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taxid

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Re: Male and Female Yellow Perch
« Reply #90 on: Oct 26, 2013, 11:41 AM »
wow nice perch nice post

Thanks. Of course catching these fish of these sizes is not as difficult as public water due to the fact that these are small bodies of water, the fish are hand fed, and the ponds are managed for trophy fish.

I hope to have some fresh pictures today. A taxidermist from Oklahoma has ordered two brooks for molding, and another taxidemist fish specialist from Indiana is coming up to catch and buy at least two brooks and possibly bluegills and yellow perch.
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gotabig1

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Re: Male and Female Yellow Perch
« Reply #91 on: Oct 26, 2013, 01:18 PM »
All beautiful fish. I love the shape and color of that Bluegill too. Does their size and color also differ w/ sex? I always wonder why some get to be almost dark purple and others are more bright orange on the belly. I assumed that the "Bull" gets that slight protrusion above the eye.

taxid

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Re: Male and Female Yellow Perch
« Reply #92 on: Oct 26, 2013, 03:16 PM »
All beautiful fish. I love the shape and color of that Bluegill too. Does their size and color also differ w/ sex? I always wonder why some get to be almost dark purple and others are more bright orange on the belly. I assumed that the "Bull" gets that slight protrusion above the eye.

Males bluegill do have a slightly different body shape than females but the best way to tell them apart is by the coloration during spawning and the length of the ear tab and black nape scales. The males have the black scales that radiate behind the head and an ear tab that is longer than it is wide although this will vary somewhat.

The  bright orange bellied fish are males along with the purple irridescence and darker colors of a spawning male.

The bull protrusion is just an older well fed male that has slowed down in linear growth but still filling out vertically.
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