Paint on stocked fish.

[Catchall]

I read about that the DWR marks stocker fish with paint so when they do studies gill net etc. they can tell about the fish. Well wondering if anyone knows if you can see this paint on the fish or if you guys have? This weekend I caught a few cutts, 1 especially had a dark brown/orange patch that was somewhat see-threw on its face by the gill plate, do you guys think this was paint, or spawning colors,etc..?
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[Troal]

I think it is the kind of paint that you can only see under a blue light or something like that. That way only they can distinguish which fish is which and from what year and from what hatchery. It kind of makes sence to be able to tell hatched fish from nature and fish from hatcherys.
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[guppyslayer]

i was reading about the paint in the last day or two. i beleive it said the paint is visible using a black light.

[iconoclasticPaul]

While doing spring cleaning of my garage I came across a can of neon orange paint used for road construction, virtually waterproof.

With this in mind, I would like to start a walleye marking program, every walleye I catch, I will spray the tail, so you guys will know that it was once my fish... LMAO[laugh][sly][][crazy]
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[Kayote]

It's not actually paint, it's fine ground flourescent plastic. It is applied with a mini sand blast type device. It gets lodged under the scales and around the eyes and glows under a black light. It is sometimes visible to the naked eye as individual flourescent specks. A different color is used each year so year classes of fish can be quickly identified in the field for years.

Good Painting, Kayote
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