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sunfish ID

Started by Guest_Geist_* , Dec 19 2010 01:04 AM

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#1 Guest_Geist_*

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Posted 19 December 2010 - 01:04 AM

I've been having a lot of trouble identifying this fish. So for, my guess is that it's a hybrid. I caught it last year in a small private lake in southern illinois.
Thank you for any help possible
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#2 Guest_butch_*

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Posted 19 December 2010 - 01:07 AM

it appeared to be a warmouth.

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#3 Guest_Mike_*

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Posted 19 December 2010 - 01:15 AM

Not a hybrid at all, its a definitly a warmouth

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#4 Guest_pjenkins_*

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Posted 19 December 2010 - 01:17 PM

Not a hybrid at all, its a definitly a warmouth

Yep thats a War mouth. Caught 2 this past year on rod at ariver not far. Theyre a wild fish.The one we caught were to big for the tank. would like to get some smaller ones. if anybody now where to catch them in N.C. by Mooresville please let me know...

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#5 Guest_Geist_*

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Posted 19 December 2010 - 02:22 PM

Thanks, that's really interesting. The warmouths I usually catch look like this. They are much darker with more obvious mottling. Is this a difference between male and female warmouths or just natural variations in coloration between individual fish?
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#6 Guest_Newt_*

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Posted 20 December 2010 - 11:18 AM

A given warmouth can rapidly change the intensity of its color and pattern, in response to turbidity, lighting, cover, mood, etc. If you keep one in a tank you'll get to see this firsthand.

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#7 Guest_natureman187_*

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Posted 20 December 2010 - 03:41 PM

A given warmouth can rapidly change the intensity of its color and pattern, in response to turbidity, lighting, cover, mood, etc. If you keep one in a tank you'll get to see this firsthand.

Nathan is spot on with this - the chameleon of sunfishes as they say.

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#8 Guest_KeepsNatives_*

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Posted 25 December 2010 - 10:40 AM

Not a hybrid at all, its a definitly a warmouth

Looks kinda like the ones i traded you Mike, except i never got the fish i traded for

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#9 Guest_Mike_*

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Posted 27 December 2010 - 12:10 AM

Looks kinda like the ones i traded you Mike, except i never got the fish i traded for

I think you got the wrong Mike, I never traded with anyone to get a warmouth. I can get all I need, and also I never traded with you, as I don't even know who you are.

Mike