yum

[GotOne42]

hey there.  i was wondering if i should get the bottle of yum scent that you can spray (garlic scent).  and if i did get it how much should i spray and what type of lures should i spray on???

[KYbass1276]

Me personally I think you will just be wasteing money. Bass encounter several different scents daily and only a few will trigger a bass to be on the alert for possable food in the area and garlic isn't a scent that triggers it. The bass know the scent of there quarry and most everything else is nothing to them. I think scents are more to catch fisherman than fish.  I don't buy them Just my opinion

[Needemp]

There has been some studies on whether bass are attracted to scent or not, and they definitely are. You just have to be careful what ones you use. Any type of oil including shad and crayfish oils are not good attractants because they are oil based. Oil does not dissolve in water (surprised many people forget that :-/). But oils are good lubricants. Bass have taste buds throughout there mouth, including in-between their teeth. They do hold on to water soluble attractants longer. I have never used the bottled Yum, but I do use their LPT Crawbugs and I do not notice fish holding on to them any longer than normal plastics. I love Powerbait plastics because I have noticed a big difference in those. But I have not noticed any improvement from their bottled Powerbait. I can only suggest using Powerbait plastics with the scent baked in it already. Nothing else has made a difference, including Powerbait Scent in the bottle.

PS One study did show a slight preference to garlic, but it was only a slight preference.

[WhiteMike1018]

I would check these threads out first before buying any YUM scent.

YUM makes good baits, but i dont think their scent is even close to the quality of their baits, and it looks too liquidy, not thick enogh.

Check these threads out first before purchasing.

Good Luck and Tight lines.

-WM

[WhiteMike1018]

Me personally I think you will just be wasteing money.  Bass encounter several different scents daily and only a few will trigger a bass to be on the alert for possable food in the area and garlic isn't a scent that triggers it.  The bass know the scent of there quarry and most everything else is nothing to them. I think scents are more to catch fisherman than fish.  I don't buy them Just my opinion  

Whats a bottle of scent maybe 5-6 dollars?

How you come to that conclusion absolutly boggles my mind. Yes it probably is more of a confidence thing if anyhting but its proven that bass will strike lure smore often than unscented lures.

But than again of course, you wouldnt want to waste your money, save up, maybe you can buy some confidence.   :)

Just my thoughts

-WM

[KYbass1276]

White mike  I was just posting my opinion on the matter no need to get all sarcastic.  If you want to waste your money on scents then go ahead,  I Don't so if  that makes you mad oh well.  Educate your self and you won't have to buy the confidence in the bottle

[stratosdriver]

I personally do not use yum scent but i do use Smelly Jelly don't know if it is in the US or not but it works great.When prefishing for a tournement i cut the points off my hooks,just want to know if they are there not hurt them when i started using the smelly Jelly crawfish scent i noticed that they would not let go of the baits as quick and i even have landed several with a net with no point on the hook so if that is just bottled confidence i'll take it

[Cravin]

I like the shad scents, I will use them regardless of opions here. I respect your opion KYbass but I suspect you have a few bags of plastics with scent impregnated in them, are you sure your not using scents?  Just kiddin.  It my be that its all just a confidence boost but when I'm fishing, weather, time, water color,and location can bring down the confidence level. If a favorite scent brings me up a notch and gets me fishing more thorough then I'm all for it.

I like to pick up cheap odd colored noname bags of worms every now and then, my favorite is a 6" and 4" ring worm with a chartruce or clear glitter tail. The scent holds between the rings and lasts a little longer, plus I bury the hook point at the base of the rings not into the body of the worm for faster hookset.

I won a local touney with 50 cent bag of Phantom brand 6" ring worm in "celebration" color ( try and find more of those) with shad scent. now thats all the confidence I need.

[Baconstrip]

Me personally I think you will just be wasteing money.  Bass encounter several different scents daily and only a few will trigger a bass to be on the alert for possable food in the area and garlic isn't a scent that triggers it.  The bass know the scent of there quarry and most everything else is nothing to them. I think scents are more to catch fisherman than fish.  I don't buy them Just my opinion  

Whats a bottle of scent maybe 5-6 dollars?

How you come to that conclusion absolutly boggles my mind. Yes it probably is more of a confidence thing if anyhting but its proven that bass will strike lure smore often than unscented lures.

But than again of course, you wouldnt want to waste your money, save up, maybe you can buy some confidence.   :)

Just my thoughts

-WM

Spray on scents, from my experience, are a waste of money.  Add to the fact that there are so many differing opinions on whether it works or not should make you suspicious.

Nearly everyone on these boards will tell you senkos work, trick worms work, etc, so you can assume, they probably do.  Spray on scents are not so universally accepted.  Some people like them, some don't.  See where I'm going with this?

And it's a confidence thing only if you blindly believe that those spray ons actually work.  If you think you are spraying your bait with something that isn't effective, then you gain nothing mentally from it.

[Cravin]

Ok, Opions , Opions Opions....

Here is a task for non believers, Find me an artical with scientific study proving scents do not work beyond a shadow of a doubt, make sure it was written by someone reputable and post it. easy task right!

