I caught this Bass last evening at a 10 acre pond in Northern Virginia.  As you can see it's a large mouth bass without any of the familiar markings and it's gold.  It was a big fighter for his size...  

 

Is the fish a mutant or a hybrid?  

 

I can tell you she was definitely strong for her size.  

Doesn't look uncommon to me, standard variation of a largemouth's color.

Its just a pale largemouth, nothing special.

I caught many lmb that have this look.

Depending on the lake conditions for time of year, they can show quite a few different patterns.

Common LMB. Probably murky/muddy water. 

 

Our bass turn dang near white once we put cattle on the ponds we fish. 

Largemouth he may darken a little with age.

Yeah that's normal. There have been bass caught that look like straight up coy fish though.

I catch quite a few that are similarly colored, although they're usually on the smaller size. Around here even the smallmouth are light like that until they reach 10" or so.

Perfectly normal looking bass to me. The water must have been pretty clear for that coloration. 

Looks similar right? Look at the water color in the background. Very clear. Limestone lake. 

It's blue and white...

Whot!

I see gold and white, my wife sees black and blue...; )

Doesn't look uncommon to me, standard variation of a largemouth's color.

It must look uncommon to me b/c of the lack of bass I've seen over my lifetime.  That and I'm color blind (really).  

 

I'm now seeing other post where folks are saying that coloration of a bass can change based on habitat, like  a chameleon.  Now that I'm looking up the chain I see that @Hawg pulled a bass with similar coloring out of a limestone fishery.  Very interesting.    

 

So, every other fish I've caught as this pond, before last night, had the same coloring as the token bass on the BPS logo.  I'm even more interested in knowing how long it takes for bass to change color and if their coloring could provide more indication of current conditions...  

They can change coloration in a matter of minutes. Pop a dark bass into a white bucket and you'll see.

They also change colors as they get stressed during the fight.

Perfectly normal looking bass to me. The water must have been pretty clear for that coloration.

Looks similar right? Look at the water color in the background. Very clear. Limestone lake.

Must be the difference in bottom composition. Around me, clear water bass and very vivid and vibrant colored. Clear water buried in the weeds is d**n near black. That's cool though

LOL with the gold/white , black/blue !!!!!!

Just FYI that bass is a normal colored feisty dude. :-)