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PSA About scent 2025


fishing user avatarScarborough817 reply : 

Just a quick Public Service Announcement about using scent

 

be sure not to get the scent all over you and on your watch that you wear everyday or you will smell like fish oil and garlic and it will drive you nuts trying to get rid of the smell.

 

thank you


fishing user avatarChoporoz reply : 

I've very confused.

 

I like JJ's so much that I sprinkle a few drops in the car every now and then...just because I miss it.  And don't ask if I've ever just cracked the lid in January and taken a good whiff.....just because  :)


fishing user avatarScarborough817 reply : 
  On 5/17/2017 at 10:31 PM, Choporoz said:

I've very confused.

 

I like JJ's so much that I sprinkle a few drops in the car every now and then if I miss it.  And don't ask if I've ever just cracked the lid in January and taken a good whiff.....just because  :)

i was using some scent that hadn't used it in a while the hole was closed over with dried scent and i was spraying towards me like a fool. of course it goes all over my hands, my shirt, my wrist, in all the groves of my watch. oh well live and learn 


fishing user avatarbigturtle reply : 

What kind of super potent scent are you using??? the ones I use wash off easily


fishing user avatarNYWayfarer reply : 

Try Wet Ones antibacterial fresh scent hand wipes when done fishing for the day. Takes the fish and bait smell away better than anything else I tried.

 

Started using these after I noticed my car's steering wheel was starting to stink the day after driving home from fishing.


fishing user avatarfishballer06 reply : 
  On 5/17/2017 at 10:31 PM, Choporoz said:

I like JJ's so much that I sprinkle a few drops in the car every now and then...just because I miss it.  And don't ask if I've ever just cracked the lid in January and taken a good whiff.....just because  :)

 

Last fall a bottle of JJ's fell off a shelf in my basement, onto the concrete. My entire basement still wreaks...


fishing user avatarDarren. reply : 

Here's another PSA on scent:

 

If it is spray based, DO NOT SPRAY INTO THE WIND.

 

I smelled like shad/crawfish until I got home and showered.

Hey, look, wind can do crazy things when you're in a kayak.

I swear the wind changed directions just as I was spraying

the bait.


fishing user avatarNYWayfarer reply : 

Another PSA on scent. Apparently dogs love it.

 

I fish the same spot at a local pond. There is a path nearby where people and their dogs can walk.

 

When I am applying scent to baits I will often lay it on the grass and spray them to avoid what Darren mentioned. I noticed that the dogs can not resist this spot. Anyone with a dog that passes by has their dog pull them over so they can smell the hell out of that spot.


fishing user avatarScarborough817 reply : 
  On 5/17/2017 at 10:35 PM, bigturtle said:

What kind of super potent scent are you using??? the ones I use wash off easily

The scent was kickin' bass garlic


fishing user avatarMaster Bait'r reply : 

Fake garlic smell is the bane of my existence.  I love the smell of fresh garlic so much that lego smellin stuff just hurts me so deep down...  If I get a whiff I have to order garlic knots on the way home to get my senses over the trauma.  


fishing user avatarbuzzed bait reply : 
  On 5/17/2017 at 10:31 PM, Choporoz said:

I've very confused.

 

I like JJ's so much that I sprinkle a few drops in the car every now and then...just because I miss it.  And don't ask if I've ever just cracked the lid in January and taken a good whiff.....just because  :)

 

  On 5/17/2017 at 10:42 PM, fishballer06 said:

 

Last fall a bottle of JJ's fell off a shelf in my basement, onto the concrete. My entire basement still wreaks...

 

i have a big yellow spot on my garage floor that still looks and smells like jj's magic!  HANDLE WITH CARE!


fishing user avatarMunkin reply : 
  On 5/17/2017 at 11:54 PM, Scarborough817 said:

The scent was kickin' bass garlic

 

I would like to add one of the great lessons I learned in life. 

 

If you chew Redman put it in your mouth BEFORE adjusting your jig trailer you just drenched with Kick-N-Bass craw.

 

Allen


fishing user avatarCTBassin860 reply : 
  On 5/17/2017 at 10:31 PM, Choporoz said:

I've very confused.

