Originally Posted By: Bill Cody
Some of the northern older bluegill will often have the wide side barring. Depending on type of habitat the barring varies in how dark it its. I have some pictures of BG with the wide dark barring pattern; mostly older fish from fairly clear water and dark bottoms.


I find this extremely interesting Bill. So if I catch BG with the wide dark barring in the future, should I assume they are older fish and go ahead and harvest them so they don't just end up turtle or FA food on the bottom of the pond?

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