Why does my larg mouth bass have red fins and tail

[Angela]

 

 

[J Francho]

From fanning bedding sites during the spawn.

[Angela]

1 minute ago, J Francho said:

From fanning bedding sites during the spawn.

Thank you I send a pic but it won't let me send it

[J Francho]

You got it up there.  I use https://postimages.org/

And paste the the direct link in the reply box here.

 

That definitely looks like a spawning fish.  Nice one, too.

[the reel ess]

It's an evil larg mouth spawned from Hades! Be careful.

 

I used to see fish way more beaten up than that one-bleeding even. Now that I mostly fish private waters I see way fewer beaten up bass.

[scaleface]

Male bass,  during the spring, will often get red fins  and tails . Even the dorsal , pelvis and pectoral  fins turn red , not bleeding  . I think its a way to attract females to the nest . A lot of species do this .

 

I recently caught several males with red fins .

[All about da bass]

If they aren't spawning it can be from laying on clay bottom in the summer or winter time, did you keep the fish?

[BubbaBassin’]

Most likely spawning, the males actually use there fins and tails to keep the debris out of the nest and to clear out an area of a potential nest.

[scaleface]

Its a natural occurrence in the spring . Dorsal , pelvic ,  pectorals will all turn red . Yes ,fanning the nest rubs the tail raw but not the dorsals and others .Its a mating  thing .

[Shelboy]

I have a pic of a bass I caught that was a brown tint with bright red fins

[E-rude dude]

Throw a red/orange colored lipless crank bait. When the fins turn orange. Or a Texas rigged dark colored salamander bait. ?

[garroyo130]

On 4/9/2021 at 10:27 PM, Shelboy said:

I have a pic of a bass I caught that was a brown tint with bright red fins

 

Yeah that may not be from fanning ... nice bass. I havent seen them get that bright around here