codfish Posted March 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 Thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icarussound Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 FWIW I’ve been experimenting - trying to find the perfect bucktail. I change one variable and fish two bucktails. A ways back I fished two exact bucktails, same color weight, length etc, one with eyes and one without. No difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfish Posted March 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 Thanks for sharingis it spring yet?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Couch Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 To make your plugs more attractive to yourself and other anglers...put some eyes on them. They do look cool. To catch fish at a higher rate than plugs without eyes unnecessary. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clambellies Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 If you look at the first, early plugs for stripers, they didn't have eyes, and they caught plenty of fish. The early plugs that did have eyes were just painted tack eyes, a dot of color on a bump of a tack. Did stripers think that they were seeing eyes? I doubt it. Having said all of that, I do prefer realistic eyes on a plug. If only to have the confidence that the lure will be attractive to the one loony fish who needs to see eyes to decide if it's going to eat or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneeyewilly Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 Talking from expierence , missing an eye makes little difference , the plug will get used to it eventually , can’t answer for the fish weather it makes a difference .... Bill J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed422 Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 I'm going to put eyes all over my lures. 20 eyes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfish Posted March 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMatt3R5 Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 Doubt it catches fewer fish, but man the poor thing’s depth perception must be WAY off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfish Posted March 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 That's funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billwetzel Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 I have had many discussions about eyes and did lots of experimenting. I have sort of an advantage with experimentation in that I can have my customers throw the good stuff while I fool around with everything else, so over the years I have really get a dial in in what may be effective. It is hard to experiment with plugs because they either comes with eyes or they don't. What I mean by that is when trying to determine the effectiveness of eyes you cant throw a SS darter with eyes and a Walley darter without eyes and expect to get any valid results, because they are two completely different plugs. However you can take a marker and put an eye on a bucktail and use that side by side with an eyeless buck. I have had too many times when an eyed bucktail completely out-fished an eyeless to call it coincidence. In current , no current, gin clear, deep water, day and night I have seen an eye buck out fish an eyeless. At the same time when the stripers are on the chew they are on the chew and many nights I have found that it did not matter. It is kind of like color, "It only matters when it matters". SO in my view the eyes have it and can and does make a difference. Bill WetzelNYS Licensed Guide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfish Posted March 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 Thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandbar1 Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 11 hours ago, Billwetzel said: I have had many discussions about eyes and did lots of experimenting. I have sort of an advantage with experimentation in that I can have my customers throw the good stuff while I fool around with everything else, so over the years I have really get a dial in in what may be effective. It is hard to experiment with plugs because they either comes with eyes or they don't. What I mean by that is when trying to determine the effectiveness of eyes you cant throw a SS darter with eyes and a Walley darter without eyes and expect to get any valid results, because they are two completely different plugs. However you can take a marker and put an eye on a bucktail and use that side by side with an eyeless buck. I have had too many times when an eyed bucktail completely out-fished an eyeless to call it coincidence. In current , no current, gin clear, deep water, day and night I have seen an eye buck out fish an eyeless. At the same time when the stripers are on the chew they are on the chew and many nights I have found that it did not matter. It is kind of like color, "It only matters when it matters". SO in my view the eyes have it and can and does make a difference. If eyes can at times make a difference is it a safe assumption that its always better to have eyes on your plugs and bucktails. Chasing false echoes Send lawyers, guns, and money - Zevon When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro - Thompson DITCH TROLL 333 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfish Posted March 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 Dito Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfish Posted March 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 Does it matter if the eyes wiggle and rattle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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