Is this a Goggle Eye

[Fish Hound]

I caught this back in August and not sure if it what is called. A Goggle Eye or Rock Bass? It looks like it belongs in the perch or sunfish family.

 

[J-Doc]

Yes that is a rock bass.  Some call it goggle eye. 

At least that's my take on it.  

[Mike jones]

The goggle eye/Rock bass we catch in Missouri and Table Rock all have the red eye...also caught some a few weeks ago on Champlain. 

[Quillback]

I'm thinking possibly a green sunfish? 

[Johnsfolly]

I can't see the dorsal fin well enough to see in there is a dark spot and the coloration on the marking on the cheeks is kind of muddled to get a good id on this fish. however the light edging of the pelvic and anal fins are not indicative of a goggle-eye/rock bass. It's very likely a warmouth.

green sunfish or a hybrid of the two.

[Brian Jones]

I'm also going with a warmouth or green sunfish/hybrid cross based on the color, striping and red tint on its "ear".

[Quillback]

I could go warmouth, I was split between green sunfish or warmouth. 

[Fish Hound]

I'll go with Warmouth. After getting online and googling goggle (goggling google?) it sort of resembles a goggle eye (except no red eye) but does look more like the pictures of warmouth I found online. From the fight this little guy put up if they got up to 9-10 inches that would be a lot of fun on an ultralight. So far this is the only fish I have caught in Beaver that I did not catch in Kansas and I don't think they have them there unless in extreme southeast maybe. On the same trip I did catch what I would call a green sunfish which looks just like the picture of the fish in Johnsfolly hand above.  All of them are pretty fish. Thanks for the feedback.

[bluebasser86]

It's a Warmouth. I catch them all the time at a couple of the local lakes. Almost beat the state record last year. 

They vary quite a bit in color from the blue-green one in OP's picture, to brightly colored like the one I posted, to nearly black. 

[Quillback]

That is a huge warmouth.