Posted By: KBB
Big fish has eyes popping out a bit? - 10/17/16 05:38 PM
Is this normal and is this fish okay? Both sides looked identical... Hooked in lip nowhere near the eyes..
Posted By: JohnButte
Re: Big fish has eyes popping out a bit? - 10/17/16 06:02 PM
The better to see you with my dear.
Posted By: KBB
Re: Big fish has eyes popping out a bit? - 10/17/16 06:41 PM
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
Posted By: L a r r y
Re: Big fish has eyes popping out a bit? - 10/17/16 07:50 PM
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
Posted By: SteezMacQueen
Re: Big fish has eyes popping out a bit? - 10/18/16 12:11 AM
This big girl I caught saturday morning had bug eyes.
Posted By: lconn4
Re: Big fish has eyes popping out a bit? - 10/18/16 03:46 AM
That's how they look when they've seen it all.
Posted By: tejasbass
Re: Big fish has eyes popping out a bit? - 10/20/16 12:46 AM
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.
Posted By: BigBassB
Re: Big fish has eyes popping out a bit? - 10/20/16 04:29 PM
I've seen that quite often, not sure what causes it, but seems common.
Posted By: redskeeter190
Re: Big fish has eyes popping out a bit? - 10/20/16 05:54 PM
I've read, somewhere, that a virus causes the "bug eyed" look....
Posted By: Huckleberry
Re: Big fish has eyes popping out a bit? - 10/20/16 06:07 PM
I just push them back in before I release them
Posted By: SteezMacQueen
Re: Big fish has eyes popping out a bit? - 10/20/16 06:22 PM
Your eyes would pop out too if the food you've been eating your whole life suddenly fought back. Lol
Posted By: BigBassB
Re: Big fish has eyes popping out a bit? - 10/20/16 10:04 PM
Your eyes would pop out too if the food you've been eating your whole life suddenly fought back. Lol
Haha. Thanks for the laugh...