Strange spots on bass
 

Does anybody have an idea of what this is?
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He ate a bad batch!

Very common actually down in the Stephensville area

Just a color morph

It's just wierd. I've fished the same pond for twenty years and don't remember catching any like this. Three out of the first five fish I caught were like this, all in the same area. None of the others were like this.

KVD says signs of a healthy fisheries. I've caught a few like that as well, and as far as I know the fisheries was very healthy lol

It's out of the pond in the settlement. There's plenty of bass but I don't know that it's healthy. Then again I'm not a professional on the matter

I know the ones in the tank at Bass Pro shops in Denham are full of those spots.

Thanks guys. It's weird I've never seen it bwcote

last month i caught a few with the same spots.

Did some research on this. Apparently this is something that occurs in bass across the country. In Pennsylvania, they call it "blotchy bass" or "black spot". It's just a genetic mutation where more melanin is present in the skin. Nothing wrong with the fish, just one of those strange things that nature does sometimes.

I've caught several in toledo bend like that.

Same area or spread out, this was all in the same spot


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