Anyone catching any smallmouth like these?

[Jimbojump]

Hey SW, I have caught smallies from Indiana to Idaho and everywhere I have fished them, their coloring is all over the place. Even in the Snake around marsing I have been amazed at the variances of coloring. One may just be bronze solid and another with a ton of tiger stripes as I call em...I really think its just a matter of genetic mutations and adaptations to the body of water they live in. All it takes for a genetic mutation is one adult anomally with dark coloring to spawn more of the same...over time the whole species is affected...what is the cause? Who knows...Why did 100,000 fish come up dead in one little section of the river in Arkansas and F&G released the river for fishing the same day...why did 5000 blackbirds who dont fly at night fall out of the sky in a close proximity to the fish in Arkansas. Vet said autopsy showed the birds died from blunt force trauma to the head and chest...5000? Spread over a square mile? Uh huh...I have a theory but it just makes me look conspiratorial...LOL
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