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Odd looking bass (?)

Started by Guest_fish for brains_* , May 22 2008 11:25 AM

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#1 Guest_fish for brains_*

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Posted 22 May 2008 - 11:25 AM

From here: http://www.lakeshawn.com/fishing.htm

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#2 Guest_Newt_*

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Posted 22 May 2008 - 11:49 AM

Yes indeed, that is an odd-looking bass. :laugh:

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#3 Guest_NVCichlids_*

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Posted 22 May 2008 - 11:52 AM

lol that looks like a smallmouth with sunspots or freckles or moles or whatever you want to call them. It is indeed a very unique looking fish.

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#4 Guest_NateTessler13_*

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Posted 22 May 2008 - 01:33 PM

I've seen that on bass in lakes out in Ohio. It is a viral infection. Not exactly sure which virus it is that affects the fish, but I was told by Division of Wildlife officials that it isn't a fatal virus. They also noted it being more common in fish that have been blinded in one eye. Was that fish blinded by chance?

Edited by NateTessler13, 22 May 2008 - 01:34 PM.

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#5 Guest_fish for brains_*

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Posted 22 May 2008 - 02:53 PM

Was that fish blinded by chance?

I'll ask the person who took the photo. He's on another forum.

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#6 Guest_butch_*

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Posted 22 May 2008 - 03:50 PM

That would be nice mount on my wall. I could make it out of the wood just like I took decoy carving class at high school.

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#7 Guest_fish for brains_*

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Posted 23 May 2008 - 08:55 AM

There is some info about this condition in the original thread at the other forum:

http://www.pondboss....9709#Post119709

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#8 Guest_jase_*

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Posted 23 May 2008 - 09:15 AM

The post there discusses "black spot" trematodes. If you read the post, it seems to be describing the "head of a pin"-sized black spots we're all familiar with. It doesn't sound like something that could cause the massive blotches on that bass. So... the virus that Nate mentions?

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#9 Guest_smbass_*

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Posted 23 May 2008 - 09:44 AM

Could it be a melanistic bass? kind of like the male mosquitofish, mollies, and golden topminnows from Florida many of us are familiar with. Just a thought, thats what it looked like to me.

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#10 Guest_choupique_*

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Posted 30 May 2008 - 09:28 AM

Looks like melanism in the bass, and it's a smallmouth.

Is that guy the Equalizer? Remember that show from the late 80's starring Edward Woodward? I wondered what he was up to these days. Awesome show, was in reruns on some other channels recently, but not anymore that I know of.