Check out the tail

[gunny146]

Me and a fella hit Lake Sinclair Friday and did pretty good, I had 4 in the boat that went about 5lbs. I did want to share this little guy with you. I've never seen a fish with a defect like this in it's tail. It was kinda weird.

 

[Troutman3000]

Poor lil guy. Should of pulled him out of the gene pool.

 

[gunny146]

He was, the guy I was fishing with kept everthing we caught. I generally don't keep fish, but he was keeping them for his father-in-law.

 

[Troutman3000]

That is strange though, i wonder if it was genetic or an injury. I keep fish whenever I need to eat!

 

[russ010]

I've seen fish like that before.. usually they are hit by a bird, turtle, or some other big fish when they were smaller

 

[eqppwqqep]

Isn't that whirling disease?
https://www.cnr.vt.edu/fisheries/afs/fisheries_techniques/Chapter14/Fish%20with%20whirling%20disease.jpg

 

[dyeguy1212]

Isn't that whirling disease?
https://www.cnr.vt.edu/fisheries/afs/fisheries_techniques/Chapter14/Fish%20with%20whirling%20disease.jpg

Never heard of it... looks like I'll be spending some time on wiki now

 

[gunny146]

looks like whirling disease affects trout.

 

[BassAddict]

Poor lil guy, how did he fight?

 

[Jim]

Interesting for sure. No mention of it affecting Bass, so I would have to assume it was hit that way. What was that red spot under the fin? Site of injury maybe?

 

[Outdoorsman]

Siamese twins...

 

[russ010]

never thought I'd ever see anything like that