Show off your fish

I hear they're good eating

 

Prolly the only fish left in the pond by the looks of him

 

yeah supposed to be good to eat..

 

they are ok,,a bit of a pain to filet, but the plants love em!!

 

Didn't do well on the bass today, but caught some nice bluegill(?).



Around here they call all sunfish bream

 

Ima go with warmouth https://www.louisianasportsman.com/columns/species-spotlight/species-spotlight-warmouth-sunfish/

Lol they aka “stumpknockers” according to article

 

being the biologist that im not, Otto is correct on his ID.....

 

It's really hard to tell, I've been looking at a chart of all the species and it doesn't look like a perfect match for any of them to me. I know there are hybrids too. Maybe that's why they just call them bream haha. My buddy who was with me calls them goggle eye, now my head is spinning.

 

According to the article I cited goggle eye is another name for the warmouth fwiw

 

Nice fish Where were you?

 

Somewhere near a nuclear power station lol

That thing is a beast

 

In central PA on the Susquehanna River. Most average around the 32-37'' but occasionally we catch a 43'' or 46''. I have a 1448 Jon with 25hp prop and the river is super rocky and gets really shallow. Kind of hard getting around in summer but my dad just got a 1860 Jon with 80jet about 4 months ago and my brother bought a 1756 that he's putting a jet on so I foresee more fish in the future haha. I'm just getting out of the military and looking at getting a 1660 or 1860 with a jet this winter. Should have more time to fish next year also.

 

One of the lings we caught today

 

We call them rock bass. Very aggressive.

 

I was wondering if that's what it was, I knew they had those red eyes. Thanks for the info man

 

Oregon Inlet blue.

 

Looks like a blugill and crappie mixed. We called rock bass: strpied bass

 

Another day in the books!

 

I have plenty of room on my grill if ya need it??

 

Haha twice a week it’s like that! I have a freezer full! If you’re in Virginia or North Carolina I’d share