Exude Comida question- scents!

[Slyster]

Are these supposed to be scented in some way? They just smell like plastic to me.. not like Gulp or anything.. just curious.

Also... anyone notice how funky they get when they have been in the water for a while? I was thinking that could be part of the scent dispersal or something.. I just wish I could smell something to be sure.

And another related question.. does anyone here use added scents to plastics? I have a bunch of tubes of "Megastrike" and it really does smell strong.. and is greasy so it stays on.. but cannot really determine if it helps or not?? anyone know if these things work? Or do bass mainly eat by sight anyway?

[Deitz Dittrich]

Sly---Exude is scent... Years ago it was much more smelly, but it hurt sales... so they changed it to what it is now.. if you try to smell it, its not to bad, but if you try and taste it.. thats when you get the full effect.. its water soluable!... I wrote this article for Mr.Twister... not sure if you have read it or not.. but it may help.. or it may not?

What is Exude?

Or the real question should be, what isn’t Exude? The majority of plastics

made today are produced the same way. A softener is added to a harder plastic

similar to PVC. Color and sometimes scent and salt are also added, and

the whole lot is heated. This mixture is then poured into a mold and

allowed to cool. Voila, you have a plastic lure. OK, maybe it’s not that easy, but almost!

Sometimes the scent is added to the plastic itself, while other times it’s

just added to the mold to help the plastic come out of the mold easier,

thus acting as a release agent. Nearly all of the time this scent is an oil base. If you

know much about fish biology, you know that for a fish to be able

to smell something, the product it’s trying to smell needs to be

water soluble (able to dissolve easily in water). Unfortunately, oil does

not dissolve in water; hence fish cannot smell the lure being used.

Once a fish eats your lure, it can

then taste the oils, because of the make up of the mouth of the fish. In essence,

these scents can help you catch more fish. Often these

scented lures will cause fish to hold on longer; thus, you catch more fish.

However, the lure being scented did not help in you getting the bite.

Salt is often added for a couple of reasons: first and foremost

is to add scent and taste, I know I like salt on my food. People

often argue that blood is very salty tasting and that can act as an

attractor to fish, yet after you have made a few casts, all the salt has

dissolved off the outside of the lure. Yes, there is still salt inside the

plastic, yet there is no way of getting that salt to the edge of the lure

for more scent and taste. It’s merely trapped inside the plastic. If you

leave a normal plastic lure in a bucket of water and check it again in a

period of a year, you will notice its grown in size. It has actually absorbed

some water, definitely not allowed any of the infused salt or scent to escape. The

second reason salt is added to plastics is because of weight. Salt weighs

more than the plastic, so the higher the salt content the heavier and faster

sink rate you get from that plastic. In exchange for scent and taste, you often get a lure that is

very fragile and doesn¹t last for more than a fish or two.

In steps Exude, a plastic, if that¹s what you want to call it, like no

other. Exude’s chemical make up is nothing like most plastics, it is minimally plastic; the majority of its composition is proteins, minerals, and amino acids, fish food.

Food shaped and colored just like your normal plastics. If you were

to take an Exude lure and place it in water and return to find it a year

later, not only would it not be larger like the other plastic you put in

water, it would be mostly gone. Water is the active ingredient in Exude, so leaving

the package open does not make it go bad. Even if you use a lure, if you dry

it off when you are done with it you can put it back in the package to last

forever.

When you make a cast with Exude, a

water soluable scent trail is activated that the fish can actually smell and taste. You will notice that The

lure will feel slimy. If

you think about all the natural bait you use(IE Minnows, frogs, leeches

worms), they all share something in common: slime. Exude has this same

natural feel when wet.

Exude also manufactures a formulation known as Exude +Extream. This Exude consists of

Micro-salt technology. Each time you cast Exude + Extream in the

water, the outer shell is constantly shedding off, releasing more salt and

scent each cast, not just the first one or two like most salt impregnated

lures. Exude +Extream is the only soft plastic in which the inner salt eventually finds its

way into the water.

Is Exude the end all of all soft plastics? No, it has its problems too.

Because of its slime, it is more difficult to keep on a hook. I have found that

using hooks with larger bends in them, like the Mustad G-lock hook, or

hooks that have screw locks on them help to secure Exude plastic much more effectively. Exude also does not taste all that good to humans-- one trip

fishing with Exude is all it took me to break the habit of biting the top

part of my lure off to re-rig it. I now carry a scissors in my pocket at all

times for that job. I do know this for sure: when I fish with Exude, I am more

confident that I am going to get bit and catch more fish. Give it a shot,

and formulate your own opinion!

[Bullwinkle]

Great article Deitz! I learned the hard way biting off the end of Exude plastics too. My only complaint with them is that if I use them T-rigged I don't connect on as many hook sets. I think it has to do with the firmness of the plastic. On the other side of the coin, they do seem to hold up longer for the same reason (firmness).

[Maximum12]

Great article Dietz, I've often wondered if there was any difference between all of the plastic bait makers.

I guess I will now be forced to go out & buy some Exude plastics since I've never tried them. Darn it!

[Deitz Dittrich]

Thanks guys... I am not trying to push the Exude plastics on anyone. They have worked great for me over the many years I have been using them(close to 9 years I think) Don't forget they are a sponsor of this page, and do offer a 20% discount if you go through the special page they made just for us.

[Fishin4Life]

We do!! Dang, shoulda known that before I ordered 60 bucks worth of stuff from em the other day. LOL

[bgreen82]

me too when i ordered $30. i really like the keeper hooks they have. i did lose one of the crawlers on my first bite however. did still manage to get the bass though.

[Fishin4Life]

So I guess I am a slow learner, or I forgot what plastic I was using this weekend, Yup decided it was a good idea to bite off a comida to re-rig it. That taste does not go away any too quick man! Don't do it!!!

[Deitz Dittrich]

F4L-too funny.. I too used to be a biter off-er... till I got on the Mr.Twister prostaff... NOT SO MUCH ANY MORE!!!!... I always have a sizzors in my pocket now.

[delmuts]

don't feel bad! i had a senior moment and bit off a chompers stick bait. i got sick!

[ikeslayer]

a friend and i almost displayed our pride (stupidity) in splitting a chomper the other day but he wussed out i think would have done it but i am pretty sure we would have puked. ike

[BobOmaha]

Could you provide the link to the "special page" that they've set up for us?

thanks!!!

[Deitz Dittrich]

If you click the MisterTwister banner that opens the bass page it will take you there.. but I will post it here for those interested as well.

http://www.mistertwister.com/minnesota/

[BobOmaha]

THANK YOU!!!!!

[Deitz Dittrich]

not a problem at all bob... thank you for supporting a sponsor of FM/HSO!