Growth on Bass
 

Anyone ever seen anything like this? The fish seemed healthy and took a huge live mack. Might be an old hook wound that has gotten infected, but still very strange.

Dude that this is disgusting. Never seen anything like it.

That's a tumor of some type, maybe a cyst but not likely. Definitely doesn't look like a wound (hook) healing.

Just another "wonder of nature" combined with all the fantastic toxins that mankind dumps in the water!!!!

Roy,

It doesn't look lik Myco but a quick email to DMF will probably get you an answer. Email Dr. Mik Armstrong (michael.armstrong@state.ma.us) who will pass it along to Gary Nelson or any of the other s-b biologists we have in MA DMF.

You catch that off a power plant?

Infected wound or tumor.

I got one the other night that only had half of a jaw on one side. It looked like he had been caught years ago, got infected and cured with the whole left side of the jaw gone. The bass was perfectly healthy and FAT too.

He looked like the guy from the Cleveland Show with the hole in the side of his mouth.

FYI...Not sure about yours but the missing or half jaw thing is a know genetic birth defect....lots of fish caught that way.

Thanks Patrick..........will do and keep you all posted on what they say

That looks nasty

It looks like his a$$ is hanging out of its throat, poor bastage.

caught it's twin a few yrs ago, thought it was myco..

Looks like my big toe.

....or your "po-ta-toe"........you may be italian but your's ain't that big..........

One like that in muddy creek was caught white perch fishing in the winter. About 32 lbs.must have become land locked.

Picked up a fish a couple weeks ago with a similar growth. Not nearly as big though but still gross.

should have sliced it and tasted it.Looks like sushi.:yak6: