01-13-2022, 03:53 PM
(01-13-2022, 04:06 AM)Jmorfish Wrote:(01-12-2022, 07:31 PM)Jonthecook Wrote: I was up at Pineview last night searching for Crappie. The bite was really really slow until I pulled in a perch. After relieving him of his eye and throwing it on my hook, the bite picked up rather significantly. It got me to thinking of starting to save/freeze some eyes to bring with me on my trips so I can start with those and not have to find a perch first. Anyone have success saving eyes for later use?
Okay, so I gotta ask...you said 'the bite picked up rather significantly.' with a perch eye...did you mean catching more perch or were you actually catching crappie with a perch eye?...glad you did good...
I can't answer for him,. but I can tell you at least in years past, both. The crappies seem just fine eating perch eyes. I've had nights where they wouldn't eat anything: nibbles, perch eyes, worms, waxies, spikes, or mealies, but if they were biting they took eyes. Standard procedure for me at PV to try to catch some afternoon perch, then switch to crappies as it gets toward dusk.