MagicBob Posted March 28, 2004 Report Share Posted March 28, 2004 I've been thinking about lure design a lot lately and eyes keep coming up. I have read articles talking about fish keying on their prey's eyes so ya gotta have big prominent eyes for them to key on. What I don't understand is that the most successful finess lure of all time (at least in Ca.) is the Senko, and it has no eyes at all. Before the Senko I fished Sluggos a lot in gin clear lakes (deadstick) where the bass would swim up to them and look and look then finally swim away. So I glued some eyes on my Sluggo and the bass did exactly the same thing. No difference! I even tell people who tell me eyes are critical that I take the eyes off my lures because predators key in on cripples. In fishing you can make a logical argument for almost anything. Of course I don't really take the eyes off because in order to hang a lure on the end of my line I gotta have confidence in it. So I like lures with very realistic looking eyes (never the flashy holographic ones) even though I don't really think they make a bit of difference. What about you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiverMan Posted March 28, 2004 Report Share Posted March 28, 2004 Hi Bob, There was quite a discussion on this exact subject a few months back. You might do a search on it. Jed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
