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| here's a cool pic of a muskie my partner caught today on Big Arbor Vitae.
the fish was scarred and blind in it's left eye - but well healed. looked like a hook scar or maybe something from a net scrape.
very healthy and clearly overcoming it's injury nicely.
it took a swipe at an orange pacemaker by coming along the lure's left/fish's right side, then followed into the figure eight which turned it to it's right (good side).
we raised it again on an orange bucktail but as soon as the lure turned to it's left (blind side) for a figure eight the fish immediately turned to it's right and swam off.
got it on a throw-back with a tiger tube.
maybe we're making something out of nothing about which way the fish would turn...but maybe not. cool either way - and good to see a fish thriving in spite of an injury like this.
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Location: syracuse indiana | hey i have a good size fish i have had several try's at her. and she is blind also. i can tell that she has a problem on fig 8's and i have now figured out that next time i see her i am going to force myself to do a opposit side fig 8 so she can track it....good to see that a fish with a small inconvience can still survive even though they are a hunting fish....bill |
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| Pretty cool how these fish can thrive with one, or even both eyes gone. As far as doing an opposite 8, maybe try just a big circle or oval. That way the fish would be turning into it's good eye the whole time. |
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | I caught a 39.5 on the Barbee Chain here in Indiana that was blind, left eye was gone. Hit a fast moving Grey Ghost Hounder. Nice healthly fish, no problem eating. |
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