Eyes

[Vogt]

It makes no difference in my oppinion.

[JFigliuolo]

Questions like this always make me think... until I am smacked in the face w/the fact that there are swivels/hooks/metal lips hanging all over the plug... What do the fish not see that stuff and focus on whether there are eyes there or not? seriously.

[NIB]

On a plug like a danny in it's purest form has lots of roll.This is not a bad thing.It adds to the great snake like action.The problem lies when one adds eyes to it.This emphasizes the roll and looks funny to the fish..Along the same lines I prefer my danny's painted solid in color or at least they should not have drastic color changes from one color to the next.A subtle blend of yellow top to a pearl belly is about as exotic as I get..
Other swimmers that don't go overboard with roll eyes are fine.
I see guys thro eyes on all kinds of plugs without them like A NB bottle darter..I guess this is ok.I now one guy swears by it..
I have read some things where they say the Japanese use eyes quite a bit on their lures.In fact they like big eyes..
Thats fine also..I don't add eyes to jigs..They seem to work fine for me.
On a pencil popper I like to put my eyes in the tail of the plug..
I can't say I invented that.but there was only one other guy doing it when I started using em there...
And it wasn't salty..
My philosophy on that is it's the only part of the plug that stays in the water.Sort of,I think the eyes in that location give the bass a better target..I like eyes on Needles.I put eyes on my Gibbs..

[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by JFigliuolo

Questions like this always make me think... until I am smacked in the face w/the fact that there are swivels/hooks/metal lips hanging all over the plug... What do the fish not see that stuff and focus on whether there are eyes there or not? seriously.

When I've asked the fish they slap there foreheads and say "I thought those were fins"

[bloocrab]

I think "back in the day", if eyes weren't available, eyes weren't installed. On the flip-side, I think in this day and age, it's just a way to offer a slightly different model of a plug you already have bodies for ..one more way to corner the market

....it's just another reason to have more plugs tooo....

"yeah, I have some BM Dannys .... some with eyes, some without" -


I don't think they make much of a catching difference, unless you're counting fishermen of course ...

In saying that, If I'm looking to imitate a baitfish, obviously...I would prefer them to have eyes.

[Tagger]

BM made a name ,,no eyes... My own needle I fish no eyes.. skin plug ,,no eyes.. They still work . But would they work better ? I could be missing the boat again ..