Scented baits

striker23 · 07-18-06, 08:04 PM

Do they really make a difference? and if so, how far away can the bass smell the lure from?

zooker · 07-18-06, 08:17 PM

striker
it is more a taste than smell. if it taste like a sweat sock would you eat it?? but if it tasted like cholate cake would you eat it?? same basic thing with scents. you add them to cover up the taste of your sweaty hands. and add a flavor they like -i have no idea why garlic works but it does- they normally will bite the bait better-this is important if using large worm baits-..

zooker

mymomisbecky · 07-18-06, 09:16 PM

I would say it is important, no doubt about it. 99% of the orders I take on my site, are scented. Customers have the option of scent, what scent, or none. They all choose scent.

Rebbasser · 07-18-06, 09:23 PM

It does make a difference-if anything they mask a scent the fish doesn't want. At the very least I have more confidence when I use one.

dampeoples · 07-18-06, 09:24 PM

I think they work, for reasons mentioned above. I'm also a smoker, and a heavy user of scents to cover that up

Mac1 · 07-19-06, 08:50 AM

two heaping tablespoons of garlic powder, one teaspoon salt, mixed into two cups hot tapwater.....pour some in each baggie of soft plastics, reseal the baggie and float in a sink of hot tapwater for twenty minutes. Drain off excess water from each pack and let set overnight.

3dkicker · 07-19-06, 04:16 PM

Was it Creme that made the banana scented worms? May not be Creme but I have a pack somewhere. For some reason bass like banana and garlic. One day I'm going to rig up a banana peel and rub it with garlic and catch a bass.

bassintom · 07-19-06, 08:57 PM

spray EVERYTHING with WD-40...good to go

BassAddict · 07-20-06, 01:05 PM

Quote:

Was it Creme that made the banana scented worms?

I believe it was Mister Twister that had the banana scented worms.

I use Berkely Power worms because the fish will hold on to a scented worm longer. Helps with hook ups that way.

Eric

crankybait · 07-20-06, 01:39 PM

3dkicker- have you ever heard that superstition of banana being bad luck?

bassthumb32 · 07-20-06, 01:56 PM

fish hear/feel the lure, see the lure, smell the lure, and then taste the lure. so its not as important as hearing/feeling or seeing.

zooker · 07-20-06, 08:10 PM

cranky YES!!! never fish with anybody that brings a banana in the boat. your sure to tear something all to heck..

zooker

crankybait · 07-20-06, 08:15 PM

haha, the first few times i went fishing i brought a snack... some fruits, including a banana. i used to attribute my skunkage to that. but heck if everyone else says bananas are bad luck, then sure, its not a big deal... i can stick to apples.

07-18-06, 08:04 PM	#1
striker23 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ashburn, Virginia Posts: 199	Scented baits Do they really make a difference? and if so, how far away can the bass smell the lure from?

07-18-06, 08:17 PM	#2
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	striker it is more a taste than smell. if it taste like a sweat sock would you eat it?? but if it tasted like cholate cake would you eat it?? same basic thing with scents. you add them to cover up the taste of your sweaty hands. and add a flavor they like -i have no idea why garlic works but it does- they normally will bite the bait better-this is important if using large worm baits-.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

07-18-06, 09:23 PM	#4
Rebbasser BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 10,141	It does make a difference-if anything they mask a scent the fish doesn't want. At the very least I have more confidence when I use one. __________________ It's happened to the best of them: John 21:3

07-18-06, 09:24 PM	#5
dampeoples BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 826	I think they work, for reasons mentioned above. I'm also a smoker, and a heavy user of scents to cover that up __________________ The Jon Boat Fishing Club and Fishing with Sterling Peoples

07-19-06, 04:16 PM	#7
3dkicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Spotsylvania, VA Posts: 4,483	Was it Creme that made the banana scented worms? May not be Creme but I have a pack somewhere. For some reason bass like banana and garlic. One day I'm going to rig up a banana peel and rub it with garlic and catch a bass. __________________ Smitty www.smittystubes.com

07-18-06, 09:16 PM	#3
mymomisbecky BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Des MOines, IA Posts: 336	I would say it is important, no doubt about it. 99% of the orders I take on my site, are scented. Customers have the option of scent, what scent, or none. They all choose scent.

07-19-06, 08:50 AM	#6
Mac1 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 183	two heaping tablespoons of garlic powder, one teaspoon salt, mixed into two cups hot tapwater.....pour some in each baggie of soft plastics, reseal the baggie and float in a sink of hot tapwater for twenty minutes. Drain off excess water from each pack and let set overnight.

07-19-06, 08:57 PM	#8
bassintom BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: washington(northwest) N.J. Posts: 3,958	spray EVERYTHING with WD-40...good to go __________________ A man's gotta believe in something...I believe I'll go fishing.

07-20-06, 01:39 PM	#10
crankybait BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: marlboro, nj Posts: 3,250	3dkicker- have you ever heard that superstition of banana being bad luck? __________________ www.fishinfanatics.com

07-20-06, 01:56 PM	#11
bassthumb32 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Fort Loudon, PA Posts: 682	fish hear/feel the lure, see the lure, smell the lure, and then taste the lure. so its not as important as hearing/feeling or seeing. __________________ MY LIFETIME GOAL IS TO KEEP AT LEAST A SMALL CASE OF BASSTHUMB FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.

07-20-06, 08:10 PM	#12
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	cranky YES!!! never fish with anybody that brings a banana in the boat. your sure to tear something all to heck.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

07-20-06, 08:15 PM	#13
crankybait BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: marlboro, nj Posts: 3,250	haha, the first few times i went fishing i brought a snack... some fruits, including a banana. i used to attribute my skunkage to that. but heck if everyone else says bananas are bad luck, then sure, its not a big deal... i can stick to apples. __________________ www.fishinfanatics.com

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