Forums59
Topics1,037,321
Posts13,926,210
Members144,135
|
Most Online39,925 Dec 30th, 2023
|
|
Big fish has eyes popping out a bit?
#11885144
10/17/16 05:38 PM
|
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 20
KBB
OP
Outdoorsman
|
OP
Outdoorsman
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 20 |
Is this normal and is this fish okay? Both sides looked identical... Hooked in lip nowhere near the eyes..
|
|
Re: Big fish has eyes popping out a bit?
[Re: KBB]
#11885145
10/17/16 05:39 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 50,004
fouzman
Methuselah
|
Methuselah
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 50,004 |
"Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out" - Zachary Troy Schrah - a young man with vision far beyond his years.
|
|
Re: Big fish has eyes popping out a bit?
[Re: KBB]
#11885163
10/17/16 05:48 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 757
Mike Yeager
Pro Angler
|
Pro Angler
Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 757 |
|
|
Re: Big fish has eyes popping out a bit?
[Re: KBB]
#11885210
10/17/16 06:02 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 1,157
JohnButte
Extreme Angler
|
Extreme Angler
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 1,157 |
The better to see you with my dear.
|
|
Re: Big fish has eyes popping out a bit?
[Re: KBB]
#11885300
10/17/16 06:41 PM
|
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 20
KBB
OP
Outdoorsman
|
OP
Outdoorsman
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 20 |
Cool, It looked totally healthy so I didn't think anything was wrong but very strange... Do they do that when they hit a certain size ..or is it some do it some don't?? Thanks again for your replies.. KBB
|
|
Re: Big fish has eyes popping out a bit?
[Re: KBB]
#11885320
10/17/16 06:48 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 7,608
361V
TFF Celebrity
|
TFF Celebrity
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 7,608 |
|
|
Re: Big fish has eyes popping out a bit?
[Re: KBB]
#11885461
10/17/16 07:50 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 293
L a r r y
Angler
|
Angler
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 293 |
That fish had the ole syndrome of its eyes bigger than its stomach. It saw all the available food before the winter cold sets in and got excited
|
|
Re: Big fish has eyes popping out a bit?
[Re: KBB]
#11885927
10/18/16 12:11 AM
|
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 23,045
SteezMacQueen
TFF Guru
|
TFF Guru
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 23,045 |
This big girl I caught saturday morning had bug eyes.
Eat. Sleep. Fish.
|
|
Re: Big fish has eyes popping out a bit?
[Re: JohnButte]
#11885949
10/18/16 12:27 AM
|
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 16,249
Rob W.
TFF Guru
|
TFF Guru
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 16,249 |
The better to see you with my dear.
|
|
Re: Big fish has eyes popping out a bit?
[Re: KBB]
#11886384
10/18/16 03:46 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 22,347
lconn4
TFF Guru
|
TFF Guru
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 22,347 |
That's how they look when they've seen it all.
|
|
Re: Big fish has eyes popping out a bit?
[Re: KBB]
#11889835
10/20/16 12:46 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 1,277
tejasbass
Extreme Angler
|
Extreme Angler
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 1,277 |
I've seen it a few times and they were always fish over 8 pounds. I think they are simply old fish. Maybe native genes. Never saw a 5 pounder look that way.
|
|
Re: Big fish has eyes popping out a bit?
[Re: KBB]
#11890274
10/20/16 12:17 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2014
Posts: 257
Battson34
Angler
|
Angler
Joined: Jun 2014
Posts: 257 |
|
|
Re: Big fish has eyes popping out a bit?
[Re: KBB]
#11890670
10/20/16 04:29 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 385
BigBassB
Angler
|
Angler
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 385 |
I've seen that quite often, not sure what causes it, but seems common.
|
|
Re: Big fish has eyes popping out a bit?
[Re: KBB]
#11890866
10/20/16 05:54 PM
|
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 1,812
redskeeter190
Extreme Angler
|
Extreme Angler
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 1,812 |
I've read, somewhere, that a virus causes the "bug eyed" look....
|
|
Re: Big fish has eyes popping out a bit?
[Re: KBB]
#11890895
10/20/16 06:07 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 19,756
Huckleberry
TFF Guru
|
TFF Guru
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 19,756 |
I just push them back in before I release them
|
|
Moderated by banker-always fishing, chickenman, Derek 🐝, Duck_Hunter, Fish Killer, J-2, Jacob, Jons3825, JustWingem, Nocona Brian, Toon-Troller, Uncle Zeek, Weekender1
|