I'd never seen this on a walleye before.

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Caught this yesterday in shallow water.
At first I thought it was blood but it was under the skin like a vein. Looks to have started where the hook pierced its upper jaw. Maybe it ruptured that vessel to make it redish like that?
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it literally looks like its dripping blood off its tail...

I know right! Like I said there definitely wasn't blood on the outside of its skin anyways, tried wiping it off.
I had just ran my hand down it before the pic. Just odd I thought.
 


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Looks like a lateral line that's incurred some sort of trauma. Crazy!
 
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huh never heard of that wonder what caused it on the fish you caught
 

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Cool beans, thanks!
 


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No the big lake John, been three days of glass in a row, was pretty sweet not gonna lie! #$%^&>:;:thumbsup
 
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I've had that happen on lots of spring male eyes. I don't know if that means mortality is forthcoming or if it's just a symptom of being caught. Of the eyes I have kept that had that red line, they didn't have it when I cleaned them. Of those I have released, I can not say. I guess I wouldn't take it as a bad omen either way. Nice fish!!
 

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I’ve never seen that before either.
 


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Like red line wide oval tires, didnt make your car faster, just look faster. Half of the guys on here dont know what I am talking about. You need to be an old gezzer. LB
 

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Looks like a killer mount, I'd sacrifice that table fare for the wall :cool:

Right rut!
I was thinking, if this sucker was big it would look bad ass on the wall!
 


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