Scent Or Sight

[Bayoubassin8]

Inrecently bought the bass pro shops stick o kit and I put them in some old plastic worm bags instead of the box. They don't seem to smell like anything special so I am wondering if in slightly clear water the bass rely more on the sight of a sinking senko or smell to decide when to use them.

[papajoe222]

Sight is the bass' primary sence when it comes to feeding and that is what makes this type of bait so appealing. Although the scent may turn them away, it's the movement and silouette of the bait that gets their attention. I add scent to all my plastics and some hard baits also. My reasoning is to avoid rejection once I have a fish's interest.

[Bayoubassin8]

What scent do u use

[Marty]

As was already said, sight is the primary means of feeding. The fish has to be near something, maybe a foot or two, to get a scent, but can see much farther than that depending on water clarity.

[roadwarrior]

The scent is more about "holding a bait" than being attracted to the bait.

[papajoe222]

What scent do u use

Lately it's been CB's Hawg Sauce, but I've used many others. As long as it's oil based, I'll use it.

[WRB]

Look at a bass it has big eyes, then look at a catfish; small eyes and barbels to detect scent. Bass use their lateral line sense of water movement vibrations and eyes to determine what is nearby. Bass also have a sense of hearing and smell to detect odors and vibrations at very close range. Bass use all their senses to survive.

If a soft plastic has an attractant molded in, adding a different odor can send mixed message to a bass and set off alarms. Thinking adding an attractant to cover your human scent more than likely doesn't work, the bass can detect both and a human odor may not be a negative unless you have something on your fingers that is a negative odor.

Salt is a positive and Senko type soft plastics have heavy loads of salt.

Berkley was and is a pioneer with attractants and their Power baits changed bass and trout fishing. Today there are a lot of bass attractants on the market. My preference are the Gel types and avoid aerosol spray types.

Tom

[merc1997]

i have never depended on scent. i know there are many that swear it helps, but i still fish lots of plastics that have no salt or scent of any kind. if scent makes such a difference, i have yet to have anyone, that i might be fishing with, catch way more fish than me. if that did occur on a regular basis, i would change my thinking. when the scent craze began to occur, there were many of the market that had lots of oily substance to them. since people began to hook more fish, their thinking was that the bass are actually holding on to the bait longer. the reality is because their lure was slicker, they are getting a better hookset because they are able to move their bait in the fish's mouth better resulting in more and better hookups. this is just my opinion, and if using scent helps anyones confidence in catching fish, they should keep on using it. confidence is one of the best lures we have in the tackle box.

bo

[TNBassin']

I've got baits that are coffee scented, garlic scented, some that have YUM F2 attractant etc, and I've yet to see any of it make any difference.

[pat_walker_fishing]

I think sents just mask the jusk from our hands........ To me, sight and there lateral line are used in feeding primarily......I dip tobacco unfortunately ,so I use sents often to try to disguise the chemicals left dehind on my hand

[pat_walker_fishing]

I still use bang or kickin bass