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?
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.
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!!
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