Fishing Country With Charlie Pack
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Here's a handy guide to identifying some of the common fish you'll find in Texas
freshwater fisheries. Sizes are not relative. Place your cursor over the fish to see
their other names (if any).
Other Names: Black Bass, Guadalupe Spotted Bass.
Other Names: Black Bass, Green Trout, Bigmouth Bass, Lineside Bass.
Other Names: Brown Bass, Brownie, Bronze Bass.
Other Names: Sandbass, Barfish, Streaker, Silver Bass.
Other Names: Kentucky Spotted Bass, Spotted Black Bass.
Other Name: Striper.
Other Names: Striper, Rockfish, Lineside.
Other Names: White Perch, Calico Bass.
Other Names: White Perch, Sac-a-lait.
Other Names: Channel Cat, Hump-back Blue.
Other Names: Willow Cat, Forked-tail Cat, Fiddler, Spotted Cat, Lady Cat.
Other Names: Yellow Cat, Opelousa Cat, Pied Cat, Mississippi Cat, Mud Cat, Shovelhead Cat.
Other Names: Polliwog, Chucklehead Cat.
Other Names: Polliwog, Chucklehead Cat.
Other Names: Bream, Brim, Sunfish, Perch, Sunpearch.
Other Names: Yellowbelly Sunfish, Redbreasted Bream.
Other Names: Goggle-eye, Rock Bass, Branch Perch.
Other Name: Cherry Bream.
Other Names: Shellcracker, Georgia Bream, Cherry Gill, Sunny, Sun Perch.
Other Names: Redeye, Goggle-eye, Red-eyed Bream, Stump Knocker, Mudgapper, Mo-mouth, Morgan, Molly, Rock Bass, Open Mouth, Weed Bass, Wood Bass, Strawberry Perch, Mud Bass, Warmouth Bass.
Other Names: German Carp, European Carp.
Other Names: White Amur, Waan Ue.
Other Name: Red-horse Minnow.
Other Name: Fathead.
Other Name: Gator Gar.
Other Names: Needlenose Gar, Billy Gar, Billfish.
Other Names: Billy Gar, Stub-nose Gar, Short-billed Gar.
Other Names: Mongrel Buffalo, Current Buffalo.
Other Names: Gourdhead, Redmouth Buffalo, Common Buffalo.
Other Names: Grindle, Dogfish, Grinnel, Cypress Trout, Mud Fish.
Other Names: Redfish, Rat Red, Bull Red, Red.
Other Names: Drum Fish, Gaspergou, Gou, Sheepshead.
Other Names: Shad, Hickory Shad, Herring, Skipjack.
Other Names: Rio Grande Perch, Texas Chiclid.
Other Name: Freshwater Eel.
Other Names: Pike, Jackfish.
Other Name: Walleyed Perch.
Other Names: Spoonbill, Spoonbill Cat, Shovelnose Cat.