I am new to this site and had a question.when a bass's eyes are bulged out and and there is an internal organ puffed up like a balloon inside its mouth to the point of almost coming out,what is that a sign of?

It sounds like the air bladder when the fish is brought up from deep water.

It sounds like the air bladder when the fish is brought up from deep water.

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Andrew

you need to "fizz" your fish. 

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I don't know what actually causes it but the Bugged Eyed Bass are usually BIG . . . .

 

A-Jay

you need to "fizz" your fish. 

 

 

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A-Jay

Fish have swim bladders to regulate buoyancy so they can stay at particular water depths without exerting a lot of energy.  Some fish can regulate their bladders fairly quickly but it takes bass quite a while to do it.  When you catch a bass from deep water, the air in its bladder wants to expand.  If you release the bass quickly, it will usually be able to power itself back down to its original depth without harm.  But if the fish is too tired out from a long fight or if kept too long at the surface, the fish's muscles fail and the air bladder expands until the fish is unable to swim upright.  Then the only way for the fish to survive is for you to mechanically sink the fish back to the bottom with a weighted hook apparatus or "fizz" the fish by releasing the excess pressure in its swim bladder with a hypodermic needle.

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Welcome Stephen! BobP explained it better than I ever could. The bulging eyes just let's em see all around much better and yeah, seems like the more they look bulged, the bigger they are.

Either it was dead or just a big fish caught deep as others have stated.