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Deformed Fish #524220 08/02/20 09:48 AM
Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 53 Likes: 1 Bentonville, Arkansas J jpws OP
OP jpws J Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 53 Likes: 1 Bentonville, Arkansas	What happened to this one? i caught it yesterday on a roostertail. I'm guessing it is one of the hybrid bluegill i added a year ago...but look at the head on this thing. It has a nearly flat front of head, with protruding eyes and strange mouth.. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks Attached Images .20 acre pond-that leaks/4-5' deep. Stocked 6/22/19 with 300 BG(supposed to be HBG, removed 100+/- so far), 100 RES, 3carp. On 8/20 added 300 HBG, + 21 5"HSB. 8/21 added 5 8" SMB, one 10" LMB , one 14" CC

Re: Deformed Fish jpws #524221 08/02/20 10:13 AM
Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 2,344 Likes: 101 West Central Missouri Quarter Acre
Quarter Acre Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 2,344 Likes: 101 West Central Missouri	That's what I call a circus fish. Here's a thread on the ones I have cought out of my pond... https://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=507361 Bottom line is that these HBG tend to have some abnormalities due to the mixed breeding. It's kinda weird to pull one from your own pond. I have not seen any odd lookinbg "next generations" however...just the originals. Fish on!, Noel

Re: Deformed Fish jpws #524225 08/02/20 12:02 PM
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 13,974 Likes: 277 Central Ohio Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker
Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker Joined: May 2004 Posts: 13,974 Likes: 277 Central Ohio	I found the most deformed fish were from the initial stockers. Fingerlings that get a little damaged in shipment have minimal competition and predation under those circumstances, and many more make it to adulthood than they would in an established pond. "Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever." -S. M. Stirling

Re: Deformed Fish Theo Gallus #524233 08/02/20 08:10 PM
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 6,088 Likes: 96 SE Kansas S snrub
snrub S Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 6,088 Likes: 96 SE Kansas	Seems like there was an old thread about Georgia Giants (hybrid BG of a parentage that was not disclosed) where some of the later generations of fish resembled those pictures. Last edited by snrub; 08/02/20 08:11 PM. John I subscribe to Pond Boss Magazine

Re: Deformed Fish jpws #524242 08/03/20 07:15 AM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,750 Likes: 295 Somerset, PA Sunil Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker
Sunil Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,750 Likes: 295 Somerset, PA	It's a West Virginia thing..... Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."

Re: Deformed Fish snrub #524253 08/03/20 10:39 AM
Joined: May 2012 Posts: 1,358 Likes: 4 Boone County, MO (pond) Bocomo
Bocomo Joined: May 2012 Posts: 1,358 Likes: 4 Boone County, MO (pond)	Originally Posted by snrub Seems like there was an old thread about Georgia Giants (hybrid BG of a parentage that was not disclosed) where some of the later generations of fish resembled those pictures. I was just about to post that ... looks like one of them GGs to me Our old pond project (updated 4/11/17) +Donate ('17)

Re: Deformed Fish jpws #524283 08/03/20 03:47 PM
Joined: Oct 2018 Posts: 1,137 Likes: 276 Boone County Missouri A Augie
Augie A Joined: Oct 2018 Posts: 1,137 Likes: 276 Boone County Missouri	What did the fish say when he swam into a wall? Dam!

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