Caught this one on a farm pond this afternoon. Looks healthy except for the bubble. Anyone else seen this happen?

4 out of 5 Bassheads surveyed,

recommend a good bubble eye ~ 

I certainly do.

A-Jay

I have always been told it is the sign of an old fish.  I've never seen it on a small one either 

 

Yall look closer, there's an extra bubble, not that the eye is bulging. 

 

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Aquarium fishes get infected popeye disease I dont see why fishes in the wild would be immune.

On 10/16/2023 at 5:31 PM, einscodek said:

Aquarium fishes get infected popeye disease I dont see why fishes in the wild would be immune.

infected popeye disease?

12 hours ago, Drawdown said:

infected popeye disease?

https://www.thesprucepets.com/pop-eye-symptoms-and-cure-1379917

On 10/18/2023 at 9:21 AM, einscodek said:

https://www.thesprucepets.com/pop-eye-symptoms-and-cure-1379917

Somehow that seems different. Those fish have eyes bugging out—mine seemed to have a little air pocket under the eyeball.

 

It was hooked in the side of the mouth/jaw. I don’t suppose the hook might have somehow poked behind the eye, first to create such a bubble?

 

May not be an answer other than “you see strange things when you’re fishing.”

7 minutes ago, Drawdown said:

Somehow that seems different. Those fish have eyes bugging out—mine seemed to have a little air pocket under the eyeball.

 

It was hooked in the side of the mouth/jaw. I don’t suppose the hook might have somehow poked behind the eye, first to create such a bubble?

 

May not be an answer other than “you see strange things when you’re fishing.”

Yer right Ajay's fish looks like a form of Pop-eye but yours seem more localized maybe as a result of some larger infectious critter ie.. parasite.