The Eyeball? He was just giving you the EVIL EYE.................

 

Maybe it tried to eat one of those big husky jerks and got a treble in the eye like they sometimes do. That might have caused the damage. That is the only thing that comes to mind.

 

Ever see the movie "ORCA"? Be afraid, be very afraid! She is going to eat your boat the next trip out!!!

 

Don't know what it is but I have seen a few over the years.

Shark

 

Probably had any infection in its eye. It could have been damaged during the spawn or like has been said it could have been damaged by a thousand other things. I have also seen this before and caught one the same way a week ago up by the islands. Maybe it was allergic to the bait that was in its mouth? Ha Ha.

 

I know on muskies when a fish has bulging eyes its form deep water. The fish was in deep water and came up quick to take the bait, with the intent to return to the deep water. There internal pressure has not regulated yet. Which case bulging eyes.

 

I was thinking the same thing Tubuzz!

I think it was the water pressure change.

Either that or the old saying comes to mind. "The better to see you with".

 

Kind of the same way Perch spew thier air bladders when you pull them from deep water. Or it could be a injury form spawning. Some days you just dont know what you going to pull from the lake.

 

Hopful it will never be a body.

 

Try Visine in the lievewell next time.

 

Try Visine in the lievewell next time.

Excellent!
Now I have heard everything.
Thanks for the laugh...

 

Did the fish look like this?
Two of our 12 fish that we caught today out of Edgewater had an eye like this.
Another balast bug?

 

Maybe someone from the DNR would know.

 

If you look closely it looks like it has sand in its eye

 

great picture Donkey!

most of you guys have probably seen those tumors that happen on the outside of the fish- usually in the spring. I've talked to the DNR guys about that and they said it's a virus that's nothing to worry about. they said the fish get stressed from the spawn and are more prone to catching it. i haven't seen that bulging eye thing yet but i wonder if it's a similar thing?

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