 

I like JJ's so much that I sprinkle a few drops in the car every now and then...just because I miss it.  And don't ask if I've ever just cracked the lid in January and taken a good whiff.....just because  :)

Same thing but with Ugly Otters.You just cant control it in the winter sometimes.


fishing user avatarBassB8Caster reply : 
  On 5/17/2017 at 11:23 PM, Darren. said:

Here's another PSA on scent:

 

If it is spray based, DO NOT SPRAY INTO THE WIND.

 

I smelled like shad/crawfish until I got home and showered.

Hey, look, wind can do crazy things when you're in a kayak.

I swear the wind changed directions just as I was spraying

the bait.

Not trying to derail thread....but what spray scent do you use and do you like it? I fish out of a kayak and am considering scents but don't want to make a mess applying it (is assume you rub it on the bait....megastrike for example).


fishing user avatarFishin' Fool reply : 

I got red Spike It all over my hands before. I looked like I was a murderer. That stuff doesn't come off for anything either.


fishing user avatarDarren. reply : 
  On 5/18/2017 at 6:22 AM, BassB8Caster said:

Not trying to derail thread....but what spray scent do you use and do you like it? I fish out of a kayak and am considering scents but don't want to make a mess applying it (is assume you rub it on the bait....megastrike for example).

 

Friend turned me on to the BANG sprays, I don't use it

all the time, but I do like it. Lasts for maybe 10 or 11 casts

then reapply.


fishing user avatarTurkey sandwich reply : 

I spilled chartreuse Dip'n'Dye of some sort on a pair of pants once.  My crotch and left leg basically looked glow in the dark, and the stains are still there.  Whatever is actually in that stuff, it was not intended to go away quick.  


fishing user avatarMassYak85 reply : 
  On 5/17/2017 at 10:31 PM, Choporoz said:

I've very confused.

 

I like JJ's so much that I sprinkle a few drops in the car every now and then...just because I miss it.  And don't ask if I've ever just cracked the lid in January and taken a good whiff.....just because  :)

And I use it as soap :lol:


fishing user avatarOkobojiEagle reply : 

d**n!  And I've already had my bath this Spring...

 

 

oe


fishing user avatarWRB reply : 

Aerosol or pump scent spray should be avoided, gels or paste are less messy and more effective.

My worst experience with a scent was Smelly Jelly when it first came out,  good product, bad container. The jars reacted with the scent chemical and split the lids. I had a tackle bag with a jar in it while fishing with a partner in his boat when this horrible smell overcame us, it was a jar with the lid cracked off on a hot day and Smelly Jelly melted covering the inside if the bag and leaking out onto the boat carpet.

Tom

 


fishing user avatarRoLo reply : 

 

Try This:

Spray a reputable fish scent on the soles of your shoes, then take a stroll around your favorite bass pond.

You will notice pods of fish following you around the shoreline.

Now break into a moderate jog and you will be followed by a whitewater wake!  :surprised-038:

                                                                                                                                         

This is all true of course, except the part about 'fish scent'   :embarassed2:

 

 

 


fishing user avatarcorn-on-the-rob reply : 

I am definitely a bait sniffer. I can't help it.


fishing user avatarWRB reply : 
  On 5/19/2017 at 7:16 AM, RoLo said:

 

Try This:

Spray a reputable fish scent on the soles of your shoes, then take a stroll around your favorite bass pond.

You will notice pods of fish following you around the shoreline.

Now break into a moderate jog and you will be followed by a whitewater wake!  :surprised-038:

                                                                                                                                         

This is all true of course, except the part about 'fish scent'   :embarassed2:

 

 

 

Those are alligators not bass!

Tom


fishing user avatarXpressJeff reply : 

I love these "Don't ask me how I know" threads!  

Hysterical


fishing user avatarA-Jay reply : 

Another PSA ~ 

Always and I do mean Always, Apply your Facial Sunscreen BEFORE using the Megastrike ~ 

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A-Jay


fishing user avatarBassguytom reply : 

Also while spraying scent into the wind don't tug on superman's cape. 


fishing user avatarDarren. reply : 
  On 5/19/2017 at 8:02 AM, Bassguytom said:

Also while spraying scent into the wind don't tug on superman's cape. 

 

Agreed. And don't spit into the wind, either, LOL.


fishing user avatarbh91 reply : 

Anyone use defish soap?




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