[MagicBob]

Right on Riverman. When people say stuff to me about how a lure's gotta have eyes to catch fish I just say I take the eyes off my lures because predators key on the weak prey. You can rationalize just about anything if you try hard enough.

[boatnik13]

Like this > If I throw a flashey lure into a school of BLUE FISH > I'm lucky to get the lure back! It doesen't even need paint> just flash. Now I can't get that action in freshwater so I do what they call "FIN CLIPPING". Customizing the live minnow to swim a certain way in distress and the action outways the EYE action. I guess we might be looking at paint and details like eyes as a way to lure fisherman/woman into buying the lure not really what the fish are thinking. As someone said> they use sences like us, SIGHT,SMELL,Vibration.Just that one of thoes sences is the strongest depending on what kind of fish we are after or the type of water condition that day.

[jtexas]

I appreciate Riverman's dissertation - sort of a back-to-basics type discussion. Nothing in nature looks anything like a spinnerbait, yet there you are. Also I've heard countless bass pro's say that confidence is more important than lure color. You have the reaction strike, where they just react to flash and movement, then you have the sight-oriented strike, like Riverman's example when the fish seem to study the bait and either swim away or inhale it. We've all seen fish in tanks do that. And if Nathan is right then eyes on a lure will make Mr. Bass a more effective predator of your lure. I just wonder how to make eyes on lures look more realistic to another fish.

Jann makes another good point - but I think you left out voiding the bowels to lighten the load. Has anybody here ever made a lure that mimics bodily functions?