Telling the Sex of Fish

[feverpetal]

Is it possible? If I was going to keep a couple for eatin', I'd really rather keep the males.

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[Borch]

I don't know if you can tell for sure. Generally males will be 18" or less. Frequently a bit skinnier than the females. But, I've been wrong on several occasions. Only time I can tell for sure is early spring(spawn is wrapping up) or in the fish cleaning house.

It would be nice if someone had a surefire way to determine this though.

[IFallsRon]

A man purse may throw you off if you're not careful.

[Guest]

So will the 18" thing

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[Guest]

I KNOW THIS ONE! LOL
The anus on a male will look round like a circle. The anus on a Female will be in a key hole shape or kinda like a oval circle.

Correct me if im wrong, but im almost positvie thats right.

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[CrappieJohn]

Ahhhh, the technicalities of fishing. I worry more about gender identification when I'm in bars.

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[Renneberg]

Trout are easy. Males will have a bigger mouth then the females. The bigger they are the easier it gets to tell the difference of the sex with trout.

Male trout can get as big a the females, so size isn't a great way to tell the difference with trout.

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[Guest]

Most female species wont stop talking once landed.

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[Northlander]

I think Pikeseye is on as far as Walleye go.

[Chris Haley]

The only species I can tell 100% are crappies. The belly of the male will have black and the bellies of the females will be all white.

[Brother Bro]

I vote for PikeEye.... I was told the same thing from a old buddy of mine!!

Good Luck

[Crappie Killer]

The females generally carry a purse

[bigeyes]

Sounds good! Guess I need to evaluate the anus more carefully from now on.

[Deitz Dittrich]

The anus is not a 100% correct all the time. Its still a guess most of the time. The only true way to tell is to fillet!

[IFallsRon]

Fillet of anus. What kind of wine goes with that?

[Chris Haley]

And the mouth thing, since when has the male's mouth ever been bigger than a females????

[pj4]

when you look around to see who is watching you, its too long.

[Fish On! Guide Service]

TOO FUNNY!

[dfv87]

well since this thread is going downhill fast I'll ask the all important gender oogling rule question? What is the acceptable time to stare at a fishes anus before you are violating their rights?

[Chris Haley]

You can look, you just can't touch.

[upnorth]

OH MY GOD

[SpikeRoberts]

The stir-craziness exhibited in this thread proves it - WE NEED ICE!! Good stuff

[wastewaterguru]

It was always my thought that it was pretty easy to distinguish between the two.....

The males grab the bait and fight real hard for the first few seconds then they sputter out and come right to the boat....

The females however, they'll come most of the way to the boat without much of a fight....then just when you think you got them....they take you for a ride, steal your expensive lure, and humiliate you in front of your friends.

[Surface Tension]

And what about trash fish, nothing but C&Rs and you never know who's caught them before you. Key holes so big ya'd have to strap a.........ah never mind.

[FishTracker]

This is starting to get as good as the guardian fish thread we had. Where's the ice?????