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Lepomis gulosus
How to catch Warmouth
Warmouth feed in 50–92°F water and bite best at 68–84°F. Fish Scouter's season calendar follows them in 4 waters.
3 pts · trophy at 9"Feeds 50–92°FBest 68–84°FIn season nowPond / pitLakeCanalCreek / stream
About
The big-mouthed, mottled sunfish of the swampy edges and the stumps, that eats a bass lure meant for something bigger. The goggle-eye of the freshwater.
How to fish it
A cricket or a worm tight to a stump or a cypress knee in dark water.
What it eats
cricketswormssmall jigscrayfish
Live bait for it
Grass shrimpTwo or three on a #6 hook under a small cork — the bream, crappie, sheepshead and mangrove snapper bait nobody sells.What to fish it with
the sizes that fish itLeader10–20 lb fluorocarbon
Hook#2–3/0
Jig head1/8–1/2 oz
Braid10–30 lb
The rule
not confirmed hereWithin the fifty-panfish aggregate — confirm at MyFWC.
The current rule →Where it is, month by month
PPeakSSpawningAArriving·AroundLLeaving
Fresh water by state