Stained water = light colored bass
I don't like your math. Dirtier the water the darker the fish. Clear water a predator doesn't want to be seen, fish tend to be lighter. Muddy water a darker color works better for a predator. Exceptions do happen, but in general clear water the fish are lighter.
I do remember this golden bass from last year.
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Hmmm interesting subject cause now im kinda confused.
One of the ponds i fish often is pretty shallow and the bass pulled out of there are beautiful vivid greens with big black spots etc.... textbook definition largemouth bass. I got another deep mud hole i fish and the bass are black. Never any green except the dinks and are really odd looking all around. Just two ponds outta thousands, but still interesting. I guess it all comes down to every little characteristic of the BOW.
One of the ponds i fish often is pretty shallow and the bass pulled out of there are beautiful vivid greens with big black spots etc.... textbook definition largemouth bass. I got another deep mud hole i fish and the bass are black. Never any green except the dinks and are really odd looking all around. Just two ponds outta thousands, but still interesting. I guess it all comes down to every little characteristic of the BOW.
Love this thread, fascinating topic.
Just on Quabbin alone, different sections give up very different colored bass. Clear water all around, but the bass that patrol sandy bottoms get the pale color.
Out in Westford at a quarry pond (long since had houses built around it, MAJOR BUMMER) the water was super sediment laden and the bass there were often pearly white. When the sediment settled over a year or so they became vivid green on top and white everywhere else. Always wild to notice such things.
Just on Quabbin alone, different sections give up very different colored bass. Clear water all around, but the bass that patrol sandy bottoms get the pale color.
Out in Westford at a quarry pond (long since had houses built around it, MAJOR BUMMER) the water was super sediment laden and the bass there were often pearly white. When the sediment settled over a year or so they became vivid green on top and white everywhere else. Always wild to notice such things.
I am sure there are several variables that may influence color but nothing influences it like genetics!
Chemical uptake in fish may change the fishes cellular structure and replicating cells may exhibit variables in gene codons.
It is sure something to consider...remember that light is scattered in water and the following light spectrums loose potency as depth increases.
I am sure you all have heard of ROYGBIV?
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Indigo
Violet
Light loss in the nano meter range of each color listed above in the order they are listed....color loss is the effect as light diminishes at depth
Chemical uptake in fish may change the fishes cellular structure and replicating cells may exhibit variables in gene codons.
It is sure something to consider...remember that light is scattered in water and the following light spectrums loose potency as depth increases.
I am sure you all have heard of ROYGBIV?
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Indigo
Violet
Light loss in the nano meter range of each color listed above in the order they are listed....color loss is the effect as light diminishes at depth
I am sure there are several variables that may influence color but nothing influences it like genetics!
Chemical uptake in fish may change the fishes cellular structure and replicating cells may exhibit variables in gene codons.
It is sure something to consider...remember that light is scattered in water and the following light spectrums loose potency as depth increases.
I am sure you all have heard of ROYGBIV?
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Indigo
Violet
Light loss in the nano meter range of each color listed above in the order they are listed....color loss is the effect as light diminishes at depth
Bass have a well known ability to change color to environmental conditions almost chameleon like. Most accepted is transcription factor regulation related to chromatophore inputs which cause the color changes. For any interested:
"The regulation of motile activity in fish chromatophores" http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11041206
Certainly wild outliers like golden bass have significant genetic changes, as well as those over 5 pounds that have that special ability to break lines on unseen snags, most certainly attributed to codon wobble then genetic drift towards the path of maximum frustration!
