02-12-2010, 01:40 AM
It's true that trout like some unusual scents... including WD-something for the less educated warden magnets. I have accidentally gotten a few tastes of Power Bait while bank grubbing. It has a less then subtle fishiness followed by a sweetness; not to be 
with an after dinner mint.[:p]
I've used a lot of different scented dough baits and all work well at times but the scientifically studied preference does seem to work more consistently. There is always a time you didn't bring the Zeke's. Trout seem to like it all. For the price of the cheese flavor I can get a few sticks of string cheese and skip reproducing the flavor. I'm sure you and I could have an interesting conversation about some of the unusual stuff we've found in a trout's stomach.
Certainly, any unwelcome scent brought on by handling and preserving bait can have a negative effect and added scents can have the desired masking effect. I definitely agree that slitting the bait open can draw a more vigorous reply.
I also agree that the right scent, in a given situation, can really make a difference and many different scents have helped me with different fish. I don't think I use them as often as I should when pitching jigs at weary fish.
There is a claim that walleye like strawberry Kool-Aid soaked bait fish. I wonder if the color is the big factor or if the scent makes the difference? Maybe it's another design on catching fishermen instead of fish. Buy this manual and you too can know how the native Americans have used strawberries to lure monster walleyes for centuries.[:p] I get it for carp... but walleye? You don't know what you don't know but man it's hard to get into expirementing with the unknown if you have success doing what makes the most sense.
Maybe a board survey to find out what experimental scents and colors really produce would be informational or, at the least, entertaining. However, if somebody caught a Utah state record walleye with Berry Blue Kool-Aid soaked red sides, my jaw would hit the floor.[laugh]
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with an after dinner mint.[:p] I've used a lot of different scented dough baits and all work well at times but the scientifically studied preference does seem to work more consistently. There is always a time you didn't bring the Zeke's. Trout seem to like it all. For the price of the cheese flavor I can get a few sticks of string cheese and skip reproducing the flavor. I'm sure you and I could have an interesting conversation about some of the unusual stuff we've found in a trout's stomach.
Certainly, any unwelcome scent brought on by handling and preserving bait can have a negative effect and added scents can have the desired masking effect. I definitely agree that slitting the bait open can draw a more vigorous reply.
I also agree that the right scent, in a given situation, can really make a difference and many different scents have helped me with different fish. I don't think I use them as often as I should when pitching jigs at weary fish.
There is a claim that walleye like strawberry Kool-Aid soaked bait fish. I wonder if the color is the big factor or if the scent makes the difference? Maybe it's another design on catching fishermen instead of fish. Buy this manual and you too can know how the native Americans have used strawberries to lure monster walleyes for centuries.[:p] I get it for carp... but walleye? You don't know what you don't know but man it's hard to get into expirementing with the unknown if you have success doing what makes the most sense.
Maybe a board survey to find out what experimental scents and colors really produce would be informational or, at the least, entertaining. However, if somebody caught a Utah state record walleye with Berry Blue Kool-Aid soaked red sides, my jaw would hit the floor.[laugh]
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