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Location: Florence, Wisconsin | Anyone out there bump into muskies blind in one eye but otherwise healthy. Looking for stories with happy endings here. Yesterday I caught a fish I've been chasing for weeks and he got one of my suick trebles in his eye. Swam off fine right away but bleeding from his eye-socket. Yes, I am the same guy with the post a couple of weeks ago about having one die one him. Best of times worst of times.
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Location: Brookfield, WI | We were out this morning and caught one on Pewaukee that looked like it was blind in one eye. We talked to Koepp on the phone while fishing, and he said he thinks he caught the same fish last Tuesday. It was skinny, but could see well enough to be caught twice in a week. It also has one gill that was pretty beat up.
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Location: IN | On the lakes here in Indiana, it can be tough to catch a fish that isn't already beat to hell. Blind eyes, missing gill plates, missing fins, missing large chunks of flesh. It's all pretty common. I caught a small fish last year that had a huge cut down it's side, it was deep enough to see guts, but the fish still ate my bulldawg. I see quite a few fish each year that have a bad eye, so I would think that an eye injury alone probably won't prove fatal in most cases. |
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| I caught a 4lb+ Largemouth that had a reddish growth completely covering one eye. It had no trouble feeding. In fact, Bass that are completely blind are still very successful feeders, due to their use of their lateral lines. Of course Muskies are different species, but I would think one eye would be more than sufficient for him/her, and wouldn't lose a second's sleep over it. |
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Location: Nekoosa, WI | I caught a fish on Long lake on the Three Lakes chain many years ago that was blind in BOTH eyes! Just goes to show you how big of a role that their lateral line plays in their survival. The fish was 44 inches as I recall and quite fat too. Jason
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| This looks awsome I think. Blind on one eye but enough sight to take the lure HARD!!!!
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| Guest - 8/6/2006 1:07 AM
This looks awsome I think. Blind on one eye but enough sight to take the lure HARD!!!!
Forgot to log on......the quote with the picture....it's mine! I hope you like this picture....I think it is pretty awsome!
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | HH- I think even blind in one eye-she has a good chance for survival.
Check this thread out. ->http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/board/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=2939&posts=8
It just so happens that muskies and pike have a pretty complex sensory system called the lateral line. It performs very similar to how our US Navy Submarine Sonar system's operate- maybe better, i.e., they can pretty well visualize/image an object that is moving in relationship to their body. In another study Dr. New has pretty well established that muskies that have been visually blinded in both eyes, can effectively capture prey.
Actually I think the muskie/pike body profile gives them a huge advantage over other fish-f.ex. a bass. The lateral line acts as a di-pole antenna, the longer the arms of the di-pole antenna, the more sensitive it is to position of the transmitter.
Humans have a similar system, i.e. our skin. Only our skin is sensitivity is more generalized. If your girlfriend breathes on the back of your neck you know where she is, even if you have your eyes closed. If she breathes on other parts of your body, you also know where she is!
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Location: Home of the 2016 World Series Champion Cubs | Down on Green River in Ky. I caught a 42" blind in one eye in chocolate milk after a heavy rain on a Magic maker (not what yould call a straight running bait). She hit it like a ton of bricks and looked very healthy. Dont get too bent out of shape over it.
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Location: Toledo | Won the Hoosier Muskie Classic with a 48 incher that was blind in one eye. The fish followed my bait to the boat and lost vision of my lure on a figure eight. The fish's good eye got sight of my brother's lure coming in and took his. Other than the its eye, the fish was healthy.
"The Musky Shakes"
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Location: Elkhart, IN | I agree with EsoxJohnny, I've caught a few that were blind in one eye and feeding quite well here in Indiana. |
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| I'd encourage you all to read this science article on the feeding behavior of muskies focusing on their main sensory organs (eyes and lateral line). Very interesting stuff. I believe it explains why fish that may be blind or incapacitated somehow can still feed successfully. Also, pay attention to the results... sight is definately important, but don't forget about exploiting the lateral line.
The results are on the second page, but if you read the methods section it is quite interesting to see how they set up their experiment.
http://www.jstor.org.proxy2.library.uiuc.edu/view/09628436/sp020008... |
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| We won the FRV Spring Challunge when my partner boated a 49". She had one eye clouded over white and was scarred and tattered. I say she looked like a pirate. Aaar! |
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Location: Elkhart, IN | Esox50, sounds like an interesting article, but it says you can't access it unless you're a university employee or student. Can you copy and paste it? |
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| My buddy got one on Mille Lacs that had been obviously eyehooked. Hit on a jig.. |
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| Rockin or anyone else,
Try this. Go to this website, it has the summary which may be sufficient for some, but for the full text you have to go to the right and click the PDF version.
http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/content/abstract/204/6/1207
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Location: Bloomington MN / Price County WISC | EYE-YI-EYE ? Sponge, you're the man !! |
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| My Partner caught a 47" musky about 15 years ago on the Chippewa Flowage that was not only blind in one eye but the eye was actually missing and the eye socket was completely grown over with a layer of skin and looked almost like it was suppose to be like that. Strangest thing I've ever seen with Muskies. The fish itslef was very healthy looking also. He released it just fine but we never heard of anyone catching her again. |
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| Caught a 49 that had what looked like a glass eye at boatside--in when the bait went to the right side of the body it would lose track of it, when I brought it back to the fish's side with the good eye it would get really excited and chase hard until it went to the other side of the body, then the fish would slow down like it was saying "Hey, where the heck did that go?". Judging by a picture, a friend of mine caught & released it again 3 months later in almost the same spot and she was picking up some fall weight, so.... |
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