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Reply With QuoteHere is a Coppernose with orange on it's head. I have not seen very many like this though.
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It looks like a mix to me. TN does not have copper nose....but....someone decided to put some in Laurel Hill Lake. It is a 300 acre TWRA family fishing lake. The few copper nose that were released in the lake has turned it into a mixed mess. You catch very few true northern stain now. Most of what you catch is mixed. They can go wild in colors. I’ve caught blue.....purple....yellow....all sorts of colors.
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Its a bit odd in that I never saw that particular coloration in there in the past and the last 2 visits we managed quite a few .Originally Posted by Perris Blue
Quite a few have that really orange/red little breast plate on a pale body with red tails and pectorals
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BTW what are them river bluegills I seem to remember that are on fire painted up ?
Some bluegill fanatics actually go there just to ketch them and bring them to their own state .
I think they come out of Florida or somewhere in the SE ,maybe Georgia ?
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i researched it some and short of the black paint spots i bet these have some of that line in them . they frequently have that same fire patch on the chest and reddish fins and pale bodies . supposed to better than coppernose for stocking in some spots due their cold tolerance and will grow as fast and large.
commonly called "hand painted bluegills "
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