Quote Originally Posted by Buckrub View Post
Then why, when you never detect a bite on a cork, and you pull up the minnow......so many times (VERY many times) the eyeballs are missing????

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Small Bluegill will peck the eyes out, and sometimes even bite the fins off. And there's also the case where if you punch the hook through the eyeballs (& burst them), then the minnow struggling on the hook can dislodge the eyes.

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