Why do bass have red eyes

Or a shoal bass. I've always called em Kentucky bass. They could all be right. Check out a book called the dorling kindersley encyclopedia of fishing. It has all of the species of saught after fish in the whole world- and how to fish for them. Rock bass. I've seen pics of smallies with red eyes, but not largies. I have never caught a smallie in that pond though.

Some smallies have red eyes, I don't think I have caught a largemouth with red eyes. Really though anything is possible, it could be a gene out of whack. The bigger issue is not being able to tell a smallmouth from a largemouth. Eaither way, the bass is almost certainly not sick. Sounds like a rock bass judging from where you caught it and whatnot. But without a picture it's hard to tell. So do bass have different eye colors?

PapaJohn "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, Jesus, that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. Re: Different Bass Eye Colors? Maybe it has to do with the fish being shallow in the south longer. Deeper fish are usually pale looking. I was catching a bunch of pale fish that looked like they had just moved up.

Maybe that has an effect on the eye color. Post by ash » Tue Mar 31, am I have a strange theory on this based upon no science just observation.

LMB bucks during spawn eyes change colors from orange to a hint of red. And had almost an iridesce. There is a species of red eye bass native to the coosa river in GA and AL.

I caught a few when I was a kid, freaky lookin eyes! No idea on the cause, but I've caught a few Largemouth with red eyes, it seems fairly commonplace for Smallies and Spots to have them. I love fishing for calico bass being near the Pacific Ocean. I pulled in a shorty about 12 inches and as I'm lipping the fish taking the hook out its faced straight towards me and its eyes were red. Maybe the way the sun was hitting the fish I don't know but that sucker looked pretty ticked off.

Just a quick bit of info, rockies and black bass do not hybridize. Same for crappie. They are too far apart, genetically, though both belong to the sunfish Centrarchidae family. Most often these bass come from a man made pond that I fish fed by a pretty good size creek. Not sure if the eyes were totally red or orange, but I caught a largemouth in Kansas this spring that appeared to have red eyes.

It came out of a lake with largemouth, smallmouth, and spots but I don't think it was a hybrid. The picture is about halfway down the page. Thats pretty cool, ive never seen that either, i know smallies and rockys can have red eyes but never largemouths. You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Paste as plain text instead.

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The range of M. They can be found from northeastern Mississippi to northwest Georgia, with the greatest concentration in north Alabama and into southern Tennessee. Sammons has had fish days on small, shoaly streams in Tennessee.

He says the redeye is very different than the other basses and fills out its niche through its habitat. I think this is why they've survived in areas where there are other bass; they occupy parts of the stream other bass can't," he says. I like a light action spinning rod with 6- or 8-pound-test line and will flip a 2-inch grub or No.

On our Slam trek, Sammons and Horton registered the only redeyes among the four of us. Both were 7 to 8 inches, average specimens.