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Now this is something I have never seen or will see again. My son had a walleye on his line while trolling Willard and apparently had it by its eye. Needless to say only its eye came in.

I caught 1 walleye (the fish) on a firetiger shad at freeway bay. Fished 4 hours. It was slow rollin this a.m.
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That's gotta hurt
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Looks like the beginning of a great fish story. The Legend Of Old One Eye!!!
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Wow nice snag.
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He already gave him the name "Ahab". I like "old one eye" more though. Haha.
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You're supposed to use perch eyes for bait, not walleye. So tell me, which icon best fits this story?[Wink][Tongue] or [pirate] I'm thinking the pirate.
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Evidently the eyes are keeping a little too close of an eye on the lures in Willard. A couple of weeks a go I went out and hooked two eyes after I had stopped, reeled in the planer board, took it of my line and what do ya know there was a walleye on the the end of my line. Not once but twice! My friends were calling me a lucky SOB.The second one was right at the mouth of the south marina and guess where he was hooked? Yep, right in the eye! It was a little distended but still in his head and surfed him to the net. Weirdest thing I have seen. So ya, it does happen and I guess more times than you think. Anybody else ever hooked a fish in the eye?
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I've caught a few fish by the eye and reeled them in but never had it popped out with only an eye[laugh].
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Those Flicker Shad are a good bait for Willard, I have never saw just an eye ball come in on a hook though unless I was using one for ice fishing.
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Normally I just send them back with a toothache...dang, your brutal! lol
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I can see it now.....

"Dude, getting an eye-patch doesn't make you a pirate. I'm not your 'Matey' and quit swimming around saying saying 'Aaarr' all the time"
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Oh, the humanity!

This would be the perfect story line for an episode of SpongeBob.
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lol, my kids like the SpongeBob episode where they get "hooked" playing on all the fishing hooks!
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Caught a Walleye several years ago at Utah Lake, only had one eye [pirate]
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Good to know. Hopefully, it will survive.
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[quote Flounder70]Good to know. Hopefully, it will survive.[/quote]

I'd say the chances of it surviving are very good.
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[quote fishday]Evidently the eyes are keeping a little too close of an eye on the lures in Willard. A couple of weeks a go I went out and hooked two eyes after I had stopped, reeled in the planer board, took it of my line and what do ya know there was a walleye on the the end of my line. Not once but twice! My friends were calling me a lucky SOB.The second one was right at the mouth of the south marina and guess where he was hooked? Yep, right in the eye! It was a little distended but still in his head and surfed him to the net. Weirdest thing I have seen. So ya, it does happen and I guess more times than you think. Anybody else ever hooked a fish in the eye?[/quote]

I have never hooked a fish in the eye, but the nose, yes.
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If you want to know how to tie a fly to match it:

http://flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fot...09fotw.php

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Matt
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