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I've caught warmouth in the canals around my land and even a few in my lakes. If I start transporting the warmouth from the canals to my lakes will that effect my LMB population? I thought it might add more competition to the LMB.
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do you have a picture of them to put on here
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This is a medium sized warmouth
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Sorry I dont really know how to put a picture on.
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its ok i cant figure that out either. i tried putting one on earlier today.
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warmouth info Here this might help
Last edited by Rossbow; 07/10/08 10:36 AM.
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ok i thought it was the same thing as a goggle eye. that is what i call them. thanks for the info
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Ya i call them goggled eye too but I thought more people would know them as warmouth
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Hey guys. I'm raising Warmouth in a pond I manage for my neighbor. They're very similar to Green Sunfish in their behavior I believe. I think it's true that they compete with bass up to a point, and that point is when a bass eats them. Most of us agree that LMB prefer to prey on WM even more than bluegill because of their shape. In a LMB pond the WM will probably never get more than 6 or 7 inches long. They don't spawn as often or as heavy as BG either so BG will dominate them in numbers. I put them as top predator in my neighbor's brim pond along with Shellcrackers (Redear Sunfish) and we hope to eventually get some 2 pounders.
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ok thanks GW. I haven't caught many in my ponds but the few that I've caught have been between 1 to 2 pounds.
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That's interesting Rossbow, where are these ponds? I mean what's the address and are they within sight of any houses? Oh yeah, if you don't post a photo the fish don't exist. PS. I'm kidding of course.
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No they aren't in sight of any houses. The ponds are in labelle,tx. They were dug for dirt for the highway. I don't really know the address. My cousin stocked the pond with Florida strain LMB about 12 years ago. The red ears must be over populated because they never get over a few ounces. I'm hoping to raise the warmouth population, because right now it's very low.
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I don't think you'll have much luck increasing the WM with LMB in the pond.
I assume you have Bluegill. Just out of curiosity how are they doing?
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They are pretty over populated too. We've been focusing on the LMB. We are sinking structure for the bass and I hope that the structure will help the WM, RE, and BG populations. The LMB are doing pretty good though.
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