Personally my favorite way to fish eyes is jigging. Ill jig throughout the spring, then once they move deeper ill troll.
Jigging eyes requires a sensitive rod and a good feel for the difference between fish and bottom. This spring I out fished my friend standing right next to me using the same jig. He just didn't have the feel. It got to the point that he put his rod down and just netted fish for me. A friend of the family does better than me. He uses a different jig approach. 1/4oz white jig head with a whole crawler on it. He just lets it kinda swim through the water. He limits out as does his kids in their boat almost everytime he goes out. I added a number 6 octopus red hook to the end of the crawler and increased my catch rate by 50%. I trolled during the spring for years until I decided to jig.