melanistic largemouth bass – Bass Fishing Facts https://bassfishingfacts.com Sat, 30 Nov 2019 05:01:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://bassfishingfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cropped-bffvector-32x32.png melanistic 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 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.

Photo cred: Colton Holman

Photo cred: Justin Knox

Photo cred: Rex Mcllhaney

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

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