We may have to wait till we can communicate directly with fish.

note: There is no aggresion in this post, just seeking actual proof. the poster cannot be held responsible for ruffled feathers or ill feelings

[WhiteMike1018]

Me personally I think you will just be wasteing money.  Bass encounter several different scents daily and only a few will trigger a bass to be on the alert for possable food in the area and garlic isn't a scent that triggers it.  The bass know the scent of there quarry and most everything else is nothing to them. I think scents are more to catch fisherman than fish.  I don't buy them Just my opinion  

Whats a bottle of scent maybe 5-6 dollars?

How you come to that conclusion absolutly boggles my mind. Yes it probably is more of a confidence thing if anyhting but its proven that bass will strike lure smore often than unscented lures.

But than again of course, you wouldnt want to waste your money, save up, maybe you can buy some confidence.   :)

Just my thoughts

-WM

Spray on scents, from my experience, are a waste of money.  Add to the fact that there are so many differing opinions on whether it works or not should make you suspicious.

Nearly everyone on these boards will tell you senkos work, trick worms work, etc, so you can assume, they probably do.  Spray on scents are not so universally accepted.  Some people like them, some don't.  See where I'm going with this?

And it's a confidence thing only if you blindly believe that those spray ons actually work.  If you think you are spraying your bait with something that isn't effective, then you gain nothing mentally from it.

I was tlaking about scent in general not just spray on scents...

[WhiteMike1018]

White mike  I was just posting my opinion on the matter no need to get all sarcastic.  If you want to waste your money on scents then go ahead,  I Don't so if  that makes you mad oh well.  Educate your self and you won't have to buy the confidence in the bottle

LOL @ that..

Well we all have our opinions etc, pros use scent and they catch fish, I had a 1on1 conversation with Greg Hackney about it at the fishing expo in Tamonium. He reccomends it, although he did not tell me what type he uses, its probably megastrike or carolina lunker sauce

-WM

[flyphisher #]

I dont know about the Garlic but the baitfish Yum spray does work. It actually permeates the plastic bait just like smelly jelly tends to do, Its just not as strong. I have seen many times days that the fish wont bite the worm without some sort of scent.  The WBT champion isnt sponsored by Preperation-H, yet she uses it as an attractant religiously. Its got fish oils in it.

Those of you that disagree with scent use so passionately will say I am wrong :. Yet fishing an average of 200 days a year or more the last 5 or 6 years, I think I have learned alot about fish biting and why. Doesnt matter what you post on here, someone will say it doesnt work, etc.....

[JigNBig]

I dont like it. It comes off after several casts and your left with a green bait because it stains anything it touches. i do like putting it in tubes though but thats the only thing that i like this stuff for.

[wickyman]

I find that if you buy the lures with the scent, or salt already added, that they tend to catch many more fish, than the one's without!  I usually use the anise flavored baits, as they don't leave my hands smelling like I walked out of an italian restraunt, where I had my hands all over a garlic lovers pizza...  I don't feel that smell is as important as where you cast, how you move the lure, and it's color...  If you use a red lure, you might get bites out of curiosity, but nothing more...  Natural colors, more to the surroundings, or colors that move light, are more likely to draw the fish's attention, than a garlic scent!  Usually, the reason people catch bass, is because they do it in the morning, or evening feeding times, when you could throw out a hunk of bread, and they would take it!  Personally, nothing is better than a wiggly live bait!    

I don't know how many of you think that live bait is, as my semi-father in law puts it, "cheating" but I find it to be the only way to catch fish on certain days!  Give me a bobber and a shad, and I will be in a happy place!    I think that it might be more important, where you cast the lure...  Areas with this weeds, are a place where smaller fish are munching down on smaller organisms, which is your best bet for hitting the swarms of bass, and other larger fish...  Anywhere there is a lot of bait fish, there is usually a number of larger bass, and the larger the bait fish, usually a larger bass sits near, waiting for feeding time!  The lake that I fish on, Clear Lake, out here in Cali, feed on the hitch that swarm in the shallower areas of the lake.  And anywhere we see these schools, there is usually 100 bass waiting for the right time, to take a snack break!  That is just my oppinion...

[BassFishingMachine]

I use megastrike. It doesn't hurt to add it to a bait so why not use it? Im just curious if there is a such thing as "too much" scent. If I add megastrike to a powerworm can this be bad? Will the scents combine to make a scent that doesn't taste as well? Because if I put ketchup on fries there good, but if I throw some dr.pepper and some A1 steak sauce on top im pretty sure it won't taste to good.

[Needemp]

Those that don't think scent works probably should not comment on a post like this. It is only out of ignorance, stubbornness or flawed logic that one would make a comment like that. Find me a professional that doesn't believe it works. Studies have proved it works. I know for a fact it works (but not all of it). If you don't think it does, it's because you NEVER gave it a proper try. And I mean proper. There are times when it will benefit your catch ratio. Bass DO hold on longer to Powerbait. It's not even a question in my mind and when someone says they don't believe it, well I just chalk it up to ignorance on their part. They obviously never used it enough to develop an accurate opinion. I don't mind if they believe that 'some' attractants don't work, but to say none of them work and they never gave it a real chance is kind of foolish. Don't get me wrong, I do foolish things everyday. There are plenty of issues I am ignorant of:-/.

[Pa Angler]

I have used Yum and some others but I use it to mask my scent rather than an attractant.