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I found this picture of a male gill caught in the dead of winter in Canada. (Ice fishing website). What I find striking is the brightness of the breast area which one typically only sees during peak spawning. (At least in the wild fish in my area) Maybe the fish has a diet high in carotene due to crustaceans? Comments? 
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CB1 I can't speak for the ice cold Canada part but we have year round high color variability in our BG. Red , copper , yellow , purple and more are not limited to spawning periods.
Does the poster say what the diet may be ?
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No but it woudldn't surprise me if it came from a body of water rich in freshwater shrimp or something similar. It seems there are a lot of those in Canada and the upper midwest.
Around here a male bluegill's breast usually looks like a female when it's not spawning time. The breast color may be a little enhanced but it's more of a yellow than an orange.
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