Members WWM Posted June 10, 2015 Members Posted June 10, 2015 Caught a boat load yesterday using the ned and this is one of the fish we brought in... I've seen pictures of bass that have slight bends in them but that S in the back looks like it might hurt...We called it the scoliosis bass.
slider Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 I usually grab a sucker every spring that looks just like that. I wonder if it's been injured or just hatched this way. DONT EVER GIVE UP MOSES WAS A BASKET CASE ONCE!
Moswimb8slinger Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 I caught 2 bass like that in one day up James River. Not sure
denjac Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 I too have caught enough of those fish to give em a nickname. Called them humpies. Dennis Boothe Joplin Mo. For a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle." ~ Winston Churchill ~
Ketchup Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 Caught an 18" eye on Stockton last week that looked like that. TinBoats BassClub. An aluminum only bass club. If interested in info send me a PM.
dtrs5kprs Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 Catch quite a few like that around Kimberling. Usually brown fish. Caught one last week about 16 & 1/2" fooling around on the boat dock. Doesn't seem to keep them from eating.
Bill Babler Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 I have seen this in every species of fish that I have caught, from crappie, to pacific salmon. It has to be some type of an injury that is sustained during hatching or shortly after. I'll try and get the run down. Hammer time 1 http://whiteriveroutfitters.com http://whiteriverlodgebb.com
Members kyled Posted June 10, 2015 Members Posted June 10, 2015 The s shape is pretty odd but the hump seems to happen fairly often. I call them Brahma bass, or camel bass and my theory is their hump is where they keep their water stored which is why they don't have to get a drink every day like other bass.... for the record I have no back ground in marine biology. My fishing buddy thinks these are the fish that eat all his pinchers off his paca chunk trailers and the plastic builds up in there. Its amazing how much time you have on your hands to think about stuff when your not getting bites. Champ188, Dewayne French, Hammer time and 1 other 4
mjk86 Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 I always assumed it was a genetic defect in a small percentage of the population. I guess it could be an injury though, it just seems like these fish can grow and survive with the others which leads me to think genetics. Oh fisheries biologist where art thou?
Flysmallie Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 Caught a smallmouth like that on the Gasconade last summer. It was a nice 16" fish with no signs of damage to the outside of the body but it had that same weird shape.
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