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Bass spine curvature? #559698 07/11/2023 1:26 PM
by catscratch
catscratch	Catch one or 2 a year from the same pond. Spine has a huge curve vertically. They have an obvious humpback and their stomach looks sucken in. Top one in pic is normal, bottom the curved. Anyone know anything about this? What it is or what causes it? Attached Images

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Re: Bass spine curvature? #559719 Jul 11th a 07:25 PM
by Snipe
Snipe	Originally Posted by catscratch I catch 1 or 2 a year like the bottom one in the pic. Biggest with this condition was a 6lb'r so it doesn't seem to be too debilitating. I have no knowledge of stocking in the last 30yrs unless some bucket stocking happened along the way. Snipe, is it an indication of anything? Do new genetics need brought in or anything like that? Or is it just a thing that happens? Our State scientists say it is naturally occurring in most populations. I had one of our hatchery techs tell me they had a batch of smb in one year class that had several of these with scoliosis, but honestly, they cannot tie it to in-breeding. I'm told it's something that occurs during cellular growth while still in the egg. I've been told-doesn't mean it's absolute-that it is not a genetic issue.
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Re: Bass spine curvature? #559745 Jul 12th a 11:54 PM
by jim100
jim100	That is a nice pile of fillets!
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Re: Bass spine curvature? #559749 Jul 13th a 09:15 AM
by Mfitzs70
Mfitzs70	Thats going to make a funny looking fish sandwich. Do they even make crooked bread slices?
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Re: Bass spine curvature? #559750 Jul 13th a 12:44 PM
by catscratch
catscratch	Originally Posted by Mfitzs70 Thats going to make a funny looking fish sandwich. Do they even make crooked bread slices? Lol, after the teen checkout smashes the bread into sack at the store, my kids set stuff on it in the pantry, and it falls a few times... I get all.sizes and shapes of bread! Surely a couple slices will match. Lots of nice fillets from that outing!
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