Author Topic: your personal best eye? (Read 6045 times)

Fish_Tko · « **on:** Dec 06, 2012, 08:18 PM »

What is your personal best Indiana eye through the ice?

I think mine is 23.5" through the ice and 26" open water? Hoping to get a good one this year through the ice in Indiana waters .. planning a another Saginaw and Erie trip for A 30"+ wall hanger. But would love a Hoosier 29"+ through the ice instead.

BROOKIEGILLY · « **Reply #1 on:** Dec 06, 2012, 08:25 PM »

27" through the ice Onieda Lake

Flat Bob · « **Reply #2 on:** Dec 06, 2012, 08:53 PM »

18 in Indiana. Don't go out of state.

abishop · « **Reply #3 on:** Dec 06, 2012, 08:56 PM »

23 inch from Bass lake.

Limit_Out · « **Reply #4 on:** Dec 06, 2012, 09:48 PM »

I got a good one at Summit. Didn't have a tape. Open water right behind. Beautiful fish.

Crappie slayer35 · « **Reply #5 on:** Dec 06, 2012, 09:54 PM »

25 inches wading in the spring

Jigmup · « **Reply #6 on:** Dec 06, 2012, 09:58 PM »

The one in my avatar! Caught a couple weeks ago!

Indiananimal · « **Reply #7 on:** Dec 06, 2012, 11:49 PM »

Correct me if im wrong but I was told in theory for example a 28" eye weighs about 8lbs. Or a 25" weighs about 5... Am I wrong?

Crappie slayer35 · « **Reply #8 on:** Dec 07, 2012, 12:10 AM »

Really depends on forage I think.

Jig_Head · « **Reply #9 on:** Dec 07, 2012, 03:56 AM »

Quote from: abishop on Dec 06, 2012, 08:56 PM

23 inch from Bass lake.

Anybody that fishes bass lake knows this is the most impressive eye named yet lol

Swedish__Pimple · « **Reply #10 on:** Dec 07, 2012, 04:15 AM »

Heres my second best eye from the state of Indiana,it was 28 3/4,and released to swim another day,as u can see she was full of piss and vinegar,I did catch one that was a shy bigger than this one,but the picture is crappy........."Good Ole Brookville"

Heres a 28" I got,she was released also,let the big ones go fellows,its alot more fun to catch they're babies......

Had to show off the better halfs personnal best,she got this this year........

fishinator · « **Reply #11 on:** Dec 07, 2012, 06:28 AM »

28 in 8lbs 4oz released in open water never caught one through ice

rico · « **Reply #12 on:** Dec 07, 2012, 06:52 AM »

An 18"er through the ice at Pike Lake, dang it was a long time ago!!!!!!

Jigmup · « **Reply #13 on:** Dec 07, 2012, 07:03 AM »

Quote from: Indiananimal on Dec 06, 2012, 11:49 PM

Correct me if im wrong but I was told in theory for example a 28" eye weighs about 8lbs. Or a 25" weighs about 5... Am I wrong?

Its gonna depend on the time of year and how well its fed. A female eye in these parts will start egg developement around late sept./ early oct. From there they just continue to put on weight with the continued formation of eggs as well as fat from eating to sustain the eggs. In the fall as the temps really go down, the eyes gorge themselves to build fat reserves for the comming winter where they may only get opportunities to eat every couple of days and there is not as much forage as there was in the spring, summer and fall.

Limit_Out · « **Reply #14 on:** Dec 07, 2012, 07:32 AM »

crappiehunter07

You are right about Bass, but how about my Uncle's Bass Lake eye?

And Monroe, which in known for huge Indiana eyes, the smallest eye I've seen pulled.

wax_worm · « **Reply #15 on:** Dec 07, 2012, 09:15 AM »

Never caught one through the ice, but I don't try for them in either soft or hard water. Caught a couple slightly over 8lbs on Erie in open water with my grand father many years ago, but that is not big at all for erie. Get some smaller ones 16-22" in the St. Joe on occassion when fishing for bass. Did catch one about 26" out of Magician lake in Michigan during a bass tournament that went about 6lbs.

