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The color of Bass
I was fishing one of the other lakes up here that I really don't go on too
much.. This lake is loaded with thick grass and lilly pads. I caught a few
fish this morning and they are all very very dark fish compared to the fish
on the other lakes which are bright green and white. I understand that the
fish hide in the grass and are subject to less light, but dos that make the
fish any healthier or unhealthier? These fish were fighting harder, or at
least it seemed that way. Is the color change directly related to being
under the weeds or does a bass adapt to it's enviroment as far as color is
concerned? Just some thoughts |
alwaysfishking
Jul 4
2004
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| I've seen largemouth and smallmouth in just about every color variation
imaginable. To a certain extent, they will adapt their color to the
surrounding water and cover. Fish from more open water will usually be much
lighter in color than fish caught in heavy cover. Water color plays a
factor too, clear water fish will be much lighter than stained water fish. Years ago, I caught some small smallies while seining minnows. These fish
were about 2-3 inches long and VERY dark bronze. I took 3 home with me and
put them in my aquarium. The next day, they were pale green. I had those
fish for 3 years, they were interesting to watch, although they did grow and
eat everything else in the tank! |
Steve
Jul 4
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| I've seen all different colors of bass as well, and have noticed three basic
versions. The darks ones seems to relate to weeds or under docks. The ones
I would call spectacularly colored, with great defintion between their light
areas and dark areas, tend to come from open water areas. And in really
muddy water, the bass seem to almost be a "bleached" version of themselves,
appearing almost white. I think they adapt very quickly to changing
conditions. Hank Parker had a show on several years ago where he was catching bream, and
wanted to show how fast the fish would change colors, once exposed to the
sun. These fish would darken in his hands after only a very short 20-30
seconds or so. I found it interesting, anyways... |
Andrew
Jul 4
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| Steve,
I think you might have this backwards. In my expierence, fish from weedy
gin-clear lakes will be darker with bolder markings, while fish from lakes
dingy water choked with algae look pale. -Zimmy |
duckhunter4570
Jul 5
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| I'm just going on what I see around here. The stained water of Boom Lake
(and similar water) produce dark bronze smallies. The waters of Lake
Superior, the fish are light green. Weed fish it seems always have bolder
markings, more effective camoflague? Whereas the open water fish have more
subdued markings. |
Steve
Jul 5
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| In SoCal it is the clearer the water the darker the fish. |
SHREDİ
Jul 5
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| So which is it? Light darkens the fish up? Or does it lighten the fish up? |
alwaysfishking
Jul 5
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