I remember a guy posting a pic of a good one he caught at Grapevine.. It had a stick sticking out of it's body.. Anyone got the pic?

None of these are as bad as the fish in the Cabelas fish tank. The bass all seem to have sunken guts and are infested with ich or some other fungal matter.

He didn't know it was jacked up. I didn't tell him.

Could have been a great fish

Ah! Jug heads! Lmao those are some ugly fish

Hope you were using braid. How did she fight?

Lake Tyler beauty

so you do have a kinder/softer side, contrary to public opinion.

what the heck?! That thing is jacked up!

Whoooweee! Thems some yougly fish.

A few things causes this. One poster said an obstruction in the gut, this is a common cause, the fish cannot swallow food.

A fish that has an immune disorder such as Largemouth Bass Herpes Virus can look like the last one above before it dies. That fish is covered in fungus and parasites, but those are secondary to some other issue.

Very old fish about to die can also have this type appearance.

However, a lot of the time its just a lack of food and nothing else. Lots of lakes have these ugly fish and few decent looking ones. If they are starving, even small fish can be very thin and deformed.

I doubt the fist fish posted was just an unrecovered spawner. More likely some other problem as above is the cause. when you only see one like that in a day of fishing and all others appear fat and healthy, its something to do with that particular fish. If they all look that way there is usually a problem with food presence or availability.

That Lake Tyler bass looks like chiggers got a hold of it when the lake was so low, or maybe grass burrs.

Ready for the frying pan...comes pre battered.

Blind in one eye and flat as a board, too.