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Location: Carol Stream, IL | Do any of you guys add any of those scent attractants that are designed to entice muskies to your baits? If so have you noticed any difference?
I tried it a little bit off and on last year but it didn't seem to make a difference.
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Location: Holly, MI | I read a quote somewhere once that said somthing like.. Biologists say that esox don't hunt by smell but Fishermen know otherwise.
I have monkeyed around a little with some Super Juice last summer with no real results. I hung a piece of sponge inside a Tiger Tube and I glued a piece of sponge to the inside of a spoon. I figured the sponge would hold more smell and last longer. All I noticed for sure is that the stuff gets pretty sticky when it dries in your box. I'm sure I'll try it again however. |
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| I just started jigging for ski's last year. I used scents on and off. My thoughts were this... with jigging it's a little slower presentation thereby giving the scent some time to disburse. Also, with using the plastics they are a little more inclined to collect bad or malodorous scents. So, my use is two fold. To some degree as as attractant but moreso as a cover scent. The one ski that I did catch with a jig, and two others that I missed, came with scent. Not saying that it was a major factor, just giving an observation.
I personally wouldn't waste the time or effort to use scents with any type of faster moving baits.
Scott
Edited by theedz155 2/25/2004 4:56 AM
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Location: Greenfield, WI | Once Mr. Theedz has finished speaking, most everything of importance has been been identified. I will try to add my two cents anyway.
I question the capability of a fish, which have the capabilities of detecting scents that usually are measured in "parts per million", to detect, locate, pursue, and strike a lure in the short time most lures are in the water. It would seem to me that if you would keep casting in a limited area, the casting would form an entire field of scent which would not be a help to attracting a fish to your bait.
At most, on baits which are retrieved with any pace, once a muskie is following the bait at close range, the scent may help at the last second before a strike.
Edited by Steve Van Lieshout 2/25/2004 8:37 AM
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| Personally I feel scents are rather worthless for catching muskies. I have never caught one on a scented bait (and I have caught alot of skies otherwise). These fish are attracted to visuals and motion (noise) not scent and are built for speed. They will visualize/detect a meal from tens of feet away oftentimes (just talk to the guides that fish the clearer waters) and strike them at speed. Scents attract fishermen and their wallets, not muskies! |
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Location: Williamstown, WV | that previous post with my name was NOT by me...I don't even get esox angler...:)
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Location: Ashalnd,Ky | This issue is one that is hard to have any proveable answer to. My head
tells me this fish cares little about scent..He is a visual and sound hunter..yet.. I pour trailers with scent  the only thing for sure I know about scent is it makes my tackle box smell..I say if it makes you believe you have a better chance use it..the game is in your head.. win that..you'll fish harder and catch more..
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Location: Racine WI | So, is chumming illegal in fresh water? Would there be any point to it for muskies? Carp & catfish, definitely -- but 'skies? |
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Location: winnipeg manitoba | hey i use sents all the time. my fav is minnow butter it stays on the baits well and leaves a good scent trail. another great scent is called top secret bait powder. this stuff is awesome, i would not go out on the water without my scents. i have confidence in them.. good luck crippler |
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| I have chummed using gills/crappie w/ pieces on hooks as well--no luck!! |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Back in the 70's I used to place a bet with some of the wood tossing guys on Pelican that I could catch more toothy fish in a weekend on a piece of yellow rope soaked in gas than they would on their jerk baits. I never lost. Usually, I beat them with Pike, boat control ( those fellows did not have electric motors, I did)a good sonar, and an occasional muskie.
I used a piece of nylon rope on a jig, glued to the jig head. It made an inrteresting tail, which the fish hit real well, especially the pike. They totally ignored the gasoline odor. I didn't get any walleyes that way, though.
I have used scents in the winter with what seems like success on tip ups and feel there can be some advantage to a very slow presentation and scents, but thay are not critical to a fast moving presentation, that's for sure. |
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| One thing I wanted to add is that some of the oily scents can ruin marabou on a bucktail or jig . hj |
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Location: Holly, MI | Great story Worrall.. You still have any of those rope jigs?
Psst, guys I think we found out one of Worrall's secrets. Has anyone ever seen him remove the "rope" and add a Wabul for the picture? |
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