Has anyone ever heard of this

TGRrod · 05-07-09, 08:13 PM

A couple of years ago while I was fishing on Lay Lake I caught a spot that weighed anywhere from 5.5 to 6 lbs, the thing is when I showed it to a friend of mine that was going to mount the fish he said it was broke back spot. He said the only fish that it is common in is a spotted bass or a smallmouth. If anyone else has come across this I would love to hear.

bamabassman · 05-07-09, 08:41 PM

buddy i haven't heard that one in A LONG, LONG TIME. i really think it is a cross, thus giving it the name broke back. never seen one myself. but heard it from old timers in my youth. great uncles used to go fishing and would say it when they caught a spot. can't remember the exact thing that they looked for though. got a pic? maybe compare it to a spot, a true spot. fished lay lake ONCE. hated the dang place. middle of summer and the water level was WAY down. no bass anywhere. they lower that lake too much i think.

TGRrod · 05-07-09, 09:43 PM

The fish looks like a spot but it has a large hump in the middle of its back. He told me after 20+ years of taxidermy it was the 3rd one he had ever seen.

bamabassman · 05-08-09, 07:59 PM

yea, kinda looks like a camel right? like i said i was a kid when the uncles caught one. haven't seen one in a VERY long time.

nofearengineer · 05-09-09, 01:26 PM

I suspect that what that hump is is a genetic throwback to the bass' genetic roots. One only has to compare the similarities of a bass or a sunfish to a South or Central American Cichlid species to reason at some point on the ol' evolutionary tree, they were bed buddies. Now in a lot of Cichlid species, the male gets a pronounced hump behind his head as he becomes sexually mature. I would be willing to wager that all of these humped bass were males...but that's just the piscatorial genealogical nerd in me showing.

WTL · 05-09-09, 05:21 PM

Not that its the exact same thing, but I've caught fish before that have eaten turtles and they have humps, more towards the front, but real noticeable.

A year or two ago I got a fish that had a similar bulge and fileted him - he just was bulked up in the back. All lean muscle. Who knows, natures funny.

zooker · 05-09-09, 06:54 PM

sounds a bit like a mean mouth...

zooker

bamabassman · 05-09-09, 08:06 PM

you gotta pic of one zooker? it just might be.

05-07-09, 08:13 PM	#1
TGRrod BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Odenville,AL Posts: 30	Has anyone ever heard of this A couple of years ago while I was fishing on Lay Lake I caught a spot that weighed anywhere from 5.5 to 6 lbs, the thing is when I showed it to a friend of mine that was going to mount the fish he said it was broke back spot. He said the only fish that it is common in is a spotted bass or a smallmouth. If anyone else has come across this I would love to hear.

05-07-09, 08:41 PM	#2
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	buddy i haven't heard that one in A LONG, LONG TIME. i really think it is a cross, thus giving it the name broke back. never seen one myself. but heard it from old timers in my youth. great uncles used to go fishing and would say it when they caught a spot. can't remember the exact thing that they looked for though. got a pic? maybe compare it to a spot, a true spot. fished lay lake ONCE. hated the dang place. middle of summer and the water level was WAY down. no bass anywhere. they lower that lake too much i think. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

05-08-09, 07:59 PM	#4
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	yea, kinda looks like a camel right? like i said i was a kid when the uncles caught one. haven't seen one in a VERY long time. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

05-09-09, 05:21 PM	#6
WTL BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Huntsville, Al Posts: 7,466	Not that its the exact same thing, but I've caught fish before that have eaten turtles and they have humps, more towards the front, but real noticeable. A year or two ago I got a fish that had a similar bulge and fileted him - he just was bulked up in the back. All lean muscle. Who knows, natures funny. __________________ Selling live waterdogs for less since 2005.

05-09-09, 06:54 PM	#7
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	sounds a bit like a mean mouth... zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

05-07-09, 09:43 PM	#3
TGRrod BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Odenville,AL Posts: 30	The fish looks like a spot but it has a large hump in the middle of its back. He told me after 20+ years of taxidermy it was the 3rd one he had ever seen.

05-09-09, 01:26 PM	#5
nofearengineer BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southwest IN Posts: 5,630	I suspect that what that hump is is a genetic throwback to the bass' genetic roots. One only has to compare the similarities of a bass or a sunfish to a South or Central American Cichlid species to reason at some point on the ol' evolutionary tree, they were bed buddies. Now in a lot of Cichlid species, the male gets a pronounced hump behind his head as he becomes sexually mature. I would be willing to wager that all of these humped bass were males...but that's just the piscatorial genealogical nerd in me showing.

05-09-09, 08:06 PM	#8
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	you gotta pic of one zooker? it just might be. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

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