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Weird Bass Color Pattern

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Odd question....Ive fished for bass large small striper and everything in between, last year caught a 4-5 lber with weird color pattern, looked like largemouth below the lateral line, but above it it almost looked like the stripes of a yellow perch. Could this be a hybrid or just some genetic freak?

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No, some LMBs have different coloration for several reasons. Hard to tell from the picture whether that is odd color or something external caused it. I see some bass with large black random spots. Caught one once that was almost completely black with a white belly. This time of year I see a lot of silvery bass, much like a shad, with hardly any green at all. 

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Can't really tell from the photo. Looks mostly LM to me. The head looks a bit "smallmouthy" :) to me, but that could be the photo angle. If those are indeed bars along the sides -tough to tell in the photo- it could be a LMxSM cross. To tell you'd likely need some careful measurements. Are there both species in this water? If not, then even more unlikely.

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