The Chesapeake Bay white perch have a a dark patch along the top of the back running along the dorsal fin. Likely a salt water coloration.
The white perch will run up the rivers of the bay to spawn in mid April by the millions. Great fishing.
Doc
Yeah, there is not as much variation as a trout, but the big females get pretty dark. The one big thing is how much gold is on them. A lot of room for error there. A small male is pretty white/silver. The first one was pretty green, because I used a cad. yellow/raw umber/black for the green. Switched to an Ultramarine blue/deep yellow for the green, with a bit of raw umber, and it was a lot more controllable for what I needed to do. Heck - they change color as soon as you pull them out! Ended up with a fair facsimile, anyways. Still learning....
