From fanning bedding sites during the spawn.

1 minute ago, J Francho said:

From fanning bedding sites during the spawn.

Thank you I send a pic but it won't let me send it

You got it up there.  I use https://postimages.org/

And paste the the direct link in the reply box here.

 

That definitely looks like a spawning fish.  Nice one, too.

It's an evil larg mouth spawned from Hades! Be careful.

 

I used to see fish way more beaten up than that one-bleeding even. Now that I mostly fish private waters I see way fewer beaten up bass.

Male bass,  during the spring, will often get red fins  and tails . Even the dorsal , pelvis and pectoral  fins turn red , not bleeding  . I think its a way to attract females to the nest . A lot of species do this .

 

I recently caught several males with red fins .

If they aren't spawning it can be from laying on clay bottom in the summer or winter time, did you keep the fish?

Most likely spawning, the males actually use there fins and tails to keep the debris out of the nest and to clear out an area of a potential nest.

Its a natural occurrence in the spring . Dorsal , pelvic ,  pectorals will all turn red . Yes ,fanning the nest rubs the tail raw but not the dorsals and others .Its a mating  thing .

I have a pic of a bass I caught that was a brown tint with bright red fins

Throw a red/orange colored lipless crank bait. When the fins turn orange. Or a Texas rigged dark colored salamander bait. ?

On 4/9/2021 at 10:27 PM, Shelboy said:

I have a pic of a bass I caught that was a brown tint with bright red fins

 

Yeah that may not be from fanning ... nice bass. I havent seen them get that bright around here