I caught this fish today flipping the tullies. It was the fattest bass I have ever seen in real life or in pictures. The poor thing was 19" long x 19" girth and weighed an incredible 6.95lbs. I believe the fish was on a bed because it dripped out a few eggs when I was photographing it. I seriously just sat there and stared at it for the longest time because I couldn't believe how bizzarely shaped it was. I don't know what was in it's stomach, whether it was food, eggs, a tumor or what, but it was truly a sight to see!

I released her back with instructions to grow much much bigger and put those eggs down so there are lots more mutants like her :D

top view
http://calfishing.com/images/daily_reports/4_28_04_rob_6-95_3.jpg

side view (note: the tape measure starts at 42")
http://calfishing.com/images/daily_reports/4_28_04_rob_6-95_5.jpg

whoa, that things a tank!

damn bro!

Wow, that thing looks like it's in pain! I've seen something like this in rats and cats, the condition is called megacolon. Cant say this fish has that, but I'm a former marine biologist and first time I've seen a fish like this. Maybe constipation from a senko stuck in it's butt!

Foofish

that is a crazy looking fish.

something aint right with that poor fish! but could you imagine if it got that fat and grew to 28in. Here is the oposite of that fish
http://momentoffame.com/snapshots/MomentOfFame/l79847.jpg
http://momentoffame.com/snapshots/MomentOfFame/l79848.jpg
I like yours a lot mor than mine!

Rob, your fish is on phat and Matt's poor fish is on crack!! Hot damn! Crazy differences, thanks guys, now i can say i've seen the fattest and the shinniest bass.......Word, Moon

That's lookin like some Guiness world record material there ... nice fish!

That bass looks like a cross between a Bass and a Fancy Orinda Goldfish

that thing is wild looking, thanks for sharing

dude, Matt that fish is as bizzare as mine. I can't believe it had enough energy to eat your bait. Cameron Smith told me some crazy stories about fish like that at El Capitan. Like a 6lber that looked like a 14 and stuff. Bass are weird critters sometimes.

the skinny one just looks underfed but that fat one...looks like it got some major problems...lol

Damn,
Looks like some Barni been slipping that girl some Budweiser breakfasts.

The first one is eggbound and that is a fatal disease at times...
The fish will hold the eggs to long and it will become plugged...
I had a pet fish that past away from this disease...

I say she swallowed a softball!!! :+

I didn't post this originally because I really wasn't sure what species of bass it was, but after talking with several people, the consensus was that this fish is a spotted bass based on the size and location of the jaw relative to the eye.

I caught the fish at San Pablo dam which does (unfortunately) have spotted bass in it. Here's one last pic of the bass where it does look quite a bit like a spot. If they kept a lake record there for spots, I'd probably have it, but that isn't exactly the record I am after x(

http://calfishing.com/images/daily_reports/4_28_04_rob_6-95.jpg

I thought it looked like a spot from the top view in the original post. But, the spots are usually on the slender side.

yeah that is what had me so confused. I just couldn't mentally picture a spot that fat. I flipped a 3lb spot out of there a few weeks ago and it was about the exact same length as this fish but minus the gut. It's possible also that it's a largemouth/spot hybrid I guess.