goby Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 Are ther any favorite fish scent you like to use? Are there any recipies for home brewed sents? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 Love the MAD dude. Yum in Craw is great.A member here told me about it and it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Cliff Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 Cod liver oil! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 Cod liver oil! Thanks for bringing back the "swallow this, it will make you feel better" Cliff. YUCK. The only part of COD,I can do without.LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Cliff Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Isn't it nice to know it really can be used for something good LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnny Bass Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Well I was fishing some really tough water and the fish wouldn't bite the non scented plastics. I put some scent on it, the fish came and actually took a sniff and left. So it did catch his/her eye, or nose.lol It was Berkley bass attractant, but I would definately go with the Yum. I like Yum products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioFisherman Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 I have seen people use the oil from sardine cans, the fish oil vitamins, poke a couple holes in it with a hook and slide it in a tube, anise oil(smells like licorish)). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanky Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 i use kick'n'bass crawfish/garlic/anise mixture in my baits... and if you aren't afraid of ordering online upperhand hawg marinade/sauce is really good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 If I use commercial crap, I use Megastrike. I like how it stays on the bait for a long time, and it seems to work well. Often though, I make my own. The oil based stuff floats to the surface too quickly for my liking. I boil garlic salt in water, and add some Kool-Aid to the mix. Strawberry garlic kicks bass. The water based scent disperses better in the water column, though you need to spray it on more often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketchenany Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Many, many years ago, John Powers (who I actually fished with) (for you to young to remember he wrote for the Star ) got me on ANICE OIL. man that stuff was brutal, but it worked actually well; bought it from a pharmacuitcal place. But the guys I fished with thought I "dipping" in the morning when I put my stuff in the trunk . . . LOL . . . until we got to the river or lake. :thumbsup_anim: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carp-starter Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 A long time ago there was a fishing TV program from B.C. The guy was Charlie White and he fished for salmon on an old boat. The program revolved around salmon fishing with down riggers and a video camera. On one program, the gang tested out various scent. They used commercial scent first. Some were better than others. I cannot remember how good they were. Then they used WD-40 and found out that it was better than the commercial scent they used. Finally they decided to test the junk in the bilge. Guess what? The junk from the bilge was a lot better than the other scent. I have Berkley bottles – 1 for bass, 1 for pike/muskie, 1 for trout and maybe one for walleye. I also have a bottle with floating silver flakes in the scent. I have never used it – I do not believe in it. Maybe I should start using scent on my dry flies instead of a floatant. And perhaps I might discover a “better” or “best” new floatant. carp-starter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 well you wont believe it but...here it goes.....WD-40....and yes it works,the base of wd-40 is supposed to be fish-oil,go figure. ..lol..lol we have sprayed it on salmon lures and we have caught fish on it it does work,also oil of anise cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 I don't know of any successful fishermen using scents unless of course they have them as a sponsor. Most of our common sportfish are sight feeders. The others such as carp and catfish have olfaction receptors...scents will affect them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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