Gale Bertram " I need to be on the boat when you catch that fish"    Is that the hint Heller was talking about i've watch S6E1 four time already that's all i can think is a hint , What do you people think?

Red john is on the list of seven. Jane's list is within the list of seven. But he's closer than he's told anyone. He's allowed Red John to see that he's close "the toothpick trick" but he's concealed how close he truly is from Red John...from everyone. He's done this in order to place himself one step ahead of red john. He needs red john to know that he's close so that he will panic and make a mistake. Not letting him see the extent of how close he really is not only puts Jane essentially one step ahead, but also will serve to humiliate red john in the end. My guess? Its Bertram. After the premiere I feel that Bertram is even more errogant and vindictive than I felt before. I think that he's not only capable of committing these crimes but the way he talks is identical to the way red john talks. The only difference is in the pitch. Pay attention to his diction and his tone. I think that the falsetto is his real voice and he covers it with his Bertram voice in everyday life. I'm guessing that Jane is strongly suspicious of Bertram and uses a larger lslist to throw him off. That's my theory

Because he used to quote Blake in many occasions as Red John.. Is in between many agencies, he have the perfect age to be suspected in the old factory events and have enought time to spend knowing the moviments of the Lisbon's team..

1 . BP is dead ... 
2. when lisbon entered in the room where patridge was found ... the door was closed ... but after he died someone was behind her and the door was open ...  you cannot say was patridge ... like some teories i read here ... 
3. Red John was painting Lisbon face with his right hand ! 
4. i think lisbon isn t dead ... 
 
My guess is that Kristina Frye is behind RedJohn ...he is only the killer (this is only a suposition ) ... think abaut that ... and then look at the last scene and try to watch again but no where the writer what you to look ... because this is the trick ! 

Whoever Red John is, it is someone who knows that Lisbon won't be getting any back-up because the local police blame her for the officer being shot and also knows her well enough that she will go into the house without back-up. He would also guess or know that Lisbon illegally put a trace on all of the suspects on the list. It has to be one of the law enforcement people and most of these clues point more towards Bertram than to the others. I wonder if the lack of back-up (actually the knowledge that the local police are out to get Lisbon) is the clue that Heller said would be presented in this episode.

Bertram taunts Jane and Lisbon about getting close to Red John
and says coyly, "I am many things to many people." That exchange
certainly casts a lot of suspicion on Bertram.
Heller: Yes,
it does. He's a very suspicious character, and those suspicions are not
without foundation. [But] they're not necessarily the foundation that we
think they are. One of the things that is going to be revealed in these
next few episodes is that there is a whole lot more going wrong in
California law enforcement than simply Red John. And Bertram is both a
prime suspect as Red John, but also deeply involved in that other plot.

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Mentalist-Bruno-Heller-Season-6-Premiere-1071429.aspx

A few things to consider:

1. Bret Partridge is dead. For those who think that he is still alive, and mostly likely Red John, you're wrong. He looked like a prime candidate, but this is the Mentalist. No one saw Craig O'Laughlin being a Red John disciple, but it happened. Partridge is down, with six likely suspects remaining. Which leads me to suspect Gale Bertram even more.

Bertram is the director, and can access anything he needs to know. A few reasons I suspect him...

1. In the season 3 finale, when Jane tells him of the meeting with Hightower at the mall, Bertram at first hesitates, and then agrees. As soon as Jane leaves his office, Bertram picks up the phone and calls someone (likely Timothy Carter).

2. He mentions to Jane in the same episode "reaching the end of your rope" leading on to believe he knew the whole setup was a trap. O'Laughlin tells Bertram he was told Hightower would be in room 605, Bertram was told 505. Immediately realizing it's a trap, Bertram sets up one of his own.

3. Back to the present: When Jane and Lisbon encounter Bertram in "The Desert Rose" He is angry about the previous case, and presents two options: agree to a suspension, or take a case far away. Really? Those are the only two options? Bertram knows they'll take the second, gets Partridge out to the desert to meet them, and everything plays out how he wants.

4. Bertram also says "Jane's getting close, or at least thinks he is. Everyone's talking about it." I'm not so sure about this claim; Lisbon and Jane would've heard if people were talking about how close he was. I think this was a mistake made by Bertram, and he acts flustered, which doesn't help. I remember back to when Lorelei shot Jason Lennon, she says to Patrick "Red John's not perfect, he makes mistakes." I think this was another.

5. Lastly I look back to the ending of "The Desert Rose." Lisbon gets a lead, and discovers Partridge is at the scene. This makes sense for anyone who could be Red John. They leave their cell phone at a location, because they know it's bugged, and go to the scene of the crime without it. It would throw Lisbon, who is tracking, and it would be a perfect alibi. Plus why would they need a cell? They know Lisbon will have hers. So Red John arrives, wounds Partridge to the point of death, knowing he will only say "Tyger Tyger" before dying. Lisbon arrives, finds Partridge, and then she is knocked unconscious, while Red John calls Jane from Lisbon's cell. The most likely suspect is Bertram for this, continuing from the reasoning above, and the reason I think he didn't kill Lisbon, was because he knows she can still be of use.

Please let me know what you think. There are a lot of other motives for Bertram, but these seemed to be the biggest.