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Malnourished bass? #13231476 07/31/19 07:58 PM
Joined: Aug 2016 Posts: 11 B bq77 OP Green Horn
OP bq77 Green Horn B Joined: Aug 2016 Posts: 11	Hooked this Bass today at Ray Roberts while crappie fishing. ( not the best photo but wanted to be fish back in the water quickly) Scale read 6 lbs 3 oz. Head and mouth looked way larger than should in relation to the body. Question I have , is this normal? Are the bass struggling to find enough food to maintain their weight? Or was this just a malnourished specimen.? Attached Files

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Re: Malnourished bass? [Re: bq77] #13231483 07/31/19 08:02 PM
Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,960 Lake Fork T Txduckhunter Extreme Angler
Txduckhunter Extreme Angler T Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,960 Lake Fork	looks like he might have missed a meal or three. I normally see this in small lakes or ponds but will occasionally catch one like this out of a lake.

Re: Malnourished bass? [Re: bq77] #13231504 07/31/19 08:14 PM
Joined: Jan 2017 Posts: 1,166 Lindale, TX S Shallow Waters Extreme Angler
Shallow Waters Extreme Angler S Joined: Jan 2017 Posts: 1,166 Lindale, TX	On Holbrook I regularly catch fish that like that on one side of the lake and the other side will have fat football shaped fish.

Re: Malnourished bass? [Re: bq77] #13231592 07/31/19 08:57 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,822 little elm texas T tricky Extreme Angler
tricky Extreme Angler T Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,822 little elm texas	Years back a lot of RR bass looked like that.

Re: Malnourished bass? [Re: bq77] #13231602 07/31/19 09:03 PM
Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 5,396 Using my front looker Minner Bucket TFF Celebrity
Minner Bucket TFF Celebrity Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 5,396 Using my front looker	Probably has soft plastics in its stomach.

Re: Malnourished bass? [Re: Txduckhunter] #13231637 07/31/19 09:36 PM
Joined: Aug 2016 Posts: 11 B bq77 OP Green Horn
OP bq77 Green Horn B Joined: Aug 2016 Posts: 11	Guess that why he was hanging around a brush pile and hit a small crappie jig. Other than body not being in proportion to his headsize, he looked ok. Trying to make up for lost meals. Fun to catch on a light crappie rig anyways.

Re: Malnourished bass? [Re: bq77] #13231645 07/31/19 09:41 PM
Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 12,111 Home BCBassCat TFF Guru
BCBassCat TFF Guru Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 12,111 Home	Had the same thing happen there almost the same time last year. https://texasfishingforum.com/forum...2/potential-fish-care-issue#Post12816022 BTW were the crappies biting?

Re: Malnourished bass? [Re: bq77] #13231650 07/31/19 09:44 PM
Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 2,561 J Jeff From Iowa Extreme Angler
Jeff From Iowa Extreme Angler J Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 2,561	I caught a bunch like that in the best lake in Iowa Saturday. They were so thin it seemed like you could see thru them even the 4-4.58lb ones I had... Cant say Ive ever seen so many thin bass... Just 5 weeks ago it took 23 lb to win a tourney there with the top 8 being above 20#.

Re: Malnourished bass? [Re: BCBassCat] #13231697 07/31/19 10:32 PM
Joined: Aug 2016 Posts: 11 B bq77 OP Green Horn
OP bq77 Green Horn B Joined: Aug 2016 Posts: 11	I don�t know. <G>. I started out bass fishing , got skunked, then decided to hit a brush pile before heading to the ramp. The bass hit on my jig on the first drop. I decided to call it quits after the bass.

Re: Malnourished bass? [Re: bq77] #13233605 08/02/19 08:14 PM
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 521 Keller, TX J johntvette Pro Angler
johntvette Pro Angler J Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 521 Keller, TX	Big head and small body is a sign of age. Triton SF-21 with 250 Pro XS 4 stroke

Re: Malnourished bass? [Re: johntvette] #13233641 08/02/19 08:54 PM
Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 2,561 J Jeff From Iowa Extreme Angler
Jeff From Iowa Extreme Angler J Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 2,561	Originally Posted by johntvette Big head and small body is a sign of age. I wish I was catching old fish all day saturday.

Re: Malnourished bass? [Re: bq77] #13233644 08/02/19 09:00 PM
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 7,616 somervell county 3 361V TFF Celebrity
361V TFF Celebrity 3 Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 7,616 somervell county	Fish looks skinny, not sickly. Look around you. See skinny people and fat people? Exactly. Sometimes I believe it�s just that simple.

Re: Malnourished bass? [Re: bq77] #13233753 08/02/19 10:56 PM
Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 23,373 Red Oak, Galveston, and Pagosa... S SteezMacQueen TFF Guru
SteezMacQueen TFF Guru S Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 23,373 Red Oak, Galveston, and Pagosa...	It burns a lot of calories chasing those schools of 1/2� long shad. Eat. Sleep. Fish.

Re: Malnourished bass? [Re: bq77] #13234965 08/04/19 11:27 AM
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,683 Lake Fork, Texas Bruce Allen TFF Team Angler
Bruce Allen TFF Team Angler Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,683 Lake Fork, Texas	old bass don't eat as well. also bass with hooks stuck in the gullet have issues Lake Fork Anglers Every Thursday Daytime Tournaments. Lake Fork Sportsman's Association www.lakeforksa.com/ We are VERY PROUD of our Induction into the Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame.

Re: Malnourished bass? [Re: bq77] #13235463 08/04/19 08:38 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 194 DFW B boatfisher Outdoorsman
boatfisher Outdoorsman B Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 194 DFW	I have boated a couple of these long skinny bass a few years ago. I believe that they may be on their last leg of their life cycle.

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