Deformed Bass

[T-rig]

I caught this bass today that had most of it's topjaw missing! This must be a very old injury since it was perfectly healed. I wonder how this guy survived! Besides that, the fish was pefectly healthy and fat and put up a hell of a fight for a 2lber.!

[Guest ncbass24]

All of the bluegill in our pond our like that, We think its hereditary. I've never seen a bass like that though. :-?

[David P]

Looks like the bass had a Hair lip.

[Hookemdown.]

Well, ive never seen one like that.  But I caught one earlier this year that wasn't straight. Seriously, the fish had two bends in the tail portion of  his body.  Go figure.

[T-rig]

All of the bluegill in our pond our like that, We think its hereditary. I've never seen a bass like that though. :-?

I never caught one like that before and I'm sure it's some kind of old injury.

[TI_Bassin]

Last year I caught one like that. Mine was only about 12 inches so he was still young and the injury was completely healed. He looked healthy besides missing his upper lip.

[Guest the_muddy_man]

It is a disease called   NO-LIP-U-LITUS  now lets go fishing  

[T-rig]

It is a disease called NO-LIP-U-LITUS now lets go fishing

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[volpster31]

where did you hook em???

[Guest ncbass24]

All of the bluegill in our pond our like that, We think its hereditary. I've never seen a bass like that though. :-?

I never caught one like that before and I'm sure it's some kind of old injury.

I agree with you that with that fish it was an old injury, I was just saying that every single bluegill in our pond has some deformity of the mouth.

[Dan:]

that's weird, I caught a smallmouth with a very similar jaw problem. I'll post a pic later.

now that I think of it, it reminds me of bitter beer face

[jiangtao]

Well, so much for a jig bite from that one!

[T-rig]

where did you hook em???

Have look at the pic and you'll see a red mark, that's where I hooked him. (shallow crank)

[frogtog]

Yea I'm starting to catch a lot of deformed fish, it must be in the water because

the people that live around the lake are starting to look the same way. ;D

[ffmedic147]

thats my new exscuse for missing a fish!! ;D

[FivePoundBluegill]

I thought the uglyest bass ever caught was one I caught that only had one eye. That one is even uglyer though.

[Bizzo]

thats my new exscuse for missing a fish!! ;D

Rofl, I can just hear it "missed em! Dang thing must not have a mouth!"

[T-rig]

I thought the uglyest bass ever caught was one I caught that only had one eye. That one is even uglyer though.

Thanks alot! Your koi is ugly too! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[bubbler]

icought a fish like that but u couyld tell that the fish's lipe had been ripped off

[.dsaavedra.]

yeh my guess is that some jackass hooked that bass right thru the jaw bone, and since it dificult to remove hooks from bone, they just decided to grab and pull instead of working the hook out, resulting in -1 lip.

alot of the juvie bluegills at the local park here are like that.

[bass109]

does look like an injury  :-/