Largemouth with red eyes?

That isnt a largemouth, there are 3 other species of bass that have red eyes. One is the Shoal bass that is only found in Florida, The red eye bass found in Georgia and Alabama, the Smallmouth and the Spotted bass.

the Spotted bass lives in the eastern regions of the United States, ranging northward to Ohio and westward to Texas and down to Alabama and Georgia. They thrive in deep, clear lakes with lots of clean gravel and rock. I hear somewhere to tell if its a spotted bass you feel the tongue to see if it has a tongue patch, if it does then it is a spotted bass.

I honestly have caught many spots that appeared precisely like largemouth aside from the crimson eye and the shorter jaw. Spots variety very much in shade and markings, and are maximum many times puzzled for largemouth. Even the eyes of observed bass may well be greater amber- brown. the single surefire thank you to knkw is to close its mouth and notice if its jaw extends previous its eye. If his jaw is previous his eye, its a largemouth. If it stops in the previous the tip of the attention, its a gap.

The cowboy has got it right. I catch them at times,and the spotted bass will have the red eyes, but even at times,there eyes will be orange in tint.

It is definitely a spotted bass.

We have those also from time to time and I wonder the same thing. They must either be one of two things a smallmouth hybrid or that may just be a trait they developed from murky water somehow. Ive caught one that looks identicle to that and a couple normal largie with red eyes in murky water though there a nice surprise maybe 1 a year or so.

So this is how the Zombie Apocalypse will start through bass? I am just kidding! I honestly do not have the slightest clue what could cause the red eyes... Possible some kind of chemical in the water? Like said above call your local or state fishing and game commission and report/ask them what it could be.

AHHHHH!!! Demon bass! Demon bass! Red eyes are a sign of the devil! Run to the hills! Run for your lives! May God have mercy on their souls!

Just kidding.

It doesn't happen very often, but it's very possible they may have hybridized and the offspring got the major makeup of the largemouth and only the eyes of the smallmouth.

From what I could see in the pic, the lateral stripe wasn't broken up like a spot's, so I'm guessing it was not a spotted bass.

It might also just be possible that they might be largemouths with a birth defect that causes red eyes.

It is the spotted bass, sometimes referred to in my area as "kentucky" bass.

sure looks like a redeye bass but those are only caught in the south. maybe someone imported one.