what causes this?
there was a discussion about this on another forum: http://www.bassresou...?num=1236626912
everyone gave their idea about what caused it, and everyone also seemed to end with "...but i'm no scientist".
well i know there are indeed some scientists here, so, anybody know what exactly causes the inside of basses mouths to be red?
Red Mouth on Bass?
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, Mar 17 2009 04:00 PM
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Posted 21 March 2009 - 09:29 PM
Can you be more specific? Entire interior of the mouth of just the teeth?
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Posted 22 March 2009 - 01:28 PM
its mainly the jaws, crushing plates in the throat, and some soft tissue. there are a few pictures in that like i posted.
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Posted 22 March 2009 - 09:00 PM
its mainly the jaws, crushing plates in the throat, and some soft tissue. there are a few pictures in that like i posted.
When I used to grow out largemouth bass I would see bright red crusher teeth in the winter and coming out of winter. I assumed it was stress as the pond temps would change rapidly due to it's small size and winter is a tough time for bass. A lot of red in the mouth interior can be indicative of an aeromonas infection. However I don't profess to be an expert in fish pathology.
I didn't look at the pics. I assume they are in the above link?
Edited by az9, 22 March 2009 - 09:01 PM.
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Posted 24 March 2009 - 04:01 PM
yeah there are a few pictures in the link.
everybody seems to note the fish being red during the winter/early spring, and it clears up when the water warms.
everybody seems to note the fish being red during the winter/early spring, and it clears up when the water warms.
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