What the heck is this

That looks like one well deformed trout. That's my guess. Used to catch some real weird one out of the Little Red River in Ark.

 

Caught several somewhat similar looking rainbows in the upper Missouri River in Montana after the waters had become infected with whirling disease. Juveniles that contract the disease and survive can have serious malformations of the spine and look pretty darn strange. Almost looks like a caricature of a trout.....cute little sucker.....

Any uranium refinement facilities upstream????? Possibly an Oncorpomis macromykiss??????

Brian

 

That would be a great caricature to mold, I bet it would sell like hot cakes in a cartoonish scene.

 

I caught a Brown Trout like this about 10-12 yrs ago.
Back before I started making molds...
I want another one! ;D

 

It's a deformity called "stump body. " I've seen it in some trout and have seen it in a few of my yellow perch.

 

seems you used the wrong size body..... ;D

 

I used to stock creeks in allegheny and westmoreland county with trout unlimited before I moved. When I was stocking Deer Creek I had one like that in the net looked just like that little bow. I asked about it and a couple guys said its growth was stunted from being crowded in the tanks with others. I don't know if it is true but it sounds possible.

 

They were incorrect. Overcrowding in tanks and raceways can cause other problems but not this. This is genetic.

Here's a yellow perch with stump body from the pond with also curvature of the spine. It's rare but I see it once in a while.

 

Thanks for clearing that up for me Cecil. Sweet looking perch.

 

W

Sweet?! Dude I hope you have better taste in women! ;D

That fish is like a fat stunted hunchback of Notre Dame! It's also only a few inches long. The ruler I think is about 6 inches.

Sorry Ryan couldn't help myself. :-[

 

Hahaha I said sweet looking that sucker isn't even close to a beauty. ;D

 

O.K. gotcha. Kind of like saying something "bad" when you mean really cool.

 

Rich, yours looks like a cross between a brown trout and a pick salmon ??? In either case they are really wierd!!