Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Black Bluegill ?

Yesterday when fishing my son said he saw a “black fish”. I kinda shrugged it off and didn’t pay much attention to it. This afternoon we were fishing on the pier and feeding on and off by the handful. He said - look dad there it is, as he was feeding the fish. All the others were aggressively attacking the pellets and the darker colored fish just swam slowly around near the surface under the pellets as the others darted from the dark depths and then back out of sight. I grabbed the cast net and luckily caught it first cast.


Any thoughts on what / why this little joker is so black ? Pictured beside it is a straight bluegill.

Thanks.

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