they are in the lake down here where i live to heavy from 1 of july to about augt the can be fun they hit top water you can use minnow under bobber about 1 to 1.5 ' at night use lantern to bring in bate fish over side of boat but no they dont chase off eye we get the eyes right along with the white bass the way i just said yes they are good to eat i have had they a lot if you would like to try the whites down here contact me on here and i can to try setup a little try for you bring a big cooler when you do get them you get alot