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Location: Tinley Park. Fish Cen IL. Bass & Vilas Cty.Muskie | My buddy fishes Webster a few times a year and does really well on this over-stocked pond (Muskie Lake- that produces). He won't throw or buy any Webster bait that doesn't have red eyes/red outside of eyeball. Do eye colors work better on certain lakes or is this just because he is using red eye baits all day that he is hookin up ? My opinion is the red eye does stand out in white/crappie baits especially glide baits. If it came to buying the same bait with regular eyes or red eyes- I would buy the red eye on a white bait . What is your opinion on eye color on certain color baits ? Do red eyes work better on Webster ? Thanks and good fishin to all. Roy
Edited by basscaster 4/27/2006 8:46 AM
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | Never seen eye color make much of a difference on catch rates.
Most of my baits all all chew up and don't have any eyes at all!! LOL
I would say it is a confidence thing, and since that is what he throws all the time, then that is what he is going to catch all of his fish on.
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | In my humble (usually wrong opinion) you need to think of it this way: muskies get caught on bucktails, spinnerbaits, suicks, etc. etc....basically lots of stuff that looks (to us, humans with a real ability to discern "real" from "unreal" in terms) NOTHING like a fish. And personally, I've caught Webster muskies on bucktails, spinnerbaits, suicks and alot of baits that look like nothing that lives that is found in our universe, let alone in that like. So, does a fish really get "fooled" by the color of the eye of the bait? I agree with Mike, probably more of a confidence thing than anything. |
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Location: Palm Coast, FL | I would agree. I have never noticed any differences with eye color out producung. When purchasing a lure...I have never even thought about the eye color.
Confidence is the biggest key! If he is comfortable in throwing a certain colored eye then he will be more alert when that fish decides to hit. When your head just isn't into it is when you either lose a fish or don't see anything at all. |
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| Think 6 adult fish per acre, fish a few acres, one or two are bound to like that particular eye color. However for sunny days out on Pelican I recommend...! |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Remember the articles not too long ago suggesting that the eyes are a 'target poit' on the bait, that the predator reacts to eyes as such? I put eyes all over my lure. Can't miss.
KIDDING. Doesn't matter. Especially red. A couple feet down under most conditions, Red = Black. |
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Location: The desert | I'm just going to throw a straight up eye ball...one of those one you can buy during haloween!
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | Here is a funny one....
Last friday, I had a client ripping in a mag dawg.....when he got his lure to the boat and pulled it out of the water to make the next cast, he says, "What's this on the hook?"
You guessed it, an eyeball......about the size of a nickle, not a musky eye though......thank god!
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Location: The desert | HAHA! Did you keep it on the hook as an extra eye?? Too funny!
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Location: Tinley Park. Fish Cen IL. Bass & Vilas Cty.Muskie | I appreciate all the responses for my question from everyone. I also like to Thank every registered user who puts a reply on on any forums about any subject. I guess my interest on this question had to relate with bass fishing and the red hook craziest I see nowadays. I do know there is a better bite sometimes in bass fishing with red hooks especially in the Spring and on the back treble hook. Several years ago I used the same orange craw rattl-trap on Kentucky lake with bronze hooks and red hooks with same test line and red hooks caught bass 3/1 compared to bronze hooks. I have also used red nail polish on my back treble hook to weigh down the crankbait so the rise is slower. I will pass on the the red eye theory on baits and will try to stay away from red eye on myself on Sunday mornings. See ya on the water. |
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| I put eyes on all my crankbaits and topwaters. I buy the stick on ones you find at fly shops .
Eyes are important (IMHO) to complete the package.
After all bait fish have eyes. |
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Webster Lake bait question. Eye color ? ?