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I got this from Curly who got it from John Odenkirk, VA State biologist extraordinaire.
"We finally launched a citizen science project to identify where folks are seeing blotchy bass. We teamed up with Angler's Atlas/MyCatch and anglers can win gift cards for participating. The event is called Blotchy Bass Bonanza and it started on July 1. Anglers are entered in to a weekly drawing even for uploading photos of normal (non-blotchy bass). It's free to enter. Please share this with folks as you can. We're going to start posting this on angler blogs for a slow roll out, but Bass Pro Shops is going to join this effort with marketing and sponsorship later this summer. We're really counting on Bass Pro Shops to get the word out for us."
https://www.anglersatlas.com/tournament … xVnbbdagyE
"We're hoping this gives us better seasonal and geographical coverage."
I do know that there have been some blotchy bass caught in the Potomac around DC and also in some of the AV lakes....
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I think they are most blotchy in the Spring around spawn.
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drxfish wrote:
I think they are most blotchy in the Spring around spawn.
Not sure about that. The ones I've seen were in summertime. These are serious black blotches. Curly knows a little bit about this, maybe he will chime in.
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Ernie wrote:
Curly knows a little bit about this, maybe he will chime in.
Genetics...............pure and simple. Catch in one water and release in a different water is expanding blotchy bass like the NSH.
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I saw a big debate about the botchy bass on the Susky
Some really interesting reasons
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I saw one on some YouTuber's video, I think it was in Texas.
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