I took this photo in early september from a bridge and thought nothing of it except bad photo.
A couple weeks ago I was wondering where the warm water/cold water boundary was (it is near this spot somewhere) when I thought of this fish with the red eyes, and worriedly thought "what kind of fish has red eyes?"
I could only think rock bass and smallmouth as possibilities, neither of which should be that close to trout water. But I am not sure on the ID as a photo from a bridge leaves much to be desired without a lateral view.
I posted the photo on the fish and game facebook a week ago and this week told a warden of it directly. But I wonder if I should do more? Should I sent the photo to a fisheries biologist? Maybe I am panicking too much, it was a small fish,.
Edited by FirstChAoS, 25 September 2015 - 11:31 AM.