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scent attractors

fastcarsgofastfastcarsgofast Member Posts: 7,179
edited March 2010 in The Fishing Hole!
Do these work well for bass, and which ones are best?
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    fastcarsgofastfastcarsgofast Member Posts: 7,179
    edited November -1
    Surely somebody has used them. I was thinking about getting the one that smells like garlic.
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    dcso3009dcso3009 Member Posts: 2,350 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have tried them with Salmon on the Great Lakes with no success. Not saying they did not work, just no better than the lure with no scent.
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    Ranger ManRanger Man Member Posts: 228 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I never believed in scents until recently. A friend and I just got back from Lake Fork and he flat * schooled me. The only thing we did different, was that he was spraying his lizard with Bang garlic scent.
    I will start using Bang.
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    KodiakkKodiakk Member Posts: 5,582
    edited November -1
    Guess it depends on circumstances. I know I'd hook Chinook after Chinook using smelly jelly when others trying to copy me wouldn't even get a bite even though they were using the same corky and yarn.
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    shoff14shoff14 Member Posts: 11,994 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think bad scents are worse then no scents. Let me explain. Bass by nature are rather curious, and usually don't just attack a lure. If they suck it in there, and go "ugh, this taste like gasoline" and spit it out before you can set the hook, that is a bad scent. We humans have a lot of bad scents on our hands will fishing. Whether its filling up the gas tank before we hit the lake, or taking a puff from the tobacco pipe.

    So I think keeping your hands clean during fishing is an important step in getting fish into the boat.

    I have used scent attractors, and never noticed a difference in catch rate. I am a plastic bait guy depending on what I am fishing for, most of those baits have some sort of scent in them to begin with.
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    fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    WD-40 is an excellent attractant.It's fish oil based.
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    Capt Rick HiottCapt Rick Hiott Member Posts: 2 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Gulp is the way to go! It works!


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    SwanKongSwanKong Member Posts: 989 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    +1 for WD-40 and Bass.
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    MMOMEQ-55MMOMEQ-55 Member Posts: 13,134
    edited November -1
    I have caught my limit using scent and without it. I personally do not think it matters. Just another gadget IMHO.
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    WickedGoodOutdoorsWickedGoodOutdoors Member Posts: 3 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Try putting some Harmons Deer Scents on your fishing baits.

    Yea! It works!

    Found this out by accident when a bottle opend up and spilled on my tackle box.


    WickedGoodOutdoors@Maine.rr.com

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