red eye lm

qcbasser · 07-01-06, 08:54 AM

First I would like to say hello to everyone, this being my first post. I have enjoyed reading some of the different posts and have used the info I learned here to catch more bass! With that said, about a month ago i caught a LM out of a small pond in IL. This fish had red eyes. This is the only bass I have ever caught with red eyes. Has anyone seen this before? What is going on here lol??? Thanks folks

JB · 07-01-06, 09:30 AM

it could be a fish out of a stream. Like smallmouths when they get angry, their eye has a red ring around the black center..my guess is someone stocked the pond or lake with some stream bass..heres the bass I won the tournie with, although you can't see the redness in its eyes

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qcbasser · 07-01-06, 09:34 AM

lol nice fish! thanks jb

JB · 07-01-06, 09:36 AM

thanks, hard to believe it hit a husky jerk ani't it rofl

qcbasser · 07-01-06, 09:39 AM

that lil guy was fearless!!

Rodman_Rob · 07-01-06, 12:01 PM

spotted bass have red eyes.

Rebbasser · 07-01-06, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by JB

thanks, hard to believe it hit a husky jerk ani't it rofl

Nope-I once caught one on a Super Fluke that was smaller than the fluke was. No hookset, the tail just got wedged in it's mouth. I don't know who was more surprised-me or it.

Rodman_Rob · 07-01-06, 09:41 PM

I managed to catch a minnow one time using a 6" hard jerk bait, although I think it was when I was ripping it through some grass the hook impaled it just right.

skeeter944 · 07-01-06, 09:48 PM

my spotted bass dont have red eyes? i caught one earlier and felt its tongue to make sure it was a spot,and it had teeth,so it was,but it didnt have red eyes. maybe qc,it is a redeye bass?

http://fishing.about.com/od/bassfish...ures/index.htm

here are pics of the different bass,and by the way,welocme to the forum!

skeeter944 · 07-01-06, 09:52 PM

here are more pics
http://www.gloryholesports.com/new_page_4.htm

qcbasser · 07-03-06, 12:21 AM

Thanks skeeter, I am pretty sure it was a LM but could have been a spotted. Redeye bass are also know as rock bass (I think) and if so would have been much to small to be what I caught.....an 18incher

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07-01-06, 08:54 AM	#1
qcbasser BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: davenport, iowa Posts: 14	red eye lm First I would like to say hello to everyone, this being my first post. I have enjoyed reading some of the different posts and have used the info I learned here to catch more bass! With that said, about a month ago i caught a LM out of a small pond in IL. This fish had red eyes. This is the only bass I have ever caught with red eyes. Has anyone seen this before? What is going on here lol??? Thanks folks

07-01-06, 12:01 PM	#6
Rodman_Rob BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: May 2005 Location: Ocala, FL. 1/2 hour southwest of Rodman Posts: 1,702	spotted bass have red eyes. __________________ Lizardsrule may not be able to drive a boat, but he can sure put you on the fish!

07-01-06, 09:41 PM	#8
Rodman_Rob BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: May 2005 Location: Ocala, FL. 1/2 hour southwest of Rodman Posts: 1,702	I managed to catch a minnow one time using a 6" hard jerk bait, although I think it was when I was ripping it through some grass the hook impaled it just right. __________________ Lizardsrule may not be able to drive a boat, but he can sure put you on the fish!

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07-01-06, 09:30 AM	#2
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	it could be a fish out of a stream. Like smallmouths when they get angry, their eye has a red ring around the black center..my guess is someone stocked the pond or lake with some stream bass..heres the bass I won the tournie with, although you can't see the redness in its eyes

07-01-06, 09:34 AM	#3
qcbasser BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: davenport, iowa Posts: 14	lol nice fish! thanks jb

07-01-06, 09:36 AM	#4
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	thanks, hard to believe it hit a husky jerk ani't it rofl

07-01-06, 09:39 AM	#5
qcbasser BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: davenport, iowa Posts: 14	that lil guy was fearless!!

07-01-06, 09:48 PM	#9
skeeter944 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Somewhere in South Carolina Posts: 2,377	my spotted bass dont have red eyes? i caught one earlier and felt its tongue to make sure it was a spot,and it had teeth,so it was,but it didnt have red eyes. maybe qc,it is a redeye bass? http://fishing.about.com/od/bassfish...ures/index.htm here are pics of the different bass,and by the way,welocme to the forum!

07-01-06, 09:52 PM	#10
skeeter944 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Somewhere in South Carolina Posts: 2,377	here are more pics http://www.gloryholesports.com/new_page_4.htm

07-03-06, 12:21 AM	#11
qcbasser BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: davenport, iowa Posts: 14	Thanks skeeter, I am pretty sure it was a LM but could have been a spotted. Redeye bass are also know as rock bass (I think) and if so would have been much to small to be what I caught.....an 18incher

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