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A couple days ago, I went fishing at a different pond than usual. I caught some bass, and what was strange is they were so much different in color. They were really pale compared to other largemouth. They were hardly green at all. I thought it was wierd, anyone know why this is or have you seen it before?
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I see it all the time. I think it has something to do with the color or quality of the water.
Yup, at my friends pond. They put aqua shade in the pond to keep weeds and stuff from growing. Even the blue gil in the pond are pale. I thinks it's cause of the aqua shade in my friends situation. Did the pond owner put any thing in the pond like that?
no idea, but it is a nice well kept pond so wouldn't doubt it
it is because of the clarity of the water .the more clear the lighter the fish , get them out of some really dark stained water and they will be darker . i have seen them come up very dark and like you say very pale
It mite be that they are liter in clear water.
Yea it definitely has something with the clarity of the water or the chemicals they put in it , if any
Yeah I would agree with everyone above. To be honest, the pattern and shade on bass can vary greatly in a single area. For instance, a few weeks ago I was fishing on the Susquehanna River and I noticed so much variation in the pattern on the smallmouths I caught, the shade and even overall color. So it makes sense that water clarity in a body of water would cause the bass to have a different shade of color.
No matter the color on the fish,you can qualify the water by the slime on that fish. Remember,all especies use the camouflage,depending on the moss and water flora and water tint will be the fish's color.
it usually has something to do with their diet and/or water clarity where they live
Did you catch them in deeper water?
it was a deeper pond than normal but it wasn't that much of a difference
the bass at my pond are really dark but some in a pond in a housing developement are really light
This goes the oppisite way of most of your answers. I believe the fish may be lighter because the water is darker or deeper, because lighter skin usually means lack of sun light. If you have ever seen cave fish they are pale, because they don't have to protect their scales from sunlight so it is a possibility that the water is ethier deeper or darker plus some pond owners add chemicals that make the water darker keeping the plants at the bottom from getting sunlight.
I live in Manitoba. The water up here in nopiming is flippin' dark. On a sunny day your lucky to see 1 foot into the water. If you were to look at a great lakes smallie and a black lake smallie , its day and night. litearly
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I see it all the time. I think it has something to do with the color or quality of the water.
it is because of the clarity of the water .the more clear the lighter the fish , get them out of some really dark stained water and they will be darker . i have seen them come up very dark and like you say very pale
Did you catch them in deeper water?
This goes the oppisite way of most of your answers. I believe the fish may be lighter because the water is darker or deeper, because lighter skin usually means lack of sun light. If you have ever seen cave fish they are pale, because they don't have to protect their scales from sunlight so it is a possibility that the water is ethier deeper or darker plus some pond owners add chemicals that make the water darker keeping the plants at the bottom from getting sunlight.
Yup, at my friends pond. They put aqua shade in the pond to keep weeds and stuff from growing. Even the blue gil in the pond are pale. I thinks it's cause of the aqua shade in my friends situation. Did the pond owner put any thing in the pond like that?
no idea, but it is a nice well kept pond so wouldn't doubt it
It mite be that they are liter in clear water.
Yea it definitely has something with the clarity of the water or the chemicals they put in it , if any
Yeah I would agree with everyone above. To be honest, the pattern and shade on bass can vary greatly in a single area. For instance, a few weeks ago I was fishing on the Susquehanna River and I noticed so much variation in the pattern on the smallmouths I caught, the shade and even overall color. So it makes sense that water clarity in a body of water would cause the bass to have a different shade of color.
No matter the color on the fish,you can qualify the water by the slime on that fish. Remember,all especies use the camouflage,depending on the moss and water flora and water tint will be the fish's color.
it usually has something to do with their diet and/or water clarity where they live
it was a deeper pond than normal but it wasn't that much of a difference
the bass at my pond are really dark but some in a pond in a housing developement are really light
I live in Manitoba. The water up here in nopiming is flippin' dark. On a sunny day your lucky to see 1 foot into the water. If you were to look at a great lakes smallie and a black lake smallie , its day and night. litearly
Post an Answer