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I was fishing a private pond yesterday that is deep and the color of the water was brown. The bream were good sized but had not gotten their colors on yet. Most all of them were a grayish color and had red eyes like the attached. The red eyes were throwing me. Is that a color that will change to black once the water clears up a bit...rain has kept the pond dingy brown.Attachment 375269
Might be a copper nose bluegill. Hart to tell. I’m guessing it’s eyes will stay red.
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That is a copper nose.
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I can remember mornings when my eyes used to look like that:cheers2
Caught several with a real red eye today wished I’d took a picture I noticed that it was different any way!
I often see bream with red eyes , not just coppernose ….
causes are endless ….
allergies to fish hooks is quite possible :Rofl
or the ever dreaded coronavirus has found its way into the population maybe ?
I don't think the murder hornets sting fish but anything is possible these days …..:yikes
all kidding around aside that is a jim dandy coppernose bluegill …
congrats and KABOOM
A copper nose for sure. They can get big!
Thanks for the replies. I have fished this pond several times. The owner will not let anybody keep any of the bream but he wants all the bass out of it. The bass are about 8 to 11 inches long and there are a bunch of them. I have read where you don't want to cull the small bass on a good bream pond so I never keep any of the bass either. Looks to me like he would let us thin out the bream, All the ones I caught were nice fish but I think a few years ago I was catching bigger cooper nose. Anyway he doesn't even fish and the pond has not been fished in 2 years so it is his pond and I just go catch around 80 or so every time I go and through them back. It is a fun time so I am thankful to him for that.
Bahahaha. Me too. Many years ago.Quote:
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Depending on what state they are in. If in TN, and they are not on a feed program...forget it. I have access to several ponds....small lakes that have them. They get the length...but the weight is woefully lacking. The state does not stock them in our waters but some folks let some go in a TWRA lake about 12 years back. They have mixed with the northern strain and nearly all you catch out of there now are the mixed breed and they do not have the shoulders to them. Have not fished it this spring yet and I keep hoping they will put on weight but so far they have not.
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I’m with Ketchn, all things aside, it’s a nice fish. All of the varieties have a distinct personality, notably the shellcracker and red bellies. Attitude issues. Never seen one with a red eye though.
Almost all I catch out of a lake I have access to have red eyes. No northern strain bluegill in the lake....all copper nose.
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Never caught a copper snout, but they are pretty fish, no matter what their lineage :biggrin
I think this is mostly a regular strain bluegill and it has some red in its eyes .
I think I read somewhere about some sunfish species getting red in their eyes when they are in breeding mode ?