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Sittin there reelin em in reply :

Share pics of like spots on them or deformed or bright orange. Something unique!!! See what kind of things y'all share!!

Raul reply :

Really weird, my PB didn't look as big as this one:

OCdockskipper reply :

It was either this one, pooping out a Roboworm while chewing on another lure (weird & rude)

Or this one, who had major delusions of grandeur

z7master167 reply :

Trd worm stretched out and caught his fin on the fight

Black square on this one

Bluebasser86 reply :

This one was more deformed than the picture showed, but obviously doing just fine otherwise.

This one was shaped more like a sunfish than a bass.

This one was a very healthy fish, but it had the black spots all over it. Usually it's just a spot or two, but this one was very spotted.

everythingthatswims reply :

Here's another hyperpigmented melanosis bass. Very cool looking fish, I think she was just shy of 5lbs, post spawn.

frosty reply :

On 1/28/2017 at 12:22 PM, OCdockskipper said:

Or this one, who had major delusions of grandeur

Wow. If he makes it to 5 pounds he will be a force to be reckoned with!

Tracker22 reply :

Posted this one before

slonezp reply :

Talk about a football. 'bout 13" long and 20" around.

Here's one where his head grew faster than his body

corn-on-the-rob reply :

Very long and thin spotted bass. Even had the goggle eye, just too thin:

Very Black smallie. Not that unusual on Erie but even the stomach and fins were dark as night:

Very yellow Drum. Was my biggest recorded one, a bit over 13lbs. Yes, I am wearing broken sunglasses and look like a dufus:

lonnie g reply :

On 1/28/2017 at 11:53 AM, Raul said:

Really weird, my PB didn't look as big as this one:

nice fish!!! bet she was fun.

RoweBoatRVA reply :

On 1/28/2017 at 3:53 PM, everythingthatswims said:

Here's another hyperpigmented melanosis bass. Very cool looking fish, I think she was just shy of 5lbs, post spawn.

These hyperpigmented melanosis bass look like they are cross bred with koi.

Sittin there reelin em in reply :

That's some pretty neat looking fish out there and a few weird ones. I don't have a picture of the one I caught but it looked like it had something wrong with its back.

RoweBoatRVA reply :

Caught a gut hooked bass on a crankbait and was able to remove the hook.

Sittin there reelin em in reply :

That's great! Did it make it?

everythingthatswims reply :

Forgot about this one! She was 23" long, caught her in December two years ago. Blind in one eye and all sorts of beat up.

RoweBoatRVA reply :

On 1/29/2017 at 1:52 AM, Sittin there reelin em in said:

That's great! Did it make it?

It swam away not bleeding. I hope so. It was a healthy looking fish.

Sittin there reelin em in reply :

What ha

On 1/29/2017 at 1:53 AM, everythingthatswims said:

Forgot about this one! She was 23" long, caught her in December two years ago. Blind in one eye and all sorts of beat up.

What do you think happened to it? It's a beautifulfish

slonezp reply :

On 1/29/2017 at 1:53 AM, everythingthatswims said:

Forgot about this one! She was 23" long, caught her in December two years ago. Blind in one eye and all sorts of beat up.

We catch pike up here in the spring that make your bass look completely healthy. During the pike post spawn they feed voraciously and it's not uncommon to catch 20 or 30 pike in a day that are all beat to spit from the spawn.

everythingthatswims reply :

On 1/29/2017 at 1:56 AM, Sittin there reelin em in said:

What ha

What do you think happened to it? It's a beautifulfish

I think she was sick and had been attacked by otters. There is a pretty big population of them on that small stretch of river and they often will just kill fish for no reason, or kill them and eat only the tail or a small bite of them. When there is ice on the banks there will be dozens of big shad, bluegills, crappie, and some bass laying on top of it from the otters.

IndianaFinesse reply :

On 1/29/2017 at 2:05 AM, everythingthatswims said:

I think she was sick and had been attacked by otters. There is a pretty big population of them on that small stretch of river and they often will just kill fish for no reason, or kill them and eat only the tail or a small bite of them. When there is ice on the banks there will be dozens of big shad, bluegills, crappie, and some bass laying on top of it from the otters.

A good otter pelt is worth some money... Just sayin.

