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Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on October 7, 2012 at 6:26pm

LEE THIS IS KIND OF LIKE MAYBERRY HERE and Otis still works at the gas station with Goober! Whoops forgot we don't have a gas station , grocery store, medical assistance, or anything else for that matter here. We do have two taverns though , but Im not allowed in em anymore for stirring up the bluegill fisherman there and stuff. 

Comment by Leo Nguyen on October 7, 2012 at 6:24pm

We experience a coloration phases with the gills over here in California, as the sunfish migrate from water to water, from depth to depth, and from season to season. Take a coppernose for instant, the hue changed drastically from a light purple-pink with mostly green-and-small light blue body (during early fall to early spring), to a full dark purple dark-and-light blue, heavy black and green patches (during the late spring to late summer). We gillers noticed the same coloration transition for hybrids, much more so than the pure strains, that either hang near the dense vegetation vs the pure strain that like to hang near the structures. Transitional phase occur as vegetation colors change as well. I've been scratching my head, and search for various data submitted by other anglers with photo documentation. So far, BBG yield the highest level of photographic evident to reinforce this finding.

I notice some part of the country, crappie are exhibiting the same. Bass, depending on the natural predation existing within the areas, also exhibit the same. Jeffrey is the greatest contributor to the photographic evident as he fished various honey holes. Everyone else also create a fantastic array of coloration in different part of the country.

This is why I chime in as Lee presented his catch for this day, or period of the season. As Lee present more photos, it could be an apparent documented color shift as the certain strains of the gills exhibit unique transition phase of colors in the wild.

Bruce, Tony, Walt, you Tooty, Dick, and many more isolated pond owners/anglers got to chime in. So much info being presented just in the past year alone.

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on October 7, 2012 at 6:23pm

Lee they don't let me out of TROY GROVE very often , only on day passes and stuff and don't go in libraries much to know about transitions and sounds very technical to me!

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on October 7, 2012 at 6:21pm

THANKS LEE and I really didn't know what the transitional thing was about! Love the dark color of this fish and the Kayak too!!!! Looks like fly line laying there and a popper on it in Yellow?

Comment by Lee on October 7, 2012 at 6:18pm

 Water temp was 82 degrees air temp mid 80s so there not transitioning yet. This is a spring run with a high mineral content and gin clear water, the fish always seem to be more colorful here. Fight harder Too, I thought this guy was a Bass when he first hit!

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on October 7, 2012 at 6:12pm

Leo it is a great pic but what is TRANSITIONAL PHASE? 

Comment by Leo Nguyen on October 7, 2012 at 6:01pm

Love those colors. Wow. Is that fish in its transitional color phases?

Comment by Rex Robinson on October 7, 2012 at 5:36pm

wow, dark fins on that one!

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on October 7, 2012 at 5:28pm

Pretty gill Lee!

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