They call them rio grand perch, texas cichlid, cichlid. They are not native to louisiana and are illegal to have. It looks like a crossbreed with some other kind of perch though.

http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/fishing/freshwater-finfish

guess i'll be a law breaker till tonite ,i'll fry his butt up.hah. got some nice lil fillets on him.

They say they are great tasting fish. I think they are illegal to have because they aren't supposed to be put into the water in Louisiana.

that looks like a cajun tripletail.if its illegal to have,youve got no choice but to eat the evidence.

City Park ponds/lakes experimenting with handtied micro jigs and sponge spiders.

Wildlife told me that they are not native fish and the ones in City Park are a breeding population and if caught should not be put back.

So I'd keep all that I catch and I hear that they are quality table fare.

http://www.thejump.net/id/rio-grande-perch.htm

http://www.reellouisianaadventures.com/details.php?id=2474

I caught one of those Klingon Perch in the Bonne Carre about 10 years ago. Caught mine on a dry fly. It blew up the water and pulled as hard as a big bull bream. I didn't know what it was and posted pictures online. A professor with UNO called me and wanted to know where I caught it. When I told him, he said that was the farthest 'west' that one had been reported. Said that these Rio Grande Chiclids are taking over the drainage canals and City Park lakes in the New Orleans area and most likely followed the edge of Pontchartrain in a band of fresh water flowing from the Bonne Carre. The professor came and got my Rio Grande Chiclid for his studies.

Lets hope that these do not make it into the Mississippi River system. Rio Grande Chiclids are an invasive species. They ransack nests of native species and are voracious feeders of small fry.

If you catch one and don't want to keep it, just throw it way back up on the bank with you and let the raccoons feed on them. If you do keep it, I hear that they make excellent table fare.

well it is official. easier to skin than a bluegill,,thicker fillets,,looks like catfish when fried,,taste between perch and sacalait. if they would only just replace those little pumkin seeds their presence would be fine by me but it is said they wreak havock on all so like the dude on tv says ,,if it look good eat it.

About 9 or 10 years ago on the Norco side. Got a pic somewhere. The color was all like the green on the mouth of yours. I didnt know what it was so I fed it to the opossums back the house.