forgive the horrible pic but here is a northern strain from murray (my first fish so ignore the fact its on my carpet flopping around). basically northern strain can be a mix of the coloration, so its not always accurate to say northern strains are barred and gls are spotted. ill put a pic of a gls that looks barred too. it really has a lot to do with water clarity too, and they seem to grow out of it too.
some people can probably tell you what batch of northern strains that one came from…
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I have seen some Osterhout fish also look similar to this with more of a spotted pattern rather than barred.
Conversely I have also thought some of the upper Antrim Chain fish I have seen look more like Northern Strain than GLS (which I think JPs 2nd photo is from the upper chain). They look nothing like the fish in the lower chain even though they are the same strain of fish. Environment seems to have a drastic effect on their color and patterning.
This isn't a spotty, but definitely the darkest pigmented fish I have caught. the Dark Olive seemed more extreme than the picture shows.
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