Lake Perris deep water 'Gill

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Comment by John Sheehan on September 18, 2011 at 3:00pm

An anomalous fish and a nice looking one! Nice catch!

Comment by Jeff Soto on September 18, 2011 at 10:47am

It was caught where there is quite a current as water is being pumped into this area.  The shad are here in abundance, as are the pelicans and other diving, fish eating birds.  Needless to say, fishing is good here though you have to fish deep water.

Comment by Bruce Condello on September 18, 2011 at 9:59am

Yes, the tail is huge.  Minor mutations are common in fish.  If it turns out to be an advantage in some way to this fish, it may have more young that share this trait.

Comment by Jeff Soto on September 18, 2011 at 9:19am

OK I've got to comment on my own pic.  Does this almost 10 inch fish seem to have a larger-than-average sized tail?