Are the warmouths disproportionately thick? I think I caught two of them last week at Pymie. They were both about 8" long, but at least 2.5"-3" thick. And their heads seemed to be too big for their bodies. lol

 

Check out this Greenie I caught at Nimi a week or two ago. The interesting thing, besides that it slammed my panther Martin, are the black vertical stripes it had on it.

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• mchewyw
• May 29, 2015

 

Here's the one my wife got... never saw one like this till your's.
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Must be a Nimi genetic trait... My wife caught a striped green like yours there a while back.
And yep the Warmouths are usually thick across the back.

 

 

caught 3 warmouth in a row @ moggy last week.....1 redear lol...

 

Are warmouth any good eating??

 

Good eating... Just like gills. Only problem is they usually aren't keeper size... At least the ones I get around here. An 8" Warmouth is a huge one... I've only caught one that was 8" out of around 100 total.

i think this might be the biggest ive caught
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Let the debate begin. That is not a redear, compare pumpkinseed and redear and you will see the difference. Close though.

 

Guess i'll debate then
it's a redear because... just the tip of the ear is red... i caught that one during the spawn, so it's colors are more defined, notice the body shape is more oval then it is round... Pseed are more of a rounded body and generally don't have vertical striping. The fish in the pic is 10"... ive never seen a 10" Pseed.
here's some more pics of redear... all the same species, but still look a little different. The main thing is the tip of the ear is red, the body shape is oval with a lower angle slope on the forehead. In the pic with the 2 redear they had the same color pattern as the fish in the pic we are debating, but after being in the bucket a while the bright colors faded. That's all i got to debate... and i still think redear.
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Great photos, especially the one with the little guy, reminds me of my Grandson. Thanks for the ID's.

 

They say the two sunfish that get confused the most are redears and punkies. No doubt those other pics are definitely redears. When you start to get down to the nitty gritty of comparing the fins, spine numbers, spots on the end flaps, coloration, I got more confused. They say the most tell tale is if you bend the pec fin forward, the fin on a punkie will go beyond the mouth, the one a redear will just reach the eye. And redears pec fins are narrow and pointy, that is why I thought the 1st pic was a punkie. Oh well, I love catching both!!!!

 

I've caught plenty 'seeds 10-11". Just sayin'.

 

Sunfish, Pumpkinseed
1.10
10 1/2″
Portage County Farm Pond
Scott Boykin, Uniontown
June 12, 2009

If I'm wrong and it is a Pseed then i got a good one.
Maverick, you should submit those bigguns, if you catch more... you may be in the books with an 11" Pseed.

 

Guppy, i was wrong about the vertical striping on Pumpkinseed... it seems the bigger they get it is more pronounced... i see what you mean, by all the google pics of Pseed. They are very similar, still thinking redear though, but good you pointed that out... i always like the fish ID stuff, good to know your fish... one of the best parts about fishing IMO is the identifying the fish plants and animals you see out there.

 

buckzye11, I had some pics of 11"ers that I caught through the ice on my phone, but a couple of weeks ago I dropped my phone in Pymatuning. I lost a lot of pics and vids of fish and my kids. Sucks. And the fish that you posted as a red ear, is not a 'seed. It's a red ear.