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BasicPatrick · 08-29-2002, 04:06 PM

Hey All,

The swollen forehead thing on a Striped Bass is commonly known as "Pugnosed"...It is not a pollution caused deformity as many will tell you but a genetic defect that happens rarely. More have been caught in the last few years as the larger year classes have arrived at our shores. At last years MV Derby I saw three pug nosed SB abd one pugnosed Bluefish.

that's my 2 cents
PAtrick

08-29-2002, 04:06 PM	#5
BasicPatrick M.S.B.A. iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: I live in the Villiage of Hyannis in the Town of Barnstable in the Commonwealth of MA Posts: 2,795	Hey All, The swollen forehead thing on a Striped Bass is commonly known as "Pugnosed"...It is not a pollution caused deformity as many will tell you but a genetic defect that happens rarely. More have been caught in the last few years as the larger year classes have arrived at our shores. At last years MV Derby I saw three pug nosed SB abd one pugnosed Bluefish. that's my 2 cents PAtrick
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