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Apr 4th, 2012 at 12:12am
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I became a believer in fish scent this winter, while fishing in SW Florida.  A neighbor gave me a bottle to try and I started catching fish!  (No this isn't a commercial...)  I out-caught my partners (who declined my offer to use the stuff) 3 to 1.  It was pretty amazing. 

So, I'm thinking about using fish scent again in canoe country.  Years ago I used WD-40 for crappies in Lake of the Woods, and I used some other stuff to eliminate scent from my hands when fishing Walleye in Mille Lacs and in Lake of the Woods.  But in recent years I gave all that up.  I'm a believer again.

Thoughts?

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Reply #1 - Apr 4th, 2012 at 12:55am
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What scent product were you using and what fish were you catching?

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Reply #2 - Apr 4th, 2012 at 1:20am
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I was using Pro-Cure mullet gel.  Then I went to Menhaden fish oil (smelled like linseed oil).  Both worked.

I was fishing for spotted (some call them speckled) sea trout.  Also caught lady fish, flounder, and even hooked a sting ray.

I was catching 3 to 4 pounders.  Great fun and good eating.

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Reply #3 - Apr 4th, 2012 at 1:27pm
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I'd be real careful about not getting any of that scent on clothes that you might take into your tent at night.

Q-Dave had a couple of fishermen base camping on Quetico lake get the scare of their life, when a bear clawed opened the side of his new rental tent because one of the guys had forgot and left a GULP curly tail in his shirt pocket Shocked
  
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Reply #4 - Apr 4th, 2012 at 1:52pm
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I hear Prep-H works!
  
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Reply #5 - Apr 5th, 2012 at 3:13am
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I think there is quite a bit to this scent thing......especially with lures they can pull up to and park and eyeball for a few seconds. If it smells good they just might think about eating.

I'll let this cat out of the bag cause I know no one will likely try it. I have been using the side of a creek chub (filet) on a jig head to jig for walleye now for a couple of years and catchin just about everything right in the middle of the day to boot. It does look pretty good fluttering about I must admit but I can picture a fish pullin up to it and the scent must be overwhelming (in a good way  Cool ). Bang!.......... A little saltwater thinking applied to the sweet water.

Not to sure about using scents in canoe country though. Yea I know, I'm cagey about bears..........not worth it IMO. Stuff gets on your hands.......then onto your pack.......etc. etc. etc
  
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Reply #6 - Apr 9th, 2012 at 8:43pm
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I'll be experimenting with scent on some plastics this year.  Like most of us, I've used powerbait, gulp, and lots of other things over the years. Specifically, this summer I'll be using scented worms on a spinner rig - as opposed to regular worms from the bait shop. Might even be using a home made scent - soaking some regular plastic worms in a vegetable oil/anise/vanilla concoction in a ziplock.

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