Fish's sense of smell

noboatyet · 06-03-07, 05:42 PM

Lately I've been going to this quiet cove at the lake and normally see 50 fish jump, normally get tons of strikes, normally catch some. Some idiot decided to go horseback riding down there and they kraped all over the place. Since this, the fish have stop hitting jumpping biting. Can this smell drive them away.

I'm thinking it can. Almost drove me away

RyDogg · 06-03-07, 05:52 PM

my guess would probably be yes. Seems when im fishing and I fart a lot the bites slow down.

zooker · 06-03-07, 06:19 PM

nah unless the horse craped in the water and even then i dout it.. hell fly rod has gas attacks that could peel paint but he still catches fish..

zooker

JB · 06-03-07, 07:19 PM

i've seen horses and cows crap in ponds for years, it doesn't effect the fishing, although all that stomping around makes the water muddy.
One place I go to got rid of all thier livestock and now thier pond is so clear its getting chocked out by hyrilla

bassinbob · 06-03-07, 08:51 PM

I've caught bass close to where people swim. You can probably guess kids pee in the water and maybe some babies do do-do too. I hit those spots a little after people are done swimming and catch them. I know you asked about animals and sometimes these people have their dogs in the water. So my guess is something else caused them to turn off.

06-03-07, 05:42 PM	#1
noboatyet BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Flowery Branch Posts: 21	Fish's sense of smell Lately I've been going to this quiet cove at the lake and normally see 50 fish jump, normally get tons of strikes, normally catch some. Some idiot decided to go horseback riding down there and they kraped all over the place. Since this, the fish have stop hitting jumpping biting. Can this smell drive them away. I'm thinking it can. Almost drove me away

06-03-07, 05:52 PM	#2
RyDogg BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: san jose, CA Posts: 112	my guess would probably be yes. Seems when im fishing and I fart a lot the bites slow down. __________________ - RYDOGG -

06-03-07, 06:19 PM	#3
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	nah unless the horse craped in the water and even then i dout it.. hell fly rod has gas attacks that could peel paint but he still catches fish.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

06-03-07, 08:51 PM	#5
bassinbob BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pitts. Pa. Posts: 3,801	I've caught bass close to where people swim. You can probably guess kids pee in the water and maybe some babies do do-do too. I hit those spots a little after people are done swimming and catch them. I know you asked about animals and sometimes these people have their dogs in the water. So my guess is something else caused them to turn off. __________________ you can have my fishin rod when ya take it from my cold dead hands

06-03-07, 07:19 PM	#4
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	i've seen horses and cows crap in ponds for years, it doesn't effect the fishing, although all that stomping around makes the water muddy. One place I go to got rid of all thier livestock and now thier pond is so clear its getting chocked out by hyrilla

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