Huh?

[Catt]

Y'all seen one of these?

[NHBull]

I wouldn't eat it!

[jr231]

Yep looks like melanosis . It's not harmful to us or the fish. 

[Glenn]

Have you noticed an increased number of black blotches on the sides and fins of the bass in your lake or pond? Here's why.

 

https://www.bassresource.com/fish_biology/bass-blotch.html

[Darren.]

Looks fun to me! Have a gander at the ball python

breeding world. This bass reminds me of a bumblebee

ball python.

 

 

Other than that, I have no idea except for @Glenn's

article reference.

 

Maybe we can start breeding different bass sub-species!

[Gundog]

Actually I think its one of those new NASCAR racing bass. If you look at the other side its sponsored by STP, Pepsi, AT&T and the state of Virginia tourism bureau. 

[.ghoti.]

I thought it was a rare largemouth peacock bass fish.

[slonezp]

Racing stripes

[A-Jay]

39 minutes ago, Darren. said:

Looks fun to me! Have a gander at the ball python

breeding world. This bass reminds me of a bumblebee

ball python.

 

 

Other than that, I have no idea except for @Glenn's

article reference.

 

Maybe we can start breeding different bass sub-species!

Nice one @Darren.

aka snake whisperer

A-Jay

[XpressJeff]

Cherokee Bass maybe?

[RoLo]

3 hours ago, Yeajray231 said:

Yep looks like melanosis . It's not harmful to us or the fish. 

 

 

There you go.

Melanin is the same compound found in humans.

The production of melanin is stimulated by exposure to sunlight,

it's the compound that gives us a tan, and the reason why humans

living in the hottest climes generally have darker skin pigmentation.

 

Roger

[Kyhokie]

That's easy. It's a bandit bass. The color is fried squash.

[Gundog]

1 hour ago, Kyhokie said:

That's easy. It's a bandit bass. The color is fried squash.

^^^Nice recall from another thread.^^^^

[Bluebasser86]

House and a folding table in the background? Looks like a bass that's been in a cooler and lost a lot of it's color prior to going to the chopping block to me. 

[Jon G]

15 hours ago, Darren. said:

Looks fun to me! Have a gander at the ball python

breeding world. This bass reminds me of a bumblebee

ball python.

 

 

Other than that, I have no idea except for @Glenn's

article reference.

 

Maybe we can start breeding different bass sub-species!

Funny you said this. When I saw the picture of the fish it reminded me of a lemon blast. I used to have quite the collection of ball pythons and other constrictors.

[WRB]

11 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

House and a folding table in the background? Looks like a bass that's been in a cooler and lost a lot of it's color prior to going to the chopping block to me. 

The lateral line is bleeding red indicating a very dead bass.

Tom

[Catt]

3 hours ago, WRB said:

The lateral line is bleeding red indicating a very dead bass.

Tom

 

Look at the eyes! Aint dead that long & doesn't account for coloration.

[WRB]

38 minutes ago, Catt said:

 

Look at the eyes! Aint dead that long & doesn't account for coloration.

Good point, the eyes are strange like the bass is but not white or cloudy.

Tom

[Darren.]

7 hours ago, Jon G said:

Funny you said this. When I saw the picture of the fish it reminded me of a lemon blast. I used to have quite the collection of ball pythons and other constrictors.

 

My youngest has a gorgeous male bumblebee, waiting for

proper weight to mate with two het-pied ghost females my

brother is taking care of for us!

 

Some unreal genetic combos out there. I still think it'd be

really wild to catch bass in those combos. Rare colors, etc.

One can fantasize, eh?  

[scaleface]

The gold color could be enhanced by camera setting's . 

[Deleted account]

Caught a couple of those in Puerto Rico a while back. I also caught one in MD that had so much of those black patches, it was almost all black.

[NYWayfarer]

On ‎6‎/‎24‎/‎2017 at 7:36 PM, Darren. said:

Maybe we can start breeding different bass sub-species!

 

Think of the names we could call this fishes sub-species. My vote would be one of the following:

 

Bandit Bass

Raccoon Bass

Masked Bass

Panda Bass

[BigAngus752]

1 hour ago, Finesse Wayfarer said:

 

Think of the names we could call this fishes sub-species. My vote would be one of the following:

 

Bandit Bass

Raccoon Bass

Masked Bass

Panda Bass

If you say "Bandit Bass" or "Panda Bass" too quickly it sounds like your Mexican chili had a medical affect on your sitting area.  I'm going to have to suggest "Zorro Bass".