Coppernose bluegill?

[gaspergou]

Anyone out there have coppernose bluegill in a farm pond and willing to let me catch one for a photo?

I'm working on the 2nd edition of The Fishes of Arkansas, and have taken photos of (almost) every fish occurring in the state except for this. I don't have time to drive to AR again until the fall, and they'll be back to "drab normal bluegill" colors by then.

Thanks much.

 

[porthos33]

My buddy caught a huge bluegill out of the pond at waterville golf course the other night. Not for sure if it was a coppernose but it was the biggest I've ever seen. I was caught on a zoom lizard