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Posted By: Brad346 Copper nose bluegill vs standard - 12/06/18 03:45 AM
I see a lot of talk and advertising for copper nose bluegill. It there a significant difference between CNBG and the BG? Do they have different needs/strengths?
Posted By: 4CornersPuddle Re: Copper nose bluegill vs standard - 12/06/18 04:30 AM
Hi Brad.
CNBG are for southern, warm waters. Here in Colorado, even "northern" BG don't thrive in some of our cooler BOWs. As an example, my pond, at 6500 feet above sea level, and fed by irrigation water from the Dolores River, seems to be fine for GSF, YP, trout all summer, LMB. But BG have been stocked on at least two occasions and have not persisted.

There are numerous references to the requirements of both fish in the archives which make fascinating reading.
Roger
Posted By: anthropic Re: Copper nose bluegill vs standard - 12/06/18 04:31 AM
There are biologists here who can answer that better than I, Brad. However, my understanding is that CNBG is more of a warm water fish than BG. Coppernose don't typically do well in BOW that ice over in winter.
Posted By: Brad346 Re: Copper nose bluegill vs standard - 12/06/18 04:42 AM
Thanks for the replies. I definitely need to avoid CNBG.
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