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Mar 17, 2024 13:11:11   #
Geomike Loc: Forest Ranch, CA
 
This is a tip to get you more fish on your stringer. Adding a stick-on eye or painted eye to your lures is an effective way to get more strikes. I have been doing this for years now and I get more strikes and hook ups than with the same lure with no eyes. It has been proven that predatory fish target bait fish eyes. As you may know many species of fish have tail spots like the Red Drum (Redfish, Channel Bass) have an eye spot on their tails so predators go after their tails rather than their real eyes on their heads. Many lures come with eyes either molded, painted or stick-ons, especially plugs (crank baits and jerk baits - see photo) but if yours don’t you can do your own. You can purchase self adhesive eyes from many vendors such as those on Ebay or paint your own with enamel paint and a few nails of various sizes to get the eye colors you want. Dip a nail head into your paint and touch it to your lure to get a circular shape. Let it dry then select a smaller nail head and repeat to get your pupil. Give this a try a see what happens. Tight lines!





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Mar 17, 2024 15:27:50   #
J in Cleveland Loc: Cleveland, Ohio
 
Great tip!! Thanks!!

Tight lines
J

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Mar 17, 2024 16:12:20   #
RIVERBOTTOM Loc: south east texas
 
very good tip. I have several vintage lures and all of them have large eyes,

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Mar 17, 2024 18:34:24   #
ranger632 Loc: Near Yosemite Park Ca.
 
Just something else to buy,

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Mar 17, 2024 19:10:19   #
plumbob Loc: New Windsor Maryland
 
Geomike wrote:
This is a tip to get you more fish on your stringer. Adding a stick-on eye or painted eye to your lures is an effective way to get more strikes. I have been doing this for years now and I get more strikes and hook ups than with the same lure with no eyes. It has been proven that predatory fish target bait fish eyes. As you may know many species of fish have tail spots like the Red Drum (Redfish, Channel Bass) have an eye spot on their tails so predators go after their tails rather than their real eyes on their heads. Many lures come with eyes either molded, painted or stick-ons, especially plugs (crank baits and jerk baits - see photo) but if yours don’t you can do your own. You can purchase self adhesive eyes from many vendors such as those on Ebay or paint your own with enamel paint and a few nails of various sizes to get the eye colors you want. Dip a nail head into your paint and touch it to your lure to get a circular shape. Let it dry then select a smaller nail head and repeat to get your pupil. Give this a try a see what happens. Tight lines!
This is a tip to get you more fish on your stringe... (show quote)


Good tip Geo. I found that color of the eye made a difference too. 2 lures the same but with different eye colors. 1 would get more hits than the other.

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Mar 17, 2024 20:33:33   #
DCGravity Loc: Fairfax, VA (by way of Cleveland OH)
 
Geomike wrote:
This is a tip to get you more fish on your stringer. Adding a stick-on eye or painted eye to your lures is an effective way to get more strikes. I have been doing this for years now and I get more strikes and hook ups than with the same lure with no eyes. It has been proven that predatory fish target bait fish eyes. As you may know many species of fish have tail spots like the Red Drum (Redfish, Channel Bass) have an eye spot on their tails so predators go after their tails rather than their real eyes on their heads. Many lures come with eyes either molded, painted or stick-ons, especially plugs (crank baits and jerk baits - see photo) but if yours don’t you can do your own. You can purchase self adhesive eyes from many vendors such as those on Ebay or paint your own with enamel paint and a few nails of various sizes to get the eye colors you want. Dip a nail head into your paint and touch it to your lure to get a circular shape. Let it dry then select a smaller nail head and repeat to get your pupil. Give this a try a see what happens. Tight lines!
This is a tip to get you more fish on your stringe... (show quote)


Great tip Geomike. Supposedly the big red 3-D eyes really attract hungry bass, but I haven't noticed a difference in catch rate. Now if there was a way to get the eyes to stay on soft plastics (e.g. Keitech paddletails), even superglue doesn't seem to work...

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Mar 17, 2024 21:15:47   #
Geomike Loc: Forest Ranch, CA
 
DCGravity wrote:
Great tip Geomike. Supposedly the big red 3-D eyes really attract hungry bass, but I haven't noticed a difference in catch rate. Now if there was a way to get the eyes to stay on soft plastics (e.g. Keitech paddletails), even superglue doesn't seem to work...


There is a company that makes eyes that go through plastics and lock on the other end that holds the eye on. I will have to hunt down the company and contact you when found.

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Mar 17, 2024 21:30:44   #
DCGravity Loc: Fairfax, VA (by way of Cleveland OH)
 
Geomike wrote:
There is a company that makes eyes that go through plastics and lock on the other end that holds the eye on. I will have to hunt down the company and contact you when found.


Hey, thanks Geomike; I appreciate that. I actually thought of that idea but had never seen anything commercially available. They'd have to be cheap too--when I get a bite on a Keitech, rhey're usually one and done.

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Mar 17, 2024 22:10:32   #
FourchonLa. Loc: Fourchon Louisiana, South Louisiana
 
Geomike wrote:
This is a tip to get you more fish on your stringer. Adding a stick-on eye or painted eye to your lures is an effective way to get more strikes. I have been doing this for years now and I get more strikes and hook ups than with the same lure with no eyes. It has been proven that predatory fish target bait fish eyes. As you may know many species of fish have tail spots like the Red Drum (Redfish, Channel Bass) have an eye spot on their tails so predators go after their tails rather than their real eyes on their heads. Many lures come with eyes either molded, painted or stick-ons, especially plugs (crank baits and jerk baits - see photo) but if yours don’t you can do your own. You can purchase self adhesive eyes from many vendors such as those on Ebay or paint your own with enamel paint and a few nails of various sizes to get the eye colors you want. Dip a nail head into your paint and touch it to your lure to get a circular shape. Let it dry then select a smaller nail head and repeat to get your pupil. Give this a try a see what happens. Tight lines!
This is a tip to get you more fish on your stringe... (show quote)


Great tip Mike. Wondering where you've been. May have missed you but the last ones I remember were Name that fly or Old lures. Anyway, good to see you back on the stage.

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Mar 17, 2024 23:23:35   #
NJ219bands Loc: New Jersey
 
Nice 👍

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Mar 18, 2024 00:45:51   #
Roge2510 Loc: Cloverdale CA
 
Thanks for the tip, thigh lines!

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Mar 18, 2024 08:28:07   #
hueey Loc: Lake Fork Tx
 
ranger632 wrote:
Just something else to buy,


What else r I going to spend your money on??😁😁👀👁️👀👁️🙄

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Mar 18, 2024 12:09:03   #
Geomike Loc: Forest Ranch, CA
 
FourchonLa. wrote:
Great tip Mike. Wondering where you've been. May have missed you but the last ones I remember were Name that fly or Old lures. Anyway, good to see you back on the stage.


Howdy LA. Thanks for your comment. I've been busy maintaining my property and tying flies for my retirement business. Hope all is good with you and yours. Mike

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Mar 18, 2024 13:17:39   #
Harris T. Fudpucker Loc: Lafayette, Louisiana
 
Great tip, and some of these 'fisherman' don't need a tip, but I sure do, and appreciate them.

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Mar 18, 2024 19:25:32   #
Geomike Loc: Forest Ranch, CA
 
Harris T. Fudpucker wrote:
Great tip, and some of these 'fisherman' don't need a tip, but I sure do, and appreciate them.


Hey Mr. FP thanks for your comment. More are on the way. Stay tuned and keep that line in the water.
Happy St. Patty's Day

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