SetterGuy... I'm no HBG expert but I don't recall them having the red/orange around the opercular flap???
Thanks, I have no clue. I bought them from a local hatchery in NE Mo. He told me they wouldn't reproduce too..
9 yr old pond, 1 ac, 15' deep. RES, YP, GS, FHM (no longer), HBG (going away), SMB, and HSB (only one seen in 5 yrs) Restocked HSB (2020) Have seen one of these. I think that's about all I should put in my little pond. Otter attack in 2023