Whitetail with a black tail

[Water Rat]

I normally don't see this much black on the tail.....some but not this much. Thought it was pretty cool.

[wolc123]

I see quite a variation in WNY.   In my home WMU (9F), almost half are black like that.   I use the tails for tying bucktail jigs.  The smallmouth bass seem to prefer the brown ones - they must look more like "real" crayfish.   I use the black tails for a minnow pattern jig that works a little better on walleyes and northern pike, but I seldom target those.     

[Robhuntandfish]

Almost looks like some black on the chest too

[ny hunter]

Interesting.....

[Hock3y24]

Bunch of them here always also