This was definitely a first. 

Gothic... 

I don't know what caused it, but I am seeing more and more bass with black blotches on them around here.  I sure hope it doesn't kill them, if it does the fishing is about to get a whole lot worse.

18 minutes ago, Centralinfinnesse said:

I don't know what caused it, but I am seeing more and more bass with black blotches on them around here.  I sure hope it doesn't kill them, if it does the fishing is about to get a whole lot worse.

I'd say one out of four fish I caught today had black splotches.

It's a pigmentation that bass often get when the water is cold and it's actually a sign of a healthy fishery, no need to worry about a thing. 

You can put lipstick on a bass==============but=================its still a bass

 

2 hours ago, Catch 22 said:

You can put lipstick on a bass==============but=================its still a bass

 

Thanks, someone had to do it.  

On Sunday, March 27, 2016 at 11:52 PM, everythingthatswims said:

This was definitely a first.

Daddy Issues

I bet that boy right there doesn't get much spawning action on the bed.

he's just going through an emo phase 

Forget about the lips, did you get that hook out successfully?!?!  

Just now, flyingmonkie said:

Forget about the lips, did you get that hook out successfully?!?!  

It's in the roof of the fishes mouth, just back there a ways. Should have been a really easy removal. 

1 minute ago, Bluebasser86 said:

It's in the roof of the fishes mouth, just back there a ways. Should have been a really easy removal. 

You're right... got my screen dimmed and just saw a line going into nothingness.

On 3/27/2016 at 1:24 AM, Bluebasser86 said:

It's a pigmentation that bass often get when the water is cold and it's actually a sign of a healthy fishery, no need to worry about a thing. 

I heard iconelli say this exact thing

12 hours ago, slonezp said:

I heard iconelli say this exact thing

I was told that by a guide on Table Rock after I caught 3 pound largemouth in the spring that had splotches all over. After he said it I thought back to all the others I'd caught. All of the were in colder water months and all of them were from healthy fisheries, so there must be some truth to it.