that you have some names, is do a google image of rock bass or goggle eye and find lots of varying pictures to compare to.

[ViLaLuz]

Looks like Crappie. Nice sized, too.

[poobear]

Molly or sometimes referred to as War Mouth.

[Daffynition]