Obesity

[tattoobob]

Originally Posted by redlite

No way.
Look at the width behind the fish's head vs how wide it is at the base of the tail, right behind the pooper..........
It would be like a human with 50 inch wide hips, and a 30 inch waist. You'd have shelves on either side to rest your beers. Opposite of a spare tire.
I don't ever think I have accused it, but that is a photo shop job.

To me it looks like a lake caught striper, like Lake Mead or some other striper holding lake. Or maybe just a deformed beast

[BassDawg]

Originally Posted by tattoobob

To me it looks like a lake caught striper, like Lake Mead or some other striper holding lake. Or maybe just a deformed beast

or a distended belly, BIG time!!

don't our bigger fish do THAT sometimes?

gorge themselves into this fugly state of misformity!!

[Ed B]

About 1983, in a strong current, I once hooked a good striper in the lower lip area and reeled him in with his mouth forced open. He was good size but didn't fight much since unknown to me his stomach cavity was filling up with water. I put the fish down and was amazed at the girth of the fish thinking this was probably one of my heaviest fish ever. The fish then proceded to pee for the next couple of minutes what seemed like gallons of water, and my big fish continually shrank down to a final weight of 35 lbs.

It had a look similar to that fish there when I took him out of the water.

[Raven]

maybe it's an illness and you scared the piss right out of him/her