What kind of fish is this?

[spraycrew]

I caught this fish yesterday and can't figure out what kind it is? I caught it on a 1/2 ounce lipless crankbait, not quite sure what he was thinking the lure wouldn't even fit in his mouth, but a trebble hook fit in there nicely......I'm in oklahoma and looked around at the department of wildlife website, but couldn't find it on there.

Thanks,

[zero limit]

White bass?

or fresh water drum

[J Francho]

Aplodinotus grunniens

[KYntucky Warmouth]

[bowfish12]

They will readily hit just about anything you put in front of them. Did he give you a good fight?

I've caught 3 already this year over 10 lb, all on a jig though.  I weighed one on last saturday that was 14-7.  It gets your hopes up when you set the hook and the rod is doubled over only to realize it is one of those slimey bas*****.

[RyneB]

In Illinois we call them sheep head, otherwise known as freshwater drum. You can go to the Illinois river and catch hundreds of them on anything from a nightcrawler on the bottom, to a spoon, to a 10 inch ribbon tail worm.

[spraycrew]

Thanks for the info!

Yeah he put up a great fight, i thought i had a pretty good sized bass until i saw this little funny mouthed guy......I'd love to hook one of them over 10 pounds, i bet that would be a blast!

[firefightn15]

Thanks for the info!

Yeah he put up a great fight, i thought i had a pretty good sized bass until i saw this little funny mouthed guy......I'd love to hook one of them over 10 pounds, i bet that would be a blast!

Off topic......nice hawg in your avatar! 8-)

[TheOriginalFishaholic]

Pretty bony, but good eatin'...they can overpopulate a watershed - start takin' em home.

[carrothead]

Yep.  That's a drum.

[Chaz Hickcox]

I caught this fish yesterday and can't figure out what kind it is? I caught it on a 1/2 ounce lipless crankbait, not quite sure what he was thinking the lure wouldn't even fit in his mouth, but a trebble hook fit in there nicely......I'm in oklahoma and looked around at the department of wildlife website, but couldn't find it on there.

Thanks,

White Perch according to the State of Oklahoma you should have killed it, and report the catch to your fish and game.  http://www.wildlifedepartment.com/whiteperch.htm

"ODWC is asking anglers to destroy any white perch caught from Kaw and report any catches of white perch outside of Kaw to (405) 521-3721.  We would also ask anglers to freeze any specimens for confirmation by an agency biologist.  The following diagrams will help distinguish white perch from white bass."

[Dan:]

it does kind of look like a white perch but the mouth and spines aren't right. It's a drum

[GeneinTX]

Freshwater Drum.

[RoLo]

Yep, "freshwater drum"

Though it could be mistaken for a white perch, it doesn't resemble a white bass,

which display more than one lateral bar and have an undershot lower jaw.

Roger

[Scott C]

ya know, dudes get reall upset when they catch em...especially near my folks place on the tennessee river. But I gotta tell ya...they are still fun!! Some of em can really fight!! Here's one that I caught when catfishin on Wheeler in AL. This guy must be older...cause he sorta has a different color than the smaller ones...

[spraycrew]

I bet that fish put up one heck of a fight scott. Looks like a blast.

[Fish Chris]

SprayCrew, and Scott, that looks like an AWESOME sportfish to catch right there ! Looks kind of bassy to me.

I'm sure some guys would get all bent about catching one of these (just because it wasn't a bass) but personally speaking, I think some guys just don't know what fishing is about ! If it will bite my hook, and pull my line, I'm always down for the battle !

Of course bigger, is better.... but then size is also relative to the species.

Anyway, I'd just love to catch a big ol' Drum !

Peace,

Fish

[spraycrew]

Yeah i'm actually looking forward to catching another one. I was watching Hank Parker today and he was doing a 25th anniversary show and one of the clips was of a drum that he caught while fishing with his brother. The fish was a monster, it never did actually show what it weighed, but it was big enough for him to "try" to put it in the livewell and take it in to be weighed.

I don't know if anyone else saw that episode, but its a really good one it shows him fishing with his friends and family over the years. Wasn't alot of fishing in the episode, but def worth watching for reminders of why fishing is so great.

[1inStripes]

I never have caught a drum on artificial.  I know they love crawdads and I have caught a few when camping out on the river in front of my house.  Usually with live bait its tap, tap,  WHAM and the drum is on the run.  Ive caught some very nice ones and they are a fun fight no doubt.

[burleytog]

They're even more fun to shoot.

[roadwarrior]

They're even more fun to shoot.

We catch GIGANTIC drum in the Tennessee

River on live baits and any subsurface artificial.

The biggest drum I ever caught was last fall on

a Sworming Hornet with a Lake Fork Tackle Live

Magic Shad trailer!

I suppose if you just catch a drum occasionally

you might find them interesting. On the Tennessee

we catch them all the time and consider them "trash".

8-)

[b.Lee]

i like this answer lol

[BluegrassBoy]

Went to Ky Lake 3 weeks ago and hooked quite a few drum slow rolling crankbaits.  It was the worst Bass Fishing trip I have ever had there, the water was way to cold for my abilities at fishing...

Anywho, I caught one that would have probably weighed over 10 lbs, it was a hoss, but i usually dont bother weighin em...

You can usually tell a drum before you get it to the surface.  Smallies tend to head straight for deep water, Largemouths tend to come to teh surface quick, but Drum just go straight to the bottom and become dead weight. I had to stop using anything with yellow on to keep the drum away.

Although one smaller drum i had did fool me.  It headed for deep water like a smallie...

Other fish I had issues with were d**n threadfin shad, and 1 striper that was a lot of fun to fight.

[trevor]

Looks like a GIANT norfolk spot... without the spot.