fish identification question

[Embrey]

thought a war mouth WAS a rockbass

[slobslayer]

According to the FWC a warmouth and a redeye is the same and wikipedia says a rockbass and a redeye is the same. So it stands to reason that a warmouth and rockbass is also the same. Shimano4Life is correct on the largemouth ID. There are other ways but the jaw is the quickest and easiest way to tell the difference.

[walkeraviator]

Kentucky Bass have dorsal fins like a smallie with a shallow notch as largemouth have the shallow notch... but as has been said teh only fool proof way to tell is close their mouth and see how far the jaw extends...