Can anyone tell me what this fish is? I was thinking warmouth or rock bass but neither seem to quite match the pics I found online. If it helps I live in southeast tx and this was caught in a pond, not a lake or river. 

looks like a warmouth, lepomis sp. should be found over most of TX

 

this is a rock bass, ambloplites, sp., and the only place I find them in TX hill country is the cold Guadalupe tailwater

 

also lepomis sp., this is a Green sunfish - lepomis will readily hybridize, especially in a pond, and next to it is a hybrid (probably green with long-ear)

BTW, Green sunfish have the largest gill area/ body mass in the family.  During drought, when oxbow pools become isolated from the river flow, green sunfish will be the last species there. 

13 hours ago, jdr99a said:

Can anyone tell me what this fish is? I was thinking warmouth or rock bass but neither seem to quite match the pics I found online. If it helps I live in southeast tx and this was caught in a pond, not a lake or river. 

The fish you are holding in your hand is a warmouth.

Warmouth are pesky little critters and full of fight.  They have a habit of biting plastic worms that are too big for them to eat.   If you get bites that never seem to hook up, it's probably a warmouth messing with your bait. 

this is about as big as they get - ate a pistol pete

 

It's a warmouth, one of my favorite panfish to catch. 

Warmouth.  Around here they hit a jig and craw like a freight train.

Warmouths are the "recently jilted woman" of the small fish world.  Don't make eye contact.  They are ready to kill something.  

Interesting! Never heard of a warmouth.