Largest Albino Bass?

triple_illusion · Post by **triple_illusion** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 2:02 pm

according to Okuma, this is the largest known albino largie ever caught:

source:http://www.facebook.com/OkumaFishingUSA

Canga- · Post by **Canga-** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 6:15 pm

what an awesome fish, like most albinos i would imagine it would be pretty tough to get to a decent size, sticking out from the crowd (or cover, in this case).

if it had stripes, it almost looks like a giant perch

Sonicx360 · Post by **Sonicx360** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 7:25 am

Doesn't look like an albino-it doesn't have red eyes. More like leucistic.

biggs · Post by **biggs** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 8:35 am

That's nuts, I couldn't imagine my reaction to catching one of those!

MaxZmus · Post by **MaxZmus** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 8:45 am

Beautiful, thanks for sharing.

Teal101 · Post by **Teal101** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 11:54 am

Sonicx360 wrote:Doesn't look like an albino-it doesn't have red eyes. More like leucistic.

I'd agree. Albino is white with pink eyes. Leucistic is a lack of dark pigmentation and can vary quite a bit. Melanistic is overabundance in dark pigmentation.

MiniVan · Post by **MiniVan** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 8:42 pm

Teal101 wrote:
Sonicx360 wrote:Doesn't look like an albino-it doesn't have red eyes. More like leucistic.
I'd agree. Albino is white with pink eyes. Leucistic is a lack of dark pigmentation and can vary quite a bit. Melanistic is overabundance in dark pigmentation.

Whatever it TECHNICALLY is.....it looks badass!

ipoppa33 · Post by **ipoppa33** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 11:18 am

wow incredible looking fish!!!

JerryC · Post by **JerryC** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 12:18 pm

I've never seen one of those before! Thanks for sharing!

damian_megabass · Post by **damian_megabass** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 12:52 pm

Seem an "orange" bass on inchiban tackles page all the time and never knew what they were...Googled orange/yellow/gold bass and nothing...They're actually called albino bass

GARRIGA · Post by **GARRIGA** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 7:25 pm

That's the most amazing looking bass I've ever seen. Looks like a T+ Albino which lacks the red eyes and reduced black pigment. If it were lucistic then it would be all white with black eyes. T- Albinos are white with red eyes but this could also be hypermenalistic which is another form of reduced black. Regardless, one unique animal and it could spread its genes and produce more.

BassBug · Post by **BassBug** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 8:39 pm

News to me, very cool....

Crackerjack · Post by **Crackerjack** » Mon Aug 06, 2012 9:55 am

Wow I have never seen or heard of an Albino Bass and very nice size.

tH3_Guy · Post by **tH3_Guy** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:43 am

It would have been in my fish tank! Amazing!

Zimbass · Post by **Zimbass** » Sat Sep 08, 2012 10:07 pm

Hey Guys,

That bass was caught by a buddy here in Zimbabwe.

I communicated with Robert Montgomery,a senior writer with Bassmaster Magazine, who referred the matter to a biologist friend in Texas. The answer he got was :-

"Xanthic (yellow-gold) organisms are somewhat like melanistic (an unusually high amount of dark brown/black pigment), or albinos (that lack pigmentation), in that they are somewhat rare genetic abnormalities."

So the 5 pound bass is a Xanthic. Largest ever recorded.

Cheers,

Terry.

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