Smelly Jelly?

[mike morris]

Has anyone ever tried using this stuff? Does it actually work, or is it just a product that inexperienced fishermen buy thinking they'll get an edge using it?

[PerchPounder]

I can't say that I have ever used this particular product but I do have some confidence when using Dr. Juice Panfish attractant. I have seen this product work in many applications and it can make fish turn on and bite something that just before you applied it they wouldn't even show any interest in.

[sodajerk]

Do you use it on live bait or just on artificials with no scent of their own?

I've wondered about the fishing scents you see at places like Wal Mart and elsewhere too. Has anyone ever had any success from using these products? Some smell like garlic or anise or what have you. Just curious.

[EyeSkater]

Have used it...not impressed with it. No obvious advantage in strike or catch rate. The product is tough to use in cold conditions, and it tends to remain on lures as a gummy coating after fishing.

On the other hand, Kickin' Walleye (very stinky) has produced.

'Eye-Skater

[masterpuppet]

I have used the ansine with very good results but i have not tried the other one yet

[Deitz Dittrich]

Like any scent, it works well as a human cover scent. And scents do work better as the water gets colder.

I have used smelly jelly in the summer.. not sure its helped or not..

[PerchPounder]

 Originally Posted By: sodajerk

Do you use it on live bait or just on artificials with no scent of their own?

I am almost strictly a plastics guy when it comes to fishing panfish on ice. So that is the only thing that I use it on in the rare occaision where im usuing live bait it usually has enough natural scent so I wouldn't use the extra scent.

[NyQuiLlama]

How can a fish recognize a "human scent?" Of course deer, or other terrestrial creatures do, but a fish? Why would a fish know that I just smoked a cigar and not to bite? It's not like they have evolved to recognize human scent... is it? For all I know cigars smell like heaven to a fish.

[mike morris]

 Originally Posted By: NyQuiLlama

It's not like they have evolved to recognize human scent... is it?

[tunrevir]

I don't know if they can smell human scent I'd certainly not use the anus scent! If this is the case, then we should be using the non scent soap prior to fishing and spraying things down with scent killer before putting it to use. I know some salmon guys that go to great lengths to keep scent off their equipment and they seem to catch fish when others are struggling so I would experiment. One thing I tried that seemed to produce for me is putting the Berkley walleye scent onto the spool of my tipups and let it soak into the dacron line before setting them up. My reasoning is that the scent would continue to be released from the line and sink down towards my bait for a prolonged release. Sometimes I caught alot and other times nothing, could have been the scent or just an off night. Be interesting to log a full season side by side with one guy doctoring and the other sans scent to see what the catch rates were like. I say, if you feel like it helps or gives you an edge or more confidence then use it. The reasoning is pretty simple really, if you fell more confident then you will fish harder and pay more attention which should increase your catch rate. My .o2.

Tunrevir~

[danwilliams]

" I'd certainly not use the anus scent! "

Me either........

[PerchPounder]

I don't think it's anus scent. It's Anise which is something totally different. Im not sure that the fish recognize it as human scent but I usually wash my hands with scent free soap after filling the truck with gas or after drilling holes to keep the gasoline smell off of my bait.

[NyQuiLlama]

I read a recent magazine interview with the guy from Berkley talking about Power-bait and Gulp. He said that the notion that a fish can "follow a scent trail to your bait" is wrong and that the real advantage (at least with scented plastics) is how long the fish holds on to the bait, giving the angler more time to set the hook.

Anise is the scent of black liquorice. Which in addition to fishing, is also commonly used as a curiosity scent for deer.

I wish someone could explain to me this notion that fish actually recognize human scent as something to be avoided. Dousing your lure in gasoline is one thing, but regular human contact with a lure shouldn't effect anything.

[Bob/Mn]

 Originally Posted By: NyQuiLlama

I wish someone could explain to me this notion that fish actually recognize human scent as something to be avoided. Dousing your lure in gasoline is one thing, but regular human contact with a lure shouldn't effect anything.

I believe it is amino acids that are on the hands of humans. Some of these scents are offensive to fish.

You have heard the horor story of three people fishing using minnows. Fisherman 1 and 2 are catching fish and number 3 is catching nothing. When the hook of number 3 is baited by one of the other fisherman number 3 catches fish.

I have heard this is fairly common and washing your hands with soap helps a lot.

[Craigums]

I think its because fish don't recognize human scent as food... If the fish are in a nuetral or negative mode and they dont like what they smell or it smells unnatural to them then why would they eat it?

Example: If you were not very hungry to begin with and somebody stuck some foul smelling food infront of your face are you gonna take a bite?

[NyQuiLlama]

Interesting guys, thanks. Can any fish-ologists out there tell us what kind of nose fish have and the part it plays in the decision to eat?

[Bob/Mn]

 Originally Posted By: NyQuiLlama

Interesting guys, thanks. Can any fish-ologists out there tell us what kind of nose fish have and the part it plays in the decision to eat?

If a bait looks good,smells good,sounds good and tasts good more than likely you will have a hit.

I have seen quite a few articles stating that fish have a sence of smell much better than a white tailed deer. That got my attention.

Sammon find there way back to where they were born by smell. This is after being in the open water three years.

[sjburnt]

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[Craigums]

 Originally Posted By: sjburnt

But I have also used plastic squids on salmon and out-produced the herring-baiter.

Where were you salmon fishing that sounds cool, I wanna catch one

[sjburnt]

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