Warmouth

I think that's just a big green sunfish.  Real pretty!  there are a few lakes that have hybrid pumpkinseed/bluegills, but they're rare.  They get real big like a bluegill but have the colors and mouth of a pumpkinseed. Hard to tell that they're hybrid, but I know someone who catches them on a lake that he won't give any information out about where he catches them (I know the lake, but not the spot).

That’s a biggin! 

Well at least I'm not the only one not 100% sure what it is lol. It looks different than the normal pumpkinseeds that I catch so I'm leaning towards Gillespie as a green sunfish/pumpkin hybrid. It was a dandy at 10.5" whatever it was!

Body size and shape doesn't look like a green.  Looks like a regular sunfish or sunfish/bluegill hybrid.  I didn't think the greens get that big.  Could be wrong though.  

Junkie the ones like that we catch we call them pumpkin seed. I might be wrong?!? We include that in our daily limit along with/ other panfish.

100% that it has some, maybe all?, green sunfish genetics.  The yellowish edges to the fins a dead giveaway.   The coloration patterns lead me to think this is a green sunfish/pumpkinseed sunfish hybrid.  Nice fish!

My son caught this earlier this year, I believe it's a green sunfish but I'm not positive. Any thoughts? 

Warmouth are grouped as a panfish, not rock bass, and follow WI or local panfish regulations. Rock bass on the contrary have no size limit or bag limit. ​They would count as a separate species when fishing a lake that has a specific bag limit for individual species, such as lake Eau ​Claire.

For reference from the DNR website: DNR definitions

I do feel like people often confuse warmouth and ​green sunfish, I know I have.

It was about 8" long.  Had quite a bit more meat on the filets than a gill, both top steak and belly meat.

I’ve caught Warmouth on Phantom Lake In Mukwonago. They don’t quit fighting after you get them in the boat. They have a few less spines than a Rock Bass but make up for it with energy. One thing I didn’t know until tis morn was Rock Bass have permanently Red Eyes and Warmouth only when spawning. The one I caught was spawning apparently. And yes, it got me with one of its spines.

Fishfillet you are 100% correct. They are different. They are also lumped in with Rock bass as they are not specified on the panfish species list for the 25 fish creel limit. I have already discussed this with a warden. I have never fished a lake where they are prevalent, so it would be difficult to catch and keep more than 25 in my opinion.

It's a panfish. All part of the panfish limit.   Green sunfish and warmouth are two different kinds of fish.  Warmouth have more of a rock bass color and Green sunfish resemble more of a sunfish/bluegill in color.  

Almost positive it would be whatever bluegill are. In the regs I think it combines bluegill, sunfish pumpkinseed, and green sunfish which I think is what a warmouth is.