Scent question.

keithdog · 06-26-08, 11:38 AM

This pertains to jigs and soft plastics. Which flavor scent would you add to your bait, garlic or crawdad? Does one outshine the other or are they pretty much equal in effectivness?

Fishnngolfn · 06-26-08, 11:51 AM

I add Spike It garlic scent. It also adds a chartreuse dye to the tails of my flukes (as if the bait itself wasn't deadly enough).

MrPhotographer06 · 06-26-08, 11:59 AM

i've heard garlic worms by gamber are good but i havent had any luck.. garlic is supposed to be able to be a good cover so they cant not help..

Fishnngolfn · 06-26-08, 12:14 PM

Garlic also tends to hide or mask the human scent that gets on the lures from handling and tying. The best advice I heard here was when you handle the first catch of the day, use the natural fish "slime" on your hands and don't wipe it off. Just make sure not to over handle the fish if you catch and release.

Lilmoosecountry · 06-26-08, 03:53 PM

Garlic is all that i use.

Jigger · 06-27-08, 11:09 AM

Garlic. It's the only scent that seems to make any difference at all in my mind and I've used the new Gulp spray on scent that everyone is raving about.

carolina-rig-01 · 06-27-08, 01:07 PM

i don't use scent very often but when i do it is usually ultrabite (get the spray bottle because the bottle i have is messy.....and that's why i don't use it much). i am usually not a big believer in scents helping that much but i do think that ultrabite helps a lot. if you are just asking garlic or crawdad? i would probably lean towards crawdad, especially for a jig.

Bender · 06-28-08, 02:13 AM

megastrike original, not the Yamamoto blend. Works, that's all.

zooker · 06-28-08, 05:57 AM

crawfish early then garlic..

zooker

06-26-08, 11:38 AM	#1
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	Scent question. This pertains to jigs and soft plastics. Which flavor scent would you add to your bait, garlic or crawdad? Does one outshine the other or are they pretty much equal in effectivness?

06-26-08, 11:59 AM	#3
MrPhotographer06 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fort Bragg, NC Posts: 2,096	i've heard garlic worms by gamber are good but i havent had any luck.. garlic is supposed to be able to be a good cover so they cant not help.. __________________ For Those I Love, I will Sacrifice: US Army since 2012

06-27-08, 01:07 PM	#7
carolina-rig-01 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Webb City, MO Posts: 6,387	i don't use scent very often but when i do it is usually ultrabite (get the spray bottle because the bottle i have is messy.....and that's why i don't use it much). i am usually not a big believer in scents helping that much but i do think that ultrabite helps a lot. if you are just asking garlic or crawdad? i would probably lean towards crawdad, especially for a jig. __________________ You only live once. But if you do it right, once is enough.

06-28-08, 05:57 AM	#9
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	crawfish early then garlic.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

06-26-08, 11:51 AM	#2
Fishnngolfn BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,523	I add Spike It garlic scent. It also adds a chartreuse dye to the tails of my flukes (as if the bait itself wasn't deadly enough).

06-26-08, 12:14 PM	#4
Fishnngolfn BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,523	Garlic also tends to hide or mask the human scent that gets on the lures from handling and tying. The best advice I heard here was when you handle the first catch of the day, use the natural fish "slime" on your hands and don't wipe it off. Just make sure not to over handle the fish if you catch and release.

06-26-08, 03:53 PM	#5
Lilmoosecountry BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,322	Garlic is all that i use.

06-27-08, 11:09 AM	#6
Jigger BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 490	Garlic. It's the only scent that seems to make any difference at all in my mind and I've used the new Gulp spray on scent that everyone is raving about.

06-28-08, 02:13 AM	#8
Bender BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Brighton, MI Posts: 2,414	megastrike original, not the Yamamoto blend. Works, that's all.

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