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Ever seen a fish like this? This is a small catfish with a crazy deformity or injury...he looked like an accordion the way his back was all zig-zaggy. Who knows...maybe he ran into the dam full speed. :biggrin
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Bizarre Maybe a egret tried to chomp him , very strange
That is weird.
That is really wierd and interesting.
My guess deformity from genetics , caught other fish with this problem mostly bass.
I caught a crappie like that. When I fillet it the back bone was all knoted up. May have encountered a boat prop.
I've caught Largemouth from a friends pond that were like that.Not as extreme as that kitty but many odd fish from a stocked pond also leads me to believe a twist in the genetics.
Swimming around:Rofl my lines to much .
We see a lot of those in Chickamauga Dam Tailwaters. Biologists I've asked about it aren't 100% sure... suggest it could be a vitamin deficiency, or it could be genetic. Since we see quite a few of them in a concentrated area, I suspect the latter.
cool lookin cat
BB, okay for way off topic. Lets keep this one on track."D"
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Originally Posted by eagle 1
Hard to filet?
i have seen a few different fish with deformities similar to that ...that one is pretty extreme for sure .....fisheries folks say several things can cause it ...genetics ,injuries and poor water conditions as well ....i bet some of it could even be chemically induced in the form of some kind of water pollution ....
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