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R.Arnold · Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 4:56 pm Post subject: Funky Red

Last Saturday we caught 36 trout and a couple reds, and as promised I said I'd post this pic of this deformed bull red. Your guess is as good as mine, I'm leaning towards a birth defect or it had something like fishing line rapped around it's midsection and tapered its supple bum end. Either way, the nasty critter was released to bite another line and make another fisherman do a doubletake.

BALZTOWAL · Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 10:09 pm Post subject:

I'D PROBABLY THROW IT BACK TOO.

ironmanstan · Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 5:36 am Post subject:

I would have let it go to especially since he has made all this time with that crooked body and managed to eat. cool beans.
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Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

I have seen several reds, a blacktip and a few trout with similar problems. I will have to hunt down what the TPW biologists had to say on that. Thanks for the photo!

IslandMike · Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 8:43 am Post subject:

That's a trip. Thanks for sharing.
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robul · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 2677

That is a trip. I'm defiantly gonna show this to my biologist buddy. Thanks for sharin Robert..

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Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

Thanks Todd that was what I recall.

Big Sherm · Horse Mullet Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 208

I caught a yellow catfish on the Guadalupe in the early 90's that had a deformality like that let it go when my Dad said "I ain't eatin that sum-b."

Mason · Horse Mullet Joined: 30 Dec 2007 Posts: 102

thats freaky
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seaweed · Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 10:05 pm Post subject:

Ohhh! You let it go? Surprised

Now it's gonna breed and next year the flats will be full of little twisted redfish. Smile

bigdog · Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:04 am Post subject:

its, its a tumor master. pretty fishie my precious.

MJW · Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:39 am Post subject:

Wow.. goes to show you just never know what you are going to pull up
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GoinCoastal · Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:26 pm Post subject:

I have seen several reds like that as well as a catfish and a bass.

I was under the impression that it was a birth defect in fish.