When guys like Steve, who works with RES daily, convey their iffy confidence level on ID it makes me pretty suspect of my limited abilities to ID unless they are in full spawning mode. If I make one mistake the fishery will be impacted in a way I don't intend - so I'm going to be as certain as possible. I'll probably be fishing pretty hard for a week or two for RES on beds selecting males. Steve I'm looking for 25-50 verified males - if you have access to any I'm happy to pay or trade for them.

Of course it gets me to thinking...while the YP ID should be pretty simple for my caged fish, I am worried about how foolproof my BG selection was last Fall. I TRIPLE checked 100 fish and even got Bruce's help - but again, one mistake and my project is doomed!

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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