so any ideas what kind of fish this is

Vince Borges · Post by **Vince Borges** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 7:51 pm

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caught this today on the delta, at first I was thinking black crappie, but it was shaped more like a blue gill It is hard to tell in the pic but it was very purple looking hue. It had the dark blue spot with a red outline on its gill plate like a red ear, and its tail was also outlined in orange! it was about 6" long and very thick. It hammered a 6" senko!! been fishing the delta for 25 years and caught my share of everything that swims there, including crappie, but nothing like this. It was actually very cool looking!

moorecat · Post by **moorecat** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 8:05 pm

yeah, it is known as a warmouth, they will sometimes be lighter in color then that

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/war/

I catch alot of them that size and a little bigger working tx rigs on the edges of grass, sometimes they will even eat a 1 1/4oz jig in the grass

Vince Borges · Post by **Vince Borges** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 8:18 pm

You are 100% correct!! I'd never seen one so dark and purple like that! Too, I've never caught one in the Delta! LOL after a few searches I found some pics that were close but they all had orange or yellow bellies! Could be just a time of year color thing! Thanks!

Andy Giannini · Post by **Andy Giannini** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 6:12 am

I have had them tag crankbaits, they are like bluegills on roids.

moorecat · Post by **moorecat** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 6:43 am

whats crazy is I have caught them with their bellies so huge it looks like they are going to bust, you look in their mouth and half a crawfish is sticking out of their throat and they still tried to eat a jig.

Larry Hemphill · Post by **Larry Hemphill** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 8:13 pm

I am averaging about 1 Warmouth bass every 5 years at Lake Amador. I have never caught one anywhere else. They hit hard for their size and their mouth is amazingly big!