01-24-2013, 07:44 PM
Yes, it is possible to catch eyes without having a finder, especially if you know where they spawn. Eyes start moving toward their spawning areas early in the year, feb & march. They usually stage in deeper water near ther spawning areas. The best way to catch them is to slow troll, .5 mph with Lindy rigs and night crawlers, as the water temp rise from the 30's to the 40's change over to worm harnesses and increase your speed to .9 mph. We caught a nice one last year, 23", that was per spawn female with this method. You don't usually catch as many in the pre spawn but they can be bigger, if they are females. If the area the eyes spawn at, is large, a finder will help for sure because you won't have to cover as much area to find fish but you can still catch them but it might take you longer. Not a big deal for anyone that is use to, not catching fish when fishing late at night[
]. We do use electronics, Mike has the side finder Lowrance that is a step up from a finder because it shows a Xray type image of the bottom but like I said, he is a tournament fisherman.
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]. We do use electronics, Mike has the side finder Lowrance that is a step up from a finder because it shows a Xray type image of the bottom but like I said, he is a tournament fisherman.[signature]