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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: Fish Assassin on January 26, 2006, 03:56:23 PM

Title: Fishing Scents
Post by: Fish Assassin on January 26, 2006, 03:56:23 PM

So what's your favourite fishing scent ?

Title: Re: Fishing Scents
Post by: searun17 on January 26, 2006, 05:14:01 PM

I like mikes orange roe scent i have used it with success on both salmon and steelhead on a little bit of wool.

Title: Re: Fishing Scents
Post by: newsman on January 26, 2006, 07:45:37 PM

wd40 put it on the leader and it won't make a mess of your fly.

Title: Re: Fishing Scents
Post by: DionJL on January 26, 2006, 08:30:20 PM

scent for what? salmon, steelhead, trout, sturgeon, halibut?

I use a huge variety for sturgeon, especially in teh summer with dew worms.

as for salmon, i use salmonegg scent, garlic, and anise. For steel i use, krill, shrimp, anise and a mix of any of the above lol.

Title: Re: Fishing Scents
Post by: Xgolfman on January 26, 2006, 10:52:05 PM

Quote from: birdman on January 26, 2006, 09:01:05 PM

I wonder what it would smell like if you put every commercial scent in a big gob of wool :-X

Ill give you a hint....God comes down to the garden of eden and see's adam sitting there smoking a butt under a tree...he looks at adam and adam is all ashamed of himself...God asks.."Adam, did you do the dirty deed?" and adam admits he did and like any true man, blames it on eve...God asks "where is eve now?"...adam replies, "in the river,cleaning up"...oh damn says God, now the fish are gonna smell like that!!!

Title: Re: Fishing Scents
Post by: stickler on January 27, 2006, 12:01:08 AM

The scent of fresh, fly caught, and released Steelhead on your hands, by no means is the best. ;)

Title: Re: Fishing Scents
Post by: rln on January 27, 2006, 07:22:01 AM

saw a guy get a fish behind 4 or 5 guys first cast last saturday on a wool tie soaked in Pro Cure Garlic oil. The guys in front of him had fished roe,pink worms and colorado's and 2 guys were still fishing the run 50 feet below him.

Title: Re: Fishing Scents
Post by: mojoman on January 27, 2006, 11:31:03 AM

I used to use scent.....but found it compromising my principals with regard to fishin'....kinda like huntin' with a high-powered scope....it left me wondering if it was the scent or my skill that resulted in success.....so I dropped the scent....fishin' stayed pretty much the same....just my thoughts...your milage could vary...;))



mojo stink-free

Title: Re: Fishing Scents
Post by: 2:40 on January 27, 2006, 11:40:46 AM

I dont ever use scents either.

For steelhead, roe and gooey bob seems to work just fine. I fished roe once, buddy an old gooey bob (not a newfangled scented thing) and I was outfished fairly miserably.

Title: Re: Fishing Scents
Post by: searun17 on January 27, 2006, 02:07:54 PM

The use of scents isn't necessary,but i do find in certain water conditions they have increased my catch particularly with salmon.

Title: Re: Fishing Scents
Post by: troutbreath on January 27, 2006, 08:17:18 PM

Don't go to the aquarium and pat the orca, I did once and never caught a fish for two years  :'(. Scent of orca is kiss of death to salmon type fish. My thoughts anyway.

Title: Re: Fishing Scents
Post by: DionJL on January 28, 2006, 11:36:46 AM

make your own scent combos. on low heat, melt vaseline in a pot, and your scent combo then pour into a container and let cool. Good way to make your own smelly jelly.

Title: Re: Fishing Scents
Post by: Fish Assassin on January 28, 2006, 01:06:39 PM

Thanks for the reminder. I've made some couple of years ago and it's sitting in my fridge somewhere.