Was watching the Fish Warrior last night and the host on the show was catching Nile Perch. To me at first glance they look like HUGE largemouth Bass. Wonder if theres any long distance relation between this fish and a LMB. Take a look at the pics for your self:

http://www.google.com/images?q=nile+perch&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=bhBoTJ7QOo-8sQOyqt3UDQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CDAQsAQwAA&biw=1034&bih=650

Thoughts??

Perch and other fish are actually in the Bass family, while ironicaly Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, and Rock Bass are in the sunfish family  :-? Go figure...

Thoughts??

I'm getting hungry... 

Thoughts??

I'm getting hungry...

X2, like pieces of candy!

hahahaha i saw that episode and show for the first time a few days ago that guys suck a dork he cant fish worth crap

Omg dude you wont believe this but I was watching that show the other night and actually googled it too cus the one he caught looked EXACTLY like a bass.

There all related there inbred. ;D

He should leave the real fishing to Jeremy Wade...

I saw the Nile Perch on River Monster's awhile ago and did think they kind of looked more like a LMB than a perch. Like Bassclary said though, they are from the same family so they will have some resemblance.

If somebody told me they ate grass carp, I'd be all in for planting them here.

Yeah when i first saw them the same exact though went through my head. wow they would be fun to catch

He should leave the real fishing to Jeremy Wade...

I saw the Nile Perch on River Monster's awhile ago and did think they kind of looked more like a LMB than a perch. Like Bassclary said though, they are from the same family so they will have some resemblance.

x2 love that show.

cool show  .....  sometimes

Lately theres been a few good shows dealing with huge fish. I dont know how much more one can show than the other. They all seem to always profile the same fish.

River Monsters:

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/river-monsters/

Fish Warrior:

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/fish-warrior

Man vs Fish:

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-schedules/series.html?paid=1.14710.25883.36553.x

Monster Fish:

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/monster-fish/all/Overview

Hooked:

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/hooked/all/Overview

Perch and other fish are actually in the Bass family, while ironicaly Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, and Rock Bass are in the sunfish family :-? Go figure...

Yellow perch belong to the family Percidae, which also includes walleye, sauger and darters. 

White perch belong to the temperate bass family, Percichthyidae, which also includes white bass and stripers. 

Largemouth and smallmouth bass are part of the sunfish family, Centrachidae, which includes bluegill, pumpinseeds, rock bass, and pygmy sunfishes.

The Nile Perch is from the family Latidae.  They are closely related to the Australian Barramundi.

All of the above belong to the order Perciformes, or perch like fishes.  Most fish belong to this order.

hahahaha i saw that episode and show for the first time a few days ago that guys suck a dork he cant fish worth crap

I happen to like "Fish Warrior". You have to understand that the guy is going around the world targeting exotic species that are seldom fished for so no one really knows what is best to do. A lot of the species he targets are rare too so they are hard to find. I am willing to bet you, me, or anyone on this site could catch the fish he catches under the conditions and in the time frame he does it.

To be honest the only fishing shows I watch are Fish Warrior, River Monsters, Hooked, City Limits, The Hunt for Big Fish and the reason is because these shows are different to most fishing shows on TV. I personally happen to find most fishing shows boring now adays. Most fishing shows like Bill Dance or Jimmy Houston (not flaming the shows they are just the first that came to mind) are just some Pro Angler fishing and giving tips. A lot of the shows contain the same material. They are great for anglers just starting out with bass fishing. I used to love Bill Dance because his show taught me a lot as a teenager but now its just boring to me.

I have to admit though... the "Fish Warrior" himself is a little annoying.

Perch and other fish are actually in the Bass family, while ironicaly Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, and Rock Bass are in the sunfish family :-? Go figure...

Yellow perch belong to the family Percidae, which also includes walleye, sauger and darters.

White perch belong to the temperate bass family, Percichthyidae, which also includes white bass and stripers.

Largemouth and smallmouth bass are part of the sunfish family, Centrachidae, which includes bluegill, pumpinseeds, rock bass, and pygmy sunfishes.

The Nile Perch is from the family Latidae. They are closely related to the Australian Barramundi.

All of the above belong to the order Perciformes, or perch like fishes. Most fish belong to this order.

Thanks for the scientific-ness  ;D

Just clarifying your post with truthiness. 

To me it just looks like the Discovery family of channels has discovered Larry Dahlbergs show was on.  Instead of signing him up for an hour show they get all these guys.  Funny a channel that touts conservation and they have guys who dont know how to treat fish.  On the Lau-Lau and Nile Perch shows he leaves the fish out of water and runs the boat down river to release it on shore for better camera shots, risking the fishes life.

Didn't he kill the first nile perch he caught by fighting it to exhaustion? 

River Monsters is too sensationalistic.  He makes it seem like the fish are all great white sharks.  These are freshwater fish for christ sakes.  They may be big and nasty but still. 

Didn't he kill the first nile perch he caught by fighting it to exhaustion?

River Monsters is too sensationalistic. He makes it seem like the fish are all great white sharks. These are freshwater fish for christ sakes. They may be big and nasty but still.

x2. I just watched the one on demonfish and instead of giving the underprivileged and 3rd world country-ish village a giant fish to eat. He want's to release it. Seriously Wade?