01-12-2022, 08:22 PM
(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?
Yeah, when I have a bunch to clean I usually toss in a bunch of eyes, some belly meat, some blood, and mashed-up eggs from a fat girls, and freeze the whole mess. Sometimes, I toss a little curing salt in, too (sugar, salt, sodium nitrate, sodium nitrite).
Not gonna lie, they work just fine, but one or two thaw cycles taking them out and I'll be switching to fresh eyes if I can. The baggie is leaking and greasy, etc.....