Fishking83 · « **Reply #16 on:** Dec 07, 2012, 02:16 PM »

Got one wading for steelhead that went about 8 lbs. I would have been thrilled if I was fishing for walleye and got that. Instead wasnt as excited as I should have been since I was chasing chrome. Never got one through the ice yet.

High Tide · « **Reply #17 on:** Dec 07, 2012, 03:24 PM »

The good ole days, when water actually froze... yeah we even drove a quad on it the day I caught these. Anybody remember when we could stand on ice and catch fish? Seems like so long ago!

SkeeterJeff · « **Reply #18 on:** Dec 07, 2012, 03:53 PM »

It wasn't caught in IN, but just over the line in MI. Nothing to brag about, but it is only the second keeper eye that I have caught through the ice.

-Jeff

Boomer · « **Reply #19 on:** Dec 07, 2012, 04:37 PM »

12 inches - Summit Lake. I first thought it was a perch and almost kept it. (It was a little dark and I was out of light.) Released and caught another about 10 inches. Hoping to do better sometime.

bret · « **Reply #20 on:** Dec 07, 2012, 04:42 PM »

Quote from: Fish_Tko on Dec 06, 2012, 08:18 PM

What is your personal best Indiana eye through the ice?

I think mine is 23.5" through the ice and 26" open water? Hoping to get a good one this year through the ice in Indiana waters .. planning a another Saginaw and Erie trip for A 30"+ wall hanger. But would love a Hoosier 29"+ through the ice instead.

Mine best in Indiana thru the ice is 18 inches and open water is 24 inches....

Piggyn · « **Reply #21 on:** Dec 07, 2012, 06:52 PM »

Through the ice: 13"
Open water: 18.25"
Out of state: 27"

princecraft · « **Reply #22 on:** Dec 07, 2012, 07:47 PM »

Through the ice.......16
Open water............15
Out of state............29 1/2

IceBucky · « **Reply #23 on:** Dec 07, 2012, 09:17 PM »

11 pounds through ice in michigan. 14 pounds in river in the winter.

ice_mike · « **Reply #24 on:** Dec 07, 2012, 11:09 PM »

32" 9lb7oz
Measured by a White County CO's official Indiana tape measure right before he checked my license

I should have put it on the wall instead of in the deep fryer

Best ice eye is 20" from Bass Lake

bwana72 · « **Reply #25 on:** Dec 07, 2012, 11:25 PM »

Open Water 25" St Joe River....honestly have not pulled one through an ice hole, but I am hoping to take a trip to Lake Erie this year if it freezes up. My buddy from work who keeps a boat on Erie and brings in 400-500 eyes every year on his boat has caught his 2 biggest ones through the ice there. They weighed 12 and 14 pounds. I'd be quite happy with either.

dmiller369 · « **Reply #26 on:** Dec 08, 2012, 12:15 AM »

24 inches in a neighborhood pond. Caught using a green tear drop jig,small with a red spike. 4 pound line.

i have pictures on my computer but no hyper link to it.

filetandrelease · « **Reply #27 on:** Dec 09, 2012, 08:00 AM »

nice fish, here is a 32" can,. 31"11lb lake ontario henderson harbor area and a 25.5 " threw the ice

walleyemagic · « **Reply #28 on:** Dec 09, 2012, 08:36 AM »

13.5

12

100lbs plus

12.5

abishop · « **Reply #29 on:** Dec 09, 2012, 09:06 AM »

Quote from: ice_mike on Dec 07, 2012, 11:09 PM

32" 9lb7oz
Measured by a White County CO's official Indiana tape measure right before he checked my license
I should have put it on the wall instead of in the deep fryer
Best ice eye is 20" from Bass Lakte] MIKE SORRY ABOUT YOUR 32 INCHER. I WAS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT A 33-34 SHOULD BE AROUND 13+. HOPE TO SEE YOU ON BASS THIS SEASON.

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