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Do scents (as sprayed on lures work?)
I've tried several bass scents with no obvius results. I temember one
that smelled strongly & one that had a vanilla aroma. I see Bill Dance
using it on his lures, but he's in the business of selling fishing
accoutrements. Any definitive proof?-- |
GrayGhostYankee
Feb 15
2005
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| It's my determination that "scents" don't really work as much as
attractants as they do as a scent masks... When I'm being anal about
my tackle, I'll put a few drops in my worm bags of that stuff that
smells like licorice... seems to work ok, I guess... but as long as
you don't handle the baits too much I don't see a real necessity for
them. I can see the garlic/salt infused thing being a positive, though...
Italian fish, who knew?! :^) |
robert
Feb 15
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| I am not aware of any definitive information; the subject is quite =
controversial. I use it only on spinnerbaits, for reasons that I won't =
get into here. Of course, that proves absolutely nothing. Hope that Rich =
chimes in on this thread. If he does, he'll have some interesting =
comments. "E. Carl Speros" <GrayGhostYankee@webtv.net> wrote in message =
news:11880-42129536-415@storefull-3111.bay.webtv.net...
I've tried several bass scents with no obvius results. I temember one
that smelled strongly & one that had a vanilla aroma. I see Bill Dance
using it on his lures, but he's in the business of selling fishing
accoutrements. Any definitive proof? ---=
----- "Then raise the Harp of Erin boys, the flag we all revere, We'll =
fight & fall beneath its folds like Irish Volunteers" from Dave Kincaids =
song & CD "The Irish Volunteer" Lancaster Civil War Round Table Website =
http://community.webtv.net/GrayGhostYankee/TheCivilWarRound Carl Speros =
webmaster.=20
Miss Katie o'Rourke from County Cork
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Marty
Feb 16
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| Marty, a severe attack of intense curiosity compels me to ask why you use
scents only on spinnerbaits? My opinions on that have always been rather
neutral & ambivilent, so if you know something here I'd love to hear it. Thanks, Bob Rickard
(AKA Dr. Spinnerbait)
www.secretweaponlures.com
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"Marty" <Mart915@REEMOOVEfrontiernet.net> wrote in message
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I am not aware of any definitive information; the subject is quite
controversial. I use it only on spinnerbaits, for reasons that I won't get
into here. Of course, that proves absolutely nothing. Hope that Rich chimes
in on this thread. If he does, he'll have some interesting comments. "E. Carl Speros" <GrayGhostYankee@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:11880-42129536-415@storefull-3111.bay.webtv.net...
I've tried several bass scents with no obvius results. I temember one
that smelled strongly & one that had a vanilla aroma. I see Bill Dance
using it on his lures, but he's in the business of selling fishing
accoutrements. Any definitive proof? "Then raise the Harp of Erin boys, the flag we all revere, We'll fight &
fall beneath its folds like Irish Volunteers" from Dave Kincaids song & CD
"The Irish Volunteer" Lancaster Civil War Round Table Website
http://community.webtv.net/GrayGhostYankee/TheCivilWarRound Carl Speros
webmaster.
Miss Katie o'Rourke from County Cork |
Bob
Feb 16
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| Do a Google search - RichZ has posted some interesting comments about
this subject in the past. |
Ronnie
Feb 16
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| My opinion that I have expressed in the past is that it sure doesn't hurt
anything. It helps your plastics slide through weeds better. It masks
your scent (I don't know if human scent matters, Richz's studies indicate
it doesn't matter (from what I remember)). So for me, give me every
single possible edge I can have and I will take it. The whole time during
the boom lake tournament on day 2 I was constantly reapplying scent, and
would get bit shortly thereafter. Coincedence???...probably, but I didn't
want to find out otherwise. As Dan, he was there the second day, I had a
bag of about 12 different scents from "pro-cure" <-- Cheap plug... and
probably tried at least 5 or 6 different ones. I really don't know if
they make a huge difference, but I will continue using them as long as
they don't deter bites. Chris |
Chris
Feb 16
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| I am a firm believer in every little bit counts. Scents/attractors rattles
and such. One thing I strongly believe in is the little wet wipes that are
sent removers. Most sporting good stores have them. I fill my boat fuel
tanks at the lake allot of times and it doesn't matter how careful I try to
be I end up with it on my hands. These hide the fuel smell excellent. |
Kevin
Feb 16
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| How do you know bass don't hate the smell of handi-wipes? If you don't like the smell of gasoline on your hands and equipment, that's
a good reason to wash it off, regardless of it's affect on fish. Joe
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"Kevin" <kmm82@juno.com> wrote in message
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I am a firm believer in every little bit counts. Scents/attractors rattles
and such. One thing I strongly believe in is the little wet wipes that are
sent removers. Most sporting good stores have them. I fill my boat fuel
tanks at the lake allot of times and it doesn't matter how careful I try to
be I end up with it on my hands. These hide the fuel smell excellent. |
Joe
Feb 16
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| Bob, about 15 years ago, my catches on SBs started dropping relative to my
partner's, to the point where he'd outfish me 6-1 or thereabouts. We used to
have pretty equal results. We spent countless hours discussing my problem,
and nothing made sense with regard to retrieve speed, cadence, depth, or
whatever. Odor kept occurring to me as the only plausible reason. One day I picked up a sample bottle of Baitmate crawfish for 87¢ and put it
on an SB the night before an outing. I immediately started catching fish and
beat my partner for the first time in years. I then applied the stuff to
just about every lure I owned. I either beat him or held my own every time
for the next six weeks, which was unprecedented. Then a day came when I
caught no bass (pickerel only) and was convinced that the scent was
repelling the bass, for reasons I won't go into right now. I have told this
story here before and was challenged by Warren on my assumption, but that's
neither here nor there. When I got home I washed the scent off all of my lures. The next day I
checked them out and all seemed free of the scent, except the spinnerbaits
still smelled of crawfish. Then I realized why SBs were my biggest
problem--skirt material retains scent, as it is absorbed. Today I have full
confidence fishing without scent, except for SBs. Maybe it wouldn't make a
difference now, but my head got so screwed up that I have to use it to have
any confidence. So that's the bottom line--you can wash scent off just about any lure except
those with skirts. |
Marty
Feb 17
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| Thanks for the info, Marty. To me, that makes a lot of sense.
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Bob
Feb 17
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| Marty, a question just occurred to me: Were those spinnerbait skirts made of
rubber, or were they they made of silicone as are those used today? I know
that rubber will absorb scents, but offhand I don't believe that silicone
does.
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Bob
Feb 17
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| Thanks for the tip. Who new it was that easy. Even after washing my hands
with soap and yes water there is still a smell of gasoline. These wipes
actually took away the gas smell all together. There are also allot of times
I don't have the opportunity to wash them with soap and water. These wipes
leave no smell on my hands what so ever. If the fish can smell anything we
will most likely never know but it doesn't hurt just like I said. |
Kevin
Feb 17
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| Another little cheap product is Fast Orange, it cost 1 dollar for a 8 OZ
bottle at Auto Zone, it even removes the fish smell the wife hates on
your hands, when you get home. The trick to using Fast Orange is always put it on dry hands, wet your
hands first and it just won't work
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Rodney
Feb 17
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| Bob, I don't know for sure. Most of my SBs in those days were the old Bush
Hog brand and I'm guessing rubber, but, as I said, it's a guess. |
Marty
Feb 18
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