fishmounter
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This is not really a fishing report, but more of just an interesting photo of the color of some of the Bluegill that can be caught at my local lake here in southern California. Lake Perris was stocked with Florida "coppernose" Bluegill back in the mid 1970s, after the dam was completed and the lake began to fill. Not only are there some very big Bluegill in the lake, but for some reason, there are Bluegill of various color phases, including this beautiful blue coloration. Some of the large spawning males are almost a purple-black, and I have also caught light-colored fish with dark bars and dark-colored fish with light barring on their sides. Makes fishing very interesting.