Strange spots on bass

[tim3516]

Does anybody have an idea of what this is?
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[alphaman]

He ate a bad batch!

[simplepeddler]

Very common actually down in the Stephensville area

[Cajun87]

Just a color morph

[tim3516]

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.

[jpeff31787]

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

[tim3516]

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

[simplepeddler]

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

[tim3516]

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

[LPfishnTIM]

last month i caught a few with the same spots.

[Smalls]

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.

[T-BAZ]

I've caught several in toledo bend like that.

[tim3516]

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


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