Caught this bass today, and the eyes seem to "bulge" out a lot more than the other much smaller bass. Is this normal with a big bass, or something wrong with her eyes?

It's normal for older bass. You ever see the ones at bps those things look like their eyes would pop out if you thumped em on head

Lol. How old do you think she is at 12.8lbs? About 26.5 inches long.

If you weighed that at 12 lbs you may want to check your scale.. Nice fish though

Sorry, 6.8 lbs and the length I am not sure of. Wanted to know about how old she is? Typed those numbers for something else before I posted.

Oh ok that's more like it haha, thats a real nice looking fish though 6.8 around here is huge

Caught her here in central nc in a pond. My friend said 6 or 7 years old because 1 year old per pound. Not sure if that's accurate. :-/

Probably impossible to tell cause they grow different rates in different places but at 26.5 " I would guess 8-10 years

Gotta be bigger than 6.8 at 26.5". That is unless she was super skinny.

I'm certain of the 6.8lbs. But didn't measure it. See my earlier post it was a typo. :-). Big eyes though lol

She had a big belly!!!!!!!!!!

You can pull a scale and count rings to get an idea. I caught a 12 this year that seemed to be 5-7 years old, but this is from a freak pond. I pulled a scale from a 7 that looked to be over ten years. Its really dependant. But with those big ol eyes I would guess shes alot older than 6 or 7

NGaHB

I read some about and need to read up on more on the scale technique. That does seem to be the most accurate. Next time I catch a big one I need to do that. Thanks! Joe