Black Spots on Bass?

[Shimano4Life]

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wanted to see if anyone else had some input....

[sglass]

I had a GREAT day two years ago at Jacobson Park yes Jacobson Park and several 2Lb bass had black spots on them. Very pretty but my guess is something they eat. I caught 27 keepers that day in a few hours fishing from 2-4 Lb and only the 2Lb bass were spotty. I have seen many out of KY lake that are spotty as well on TV shows.

[smuckey41]

I overheard Harold Knight talking to somebody at a Strader show one year about fishing Barkley. The fella asked Harold about black spots on the bass and that he caught alot of them like that down there. Harold said a Biologist told him it's not always a bad thing and that it can mean a very healthy and abundant population of bass. There is a disease that can cause a similar look though and it can actually kill bass.

Just some overheard stuff, but I have caught bass like that out Of Barkley, Barren, and Kentucky lake and they sure looked healthy to me.

mhall i have herd the same thing that it mint they where healthy. thats what i was told so i dont know how true it is. all i know the ones i have seen look healty to me to.

[mhall]

mhall i have herd the same thing that it mint they where healthy. thats what i was told so i dont know how true it is. all i know the ones i have seen look healty to me to.

That's our story and we're sticking to it.

[phoenix]

I have caught several LM in Dale with these black spots, in some cases the fish wa nearly entirely cover with the black stuff, looks like a fungus to me, but i was told it was the LMBV(largemouth bass virus). Several of the fish at Dale that had a lot of this on their body, were definitely not healthy. I have seen several LM floating dead or near dead with this stuff all over them at Dale over the last few years, not great numbers but 2 or 3 a year.

[21ssExtreme]

I caught a lagemouth at Dale Hollow last fall that had a lot of dark spots on it. I ask a guide that I saw that evening at the One Stop about the spots, He said that when the bass are on wood they get those spots.

[Rudypoo4444]

I have caught a lot of "black spot" bass from Barkley lake. Seems like we catch a few every time we fish there, and they all look very healthy.

[jcb]

I overheard Harold Knight talking to somebody at a Strader show one year about fishing Barkley. The fella asked Harold about black spots on the bass and that he caught alot of them like that down there. Harold said a Biologist told him it's not always a bad thing and that it can mean a very healthy and abundant population of bass. There is a disease that can cause a similar look though and it can actually kill bass.

Just some overheard stuff, but I have caught bass like that out Of Barkley, Barren, and Kentucky lake and they sure looked healthy to me.

I went for a couple years without catching a bass out of Barkley that DIDN'T have that black spot.

(All 3 of them)

[buzzard510]

If anyone catches a largemouth out of barren and has a black spot on her bottom lip and one circle between her eyes, please take a picture. She was 4 pounds two years ago and I miss her.

[FlyLie]

This one got my interest, as it was posted here and on another web site. Did a little Googling and discovered "Hyperpigented Melanosos" is the defination used by the TWRA.

Follow link below to Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency web site. "Click on 10th FAQ" from the top to read their statement and view photo.


http://www.tnfish.org/FrequentlyAske....htm#Melanosis

[Shimano4Life]

This one got my interest, as it was posted here and on another web site. Did a little Googling and discovered "Hyperpigented Melanosos" is the defination used by the TWRA.

Follow link below to Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency web site. "Click on 10th FAQ" from the top to read their statement and view photo.


http://www.tnfish.org/FrequentlyAske....htm#Melanosis

That was me posting it on another site, Boone. Thanks for the link.

[Fishin is life]

The site that Boone posted would seem to make sense in this situation....I've never personally caught a fish with these black blotches but I don't fish the lakes you all are talkin about much either....Seems that it could have something to do with the water or something in it....If most or all of these fish come from the same lakes wouldn't that make sense....I'm no biologist but that would be my guess