Poor fellow, looks like he's been missing a few meals.

Wow! 

Postspawn and he hasn't recovered yet! 

WOW Never seen that before

There once was a crooked man who caught a crooked bass...

Wow!

I'm not for sure but it may be just the picture. I've taken a few pictures where the bass isn't really ready to give up and then attempts to shake loose one last time. My guess is perfect timing/angle with that attempt. 

2 hours ago, wnspain said:

I'm not for sure but it may be just the picture. I've taken a few pictures where the bass isn't really ready to give up and then attempts to shake loose one last time. My guess is perfect timing/angle with that attempt. 

Nope, it wasn't just the picture. I was holding it straight down. It had a bad hump back and a crooked tail. It had obviously had a hard life. I felt so bad for the crooked fish I took all of five seconds to snap the pic and release it.

All because of careless fish handling ...

He was mimicking what is look like on some fish finders. 

1 hour ago, S. Sass said:

He was mimicking what is look like on some fish finders. 

BAH!!!?

I think he's just been doing too many crunches! 

I'm not sure what causes that to happen, but I've caught a few that have had similar issues. I haven't seen any that extreme, but it does happen. 

That is likely a skeletal malformation called lordosis that I believe occurs when they are still juveniles. Still, the bass has managed to feed and grow into an adult.

3 hours ago, PennBass said:

All because of careless fish handling ...

and what proof do you have of this? it could be a natural deformation...

22 hours ago, Fisher-O-men said:

There once was a crooked man who caught a crooked bass...

You forgot that he had to walk a crooked mile first. 

Incredible!  A species of bass that has evolved a human defense mechanism!  His appearance ensure he will never be cooked.

Lol, never thought about that but I bet you're right!

Looks constipated

I've caught a few Quasimoto bass with a hump, but never a question mark belly like that. Very interesting.

I thought this thread was going to be about two lonely male bass in a pond with no females to spawn with

1 hour ago, mrmacwvu1 said:

I thought this thread was going to be about two lonely male bass in a pond with no females to spawn with

I new that was gonna show up. Your not right!?

I once catched an offset lmb Top view showed a distinct offset of almost 3/4" on a 14"`er.

T22 that fish might show  as circle on the df

C22

I know what that bass needs. A better mattress. I know cause thats how I look in the morning when I get out of bed.

Whatever it was....he just did what he needed to to survive.

not like a lot of humans.....whining and moaning about the unfairness of the world and how we should be given special consideration or free stuff.

 

 

On July 2, 2016 at 9:08 AM, mrmacwvu1 said:

I thought this thread was going to be about two lonely male bass in a pond with no females to spawn with

Haha! I cautiously clicked into this thread ready to hit the back button in a hurry!