Originally Posted by FishinRod
Is it easy (for non-experts) to differentiate between recently spent females and males in YP?

How does that compare to differentiating for LMB or for BG?
Part of that is handling fish frequently, Rod. Percids are much easier to correctly identify green, ripe, spent or male this time of year. Centrarchids (LMB, BG-sunfish) are not as easy. You can see a gravid female somewhat easily but males are somewhat harder to identify because their sizes remain similar-longer than Percids do.
As you handle more and more fish it will become more obvious.