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Comment by Steven Serrano on August 1, 2011 at 8:00am

last fall i caught multiple bluegill with red eyes. and i live in New York!

Comment by John Cachel on June 4, 2010 at 7:48am

Good question! Maybe something to do with warm water all year around and a lot of shallow with weeds! Fish look healthy to me! Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass, and few other fish have red eyes that's not warm water all year around so I don't know!

Comment by Bruce Condello on June 4, 2010 at 7:06am

Interesting. I've never caught red-eyed bluegill in Nebraska, but I've been catching quite a few when I fish down in Texas. Most of those weren't coppernose however. Evidently some kind of regional variation...

Comment by Zach Pierce on June 4, 2010 at 6:53am

I was wondering if it had something to do with the water, or maybe some sort of hybrid gene.

Also do you know if the Coppernose with cross with the Northern Gills?

If so does anyone have a picture of one?

Comment by John Cachel on June 3, 2010 at 12:48pm

I believe that Coppernose Bluegills have some red eyes while Northern 'gills don't have it. Just my guess because for years that I never see any bluegills have red eyes in midwest ..... only some in Florida!

Comment by Zach Pierce on June 3, 2010 at 11:35am

We just caught some here in Oklahoma 2 nights ago with red eyes, I am still trying to get the pics uploaded.

Comment by Jeremy R. Mayo on March 27, 2009 at 11:59am

The bass have em to! Some evil lookin fish coming outta the water! haha

Comment by John Cachel on March 26, 2009 at 6:02pm

This is what I talked about some bluegills have some red eyes in Florida!