WD40 = attractant???

[Diesel D]

Ozzie,

I understand your theory that if everyone starts using it, it will have a negative affect on the ecosystem. I am not an one-who-thinks-I-am-silly and I am not saying everyone should use WD40 on their lures. My point was just stating that I noticed that a few people were taking it too far.

Anyway, this topic got me to thinking (which can be dangerous). I remember this stuff that my Dad got from a bait shop many years ago. You sprayed it on leaches (it came in a pump bottle) and it smelled like black licorice, i'm guessing it was the anise(sp?) that had the licorice smell. I remember it would have the same affect when you put it on leaches or minnows as WD. It also left a rainbow ring in the water. Now this stuff was sold and marketed toward fishing. Does anyone remember seeing this stuff? Is it safe or is the rainbow in the water a tell-tale sign that it is petroleum based. Not trying to be a smart a$$, just wondering if anyone out there knows / remembers what I am talking about.

Let's all be nice now, OK? We are all after the same thing, and we all like to fish as well.

Truce!

D

[WigglinMyWorm]

Baitmate game fish brand smells like licroice and is enviro safe if that is the one you were thinking of......i agree.. why use WD_40 if it can hurt the enviroment....but those of you that made these comments...Are you still using lead splitshot and sinkers??....monofiliment line?? what's the difference......maybe we should stop using those also....this isn't a perfect world.....but if your going to condemn one product how can you condone another?

[nofishfisherman]

Presonally if there is an available product that will cost effectively replace a product that can be harmful to the enviroment I would look into using it. Give me a motor that doesn't pollute and its mine. Give me a weight that will disolve in the water after a period of being on the bottom and I will use it.

People have made statements on this thread that use the term "Tree Hugger" in a negative way. I think that we should all be tree huggers. Not to the extent as a group like PETA but as outdoors men we should all be concerned about the enviroment first and fore most.

You can call me a tree hugger as longs as that means there will be trees for my kids and grand kids to hug.

[Bobby Bass]

I am not a tree hugger but a bush hugger. We really need to get out and go fishing here guys. At this rate there will be a debate over plastic or paper.

[Swimmer]

Good point. I know some folks are never going to give up the sacred catch-word phobias. But, why the heck is the term "tree-hugger" so heinous to some people. I consider myself an even-minded outdoorsman that realises the need for wood products AND strong regulation of the logging industry. Personaly, I'm glad there are those out there living in 500 year old Redwoods risking life and personal freedom. There are not to many of those bad boys left standing, AND it means I don't have to do it. Shedding the light on the beauty and neccesity of trees, especially a rare specimen, should make a true outdoorsman grateful. After all this is not cutemdownminnesota (Contact US Regarding This Word).

Sorry about moving off topic...how's this: spray some WD40 on your chain saw blade and she'll slice right through! Lay off the WD40 as an attractant though...Bad idea to personaly add to the polution of our waters when in this case it is so easy not to do so.

[Harmonica Bear]

Aldo Leopold once said, it might as well count for WD40 as well

"I have read many definitions of what is a conservationist, and written not a few myself, but I suspect that the best one is written, not with a pen, but with an axe. It is a matter of what a man thinks about while chopping, or deciding what to chop. A conservationist is one who is humbly aware that with each stroke he is writing his signature on the face of his land. Signatures of course differ, whether written with axe or pen, and this is as it should be."

Wow this thread really cracks me up. Is it time to go fishing yet?

[Hoffer]

Hey guys

I was out in the garage again tonight cleaning up some old lures - and there was a bottle of starting fluid on the shelf - so I put some on my lures and they really cleaned up nicely - so I got to thinking - do you think this might be a good fish attractant??

[JohnMickish]

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Hey guys

I was out in the garage again tonight cleaning up some old lures - and there was a bottle of starting fluid on the shelf - so I put some on my lures and they really cleaned up nicely - so I got to thinking - do you think this might be a good fish attractant??

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Use it only when smoking.

[ScottND]

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Now that I'm writing this, I need to pull out the WD-40 more frequently.

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Wait!! why not use JB80 and catch twice as many?

[mr wizard]

Back to the original question. I work with a fisheries prof at the U and he was measuring scent reponse in fish. I asked if I could bring in some "scents" that are sold on the market as fish attractors. Wd-40 was one I brought in. What it does is totally mask scent. The fish in the study COULD NOT smell it at all. So it works to mask the smell on your baits. I talked to a CO and if he see's you using it - BUSTED, and it won't be cheap.

[mplspug]

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I am not a tree hugger but a bush hugger. We really need to get out and go fishing here guys. At this rate there will be a debate over plastic or paper.

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As long as no one forces me to use recycled toilet paper, I will agree to never use WD-40!

[The_Duckslayer]

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As long as no one forces me to use recycled toilet paper, I will agree to never use WD-40!

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Nasty, NASTY visual there Pug. I promise not to ever make anyone use that! Have a good one and N Joy the Hunt././Jimbo

[Mr. Pike1]

MNFishingguy. That post make me smile.

[JohnMickish]

Squirt, squirt, boom. Problem solved.

[BIG_EYE]

Add skeet spray to the list.