Pulled this one out of the Willamette this morning. Does anyone have any idea what going on with it? Spawn related? Disease? Predation?
What’s up with this smallmouth?
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Fish Hickey
SF
SF
Pink Nighty
Legend
Could possibly be talon Marks. They're easy pickings when on the beds a foot deep. Maybe a bird that tried to carry a little too much, grabbed a few times and dropped?
Nice fish either way
Nice fish either way
At least it was upstream of the superfund site…I think you answered your own question with, "I pulled this out of the Willamette".
DerekWhipple
Steelhead
It'll smoke up good.
I can't see it well enough to be sure, but I think I'm seeing something similar to the "pox" salmon sometimes have (the white pustules that form just under their skin). Don't know if other fish get those; don't think I've ever seen it. Whatever the case, I would guess some sort of disease....
Eww. Reminds me of The Last of Us. Haha! And I'm only on season 1 so no spoilers!
That fish also has weird proportions. Maybe a weird angle + post-spawn, but I seems it's almost like the head of one fish and the backend of another. I see almost like a seam where I've drawn a red line.
That fish also has weird proportions. Maybe a weird angle + post-spawn, but I seems it's almost like the head of one fish and the backend of another. I see almost like a seam where I've drawn a red line.
Yeah, I totally see that. I think it may just be a weird angle though. Of the things I noticed at the time, it's proportions weren't one of them.
Truth is @ColinShots over here is cutting them up and sewing them back together. @skyriver now that you know, you're next.
