Pool 9 Tuesday another angle

another look — raw tail in July?????

i think that raw tail especially on top comes from the late high water not the spawn

Dusty – please explain. Thanks.

It almost looks like the Bass virus. I would also like to learn more about Dusty’s theory.

although there could still be bass spawning in your area id more than likely lead to the idea of the high water causing it

when the water gets high and muddy bass are known to get as close to the bank as possible one to get to out of the current and 2 easier to find food
thus the reason the tail is tore up from fanning threw bushes etc to stay where they want to be

Actually I agree with dusty..

I have caught about a dozen fish like that this year and all of them were in areas where they had recently come out sloughs due to the water dropping and belive me, if I had to live in the shallows thay were in I would be all bloody too.

JHall

after looking at that pic with out the alcohol fogg i agree with blue looks more like the virus

Odd indeed. The virus however is more commonly found in backwaters. I seldom see it in the main channel. I hope it is not spreading. Hopefully this fish was just lost.
jc

…. I hope its not virus…. makes how we handle the fish even more important.

Curt

Do a quick search of “largemouth bass virus.” You should find several “fact” sheets with good scientific information. It appears from all the previous studies that fish with LMBV do not exhibit any external signs (such as sores) of being sick. If you do find sources that say what to “look” for, pass it along. A quick, on the water, this is what it looks like, would appear to be new.

I am standing strong with my opinion that this is not a virus and just a result of Largemouth behavior as to what kind of environment that they live in. If that makes sense.

I would be happy to e-mail pictures of a fish I caught like this one that had bloody external sores that came from shallow water like I had talked about above if you are interested.

JHall

CPR’d as quickly as we could so I didn’t spend a lot of time examining it. If it had not been so close to the spawn, and if you add the scar you can see up from the tail on the bottom it almost looked it had been caught in something. Net, fishing line, trap??? Was within site of a school and none of the others had any scars nor were they anywhere that size. We saw the tail first and actually looked for a moment we had a redhorse on.