Bass diseases

just wondering what sort of diseases bass get??

 

i recently caught a bass which was extremely pale....you could hardly call it green, it was more whitish/yellowish. I examined its gills and they seemed very "mooshy" almost like something had been eating away at them, did not look healthy at all. Fish still gave a very impressive fight for its size and did not seem thin or have any funny sores.

and a couple weeks ago i caught one which had a sore on its inner bottom lip with what looked like a patch of rot or a scab...wondered if i should try clean it but rather left it alone. besides that it too looked healthy and faught well

About 2 years ago the bass in silverlakes all got a similar pale\mushy condition , resulting in many of them dying , I've also come across some bass with these patches of "rot" almost always they have parasites feeding off of that spot . I did some research and only found one known disease called "large mouth bass virus"or "lmbv" not much is known about it , the symptoms are bloated fish and red sores appearing on the side of the fish ,I doubt we have it here , however bass are very prone to bacterial infections caused by polluted water , bass may also appear to be weak and thin just after the spawn period , this time also may be just after heavy rains , causing muddy water , bear in mind the darker the water the more pale the fish , so a post spawn fish found in very cold muddy water may look as sick as a dog and then by january fat and happy again.

I caught many bass with sores on them. Looked like blisters. Couldnt figure out the cause.

Very interesting... I would love to know more about deseases affecting bass and if there was anything we could do to help... So if there are any clever Bass Scientists out there or experienced anglers ... now your chance...

 

Thanks guys interesting thread