Fish eyes for bait...

[Royalwapiti]

There's a bait shop in, I think New York, that sells rubbery perch eyes.  I bought some from him off Facebook.  Can't remember his name.  I sent $5 and got a zip lock bag with 20 or 30 of them in it.  They look real and stay on the hook good.

I use them, they are not the catch all but I have caught fish with them.  I use them to supplement a red spike or waxy. 

[Elrik]

I have eyes in my fridge that are over a month old now (crappie eyes btw). While they are cloudy, they still work great. I toss them in some anise flavoured alcohol to preserve them. They keep good and firm and I figured anise infused plastics do great for panfish, so adding it to the eyes should work as well. Nice side effect is that for once my hands smell good after handling bait!

[perch chacer]

When I fillet the perch I caught and they have minnows (babies perch, gills or crappies) in their stomachs I use perch eyes the next time out.

[Waxthumb]

I tried putting some in veg oil and storing in refridge they didn't seems to work as good as fresh ones.
I also made a tool out of wire with loop and sanded it a lil to sharpen like suggested I was amazed how well it worked.
And yes caught perch on fresh eyes.
Thanks for the info everyone...

[buz23]

I can't believe people use a tool for removing perch eyes (although I've read it here many times).  Just press hard with your thumb under the eye and out it comes!

[bullpine]

I can't believe people use a tool for removing perch eyes (although I've read it here many times).  Just press hard with your thumb under the eye and out it comes!

Ditto 2x concur