all black largemouth bass - Bass Fishing Facts https://bassfishingfacts.com Largemouth Bass Records, Science, History & Fishing Facts Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:37:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://bassfishingfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cropped-bffvector-32x32.png all black largemouth bass - Bass Fishing Facts https://bassfishingfacts.com 32 32 Melanistic “Black” Largemouth Bass https://bassfishingfacts.com/melanistic-black-largemouth-bass/ Sat, 30 Nov 2019 04:55:02 +0000 https://bassfishingfacts.com/?p=847 Is there such thing as a melanistic largemouth bass? An “all black” melanistic bass does not just have black spots but is a bass that looks likes it’s been totally dipped in tar. This...

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]]> Is there such thing as a melanistic largemouth bass? An “all black” melanistic bass does not just have black spots but is a bass that looks likes it’s been totally dipped in tar. This type of bass is certainly possible and not harder to consider than golden largemouth bass.

Here are four scenarios – from photos shared on Facebook – of “all black” or melanistic largemouth bass. For another unusual color variation, see our article on gold largemouth bass.

Melanistic largemouth bass with black pigmentation

Photo cred: Colton Holman

Melanistic largemouth bass with dark pigmentation

Photo cred: Justin Knox

Largemouth bass showing melanistic black coloration

Photo cred: Rex Mcllhaney

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are also known occurrences of melanistic animals in nature – such as this melanistic whitetail deer:

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