here's a little note on photography that most of you may not know. There is a little thing called white balance that has to do with the overall color of a photo leaning more towards the red or the blue side. I suspect that "either" Nico's shot was balanced more towards the red side than it should have been.... or, it was taken close to sunrise, or sunset, which will also lend more of a red (or in this case bronze) shade to a photo.

Anyway, I can vouch.... I caught Hitch from Clear Lk. as recently as last week (while Crappie fishing) and they were anywhere from white, to silver, to grey....... but not even a hint of bronze.

Peace,
Fish

PS, Those are some of the "stinkiest" damn fish on the planet ! Once you hold them, your going to stink for a month ! Hey Nico, is this your excuse ? :-) Sorry buddy :-)