Sittin there reelin em in reply :

I agree with what IndianaFinesse said and I can't stand otters. If they're gonna eat a bass at least eat all of the meat and don't waste it. Even though I hate seeing a bass die.

Has anybody seen this one in the bass master magazine?

I didn't catch this one though.

Kyhokie reply :

This one was tonight. She couldn't have weighed more than a few oz, but she was all mouth.

(Freshwater clam on a rattletrap)

Sittin there reelin em in reply :

What exactly is that?

Is it a fish scale?

Oh now I see that in the parentheses.

Catch 22 reply :

I don`t remember taking a pic,but once caught an offset lmb.A top view revealed it to have a perfect 1" offset midbody. It was about 14".

I see lots of fish with bite marks from otters, cormorants or maybe turtles. Of the three, cormorants annoy me the most.

Scott F reply :

On 1/29/2017 at 1:53 AM, everythingthatswims said:

Forgot about this one! She was 23" long, caught her in December two years ago. Blind in one eye and all sorts of beat up.

I don't know about the bass, but what's wrong with your arms that they don't bend at the elbows? ??

the reel ess reply :

I've caught a lot of weird fish in the dark ages before we all had a camera on our hips. One with a hook rusting out of the the roof of its mouth. Many with one eye that seem to be thriving. I caught one with a craw claw sticking out of his "butt" that I removed and sent the bass on his merry way. And for years, my PB was a bass with one eye, fins rotting off and actively bleeding sores all over it. But it was still hungry. Where I fish now that I have a smart phone, they all look very healthy. In fact, I stopped taking pics unless they're near a PB because they all look the same. A lot look like they have 6 lb mouths and 4 lb. bodies.

UPSmallie reply :

Caught this one a few years back that had a black streak down it's back. Wasn't a tumor, abrasion, etc. so who knows.

everythingthatswims reply :

On 1/29/2017 at 7:40 AM, IndianaFinesse said:

A good otter pelt is worth some money... Just sayin.

I have definitely thought about it. However, it is a very unique ecosystem in that 1/2 mile stretch of river and I don't want to throw anything out of whack. Despite how destructive they are, I am sure the otters are keeping certain species in check.

On 1/29/2017 at 10:05 PM, Scott F said:

I don't know about the bass, but what's wrong with your arms that they don't bend at the elbows? ??

I always long arm fish because it makes them look good, the picture is of the fish not me. The problems begin when people lie about weights and lengths on long armed fish, which I don't.

Scott F reply :

I don't mean to offend anyone, but long arming in photos makes the fish look better, but in my opinion, it makes the fisherman look worse.

webertime reply :

Snub-nosed creatures of the St Lawrence. Mine (weigh in picture) was 5.2, the other 5.9. The upper section of the jaw/head seemed to have stopped growing at around 2 lbs. Thing is.... there are a lot of fish like this up there.

slonezp reply :

On 1/30/2017 at 5:45 AM, webertime said:

Snub-nosed creatures of the St Lawrence. Mine (weigh in picture) was 5.2, the other 5.9. The upper section of the jaw/head seemed to have stopped growing at around 2 lbs. Thing is.... there are a lot of fish like this up there.

Maybe not so far fetched. The smallmouth is part of the sunfish family. When male sunfish/bluegill grow big and old, they get that hump in their heads.

webertime reply :

On 1/30/2017 at 8:21 AM, slonezp said:

Maybe not so far fetched. The smallmouth is part of the sunfish family. When male sunfish/bluegill grow big and old, they get that hump in their heads.

This is a 5.9 Champlain Smallie with the normal nose. Locals in the up there said that there are a bunch of the tiny nosed ones swimming around.

Sittin there reelin em in reply :

Definitely weird fish there guys! I also hold my fish that are over 6 pounds out like that. The small ones I just hold them by they're mouth, so man don't worry your not alone.

On 1/29/2017 at 10:05 PM, Scott F said:

On 1/29/2017 at 1:53 AM, everythingthatswims said:

RoweBoatRVA reply :

On 1/29/2017 at 10:01 AM, Kyhokie said:

This one was tonight. She couldn't have weighed more than a few oz, but she was all mouth.

(Freshwater clam on a rattletrap)

I think it most be the vibration because I caught one the same way.

Burtonxj reply :

Not as weird as some of these but this smallie was much lighter in color than the ones I usually catch in this area..thinking it was the sandy bottom..

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