Who Here Sprays Scent Into Their Bags Of Plastics?

[CJ]

I squeeze Megastrike into larger ziplocks that I load up with a few bags of creature baits for flippin' and for swimbaits. Only lures I do this with.

[primetime]

I never add it to the bag since I  may not use that bag again for a long time and sometimes scents can mess up plastics if they are colored etc...

I started using a system a few years ago where I use the Gulp tub and I leave a little bit of gulp juice on the bottom, then squirt some Megastrike into the gulp, and stir into a liquid paste...I then will just dip my baits and lures into the tub while fishing, and I soak all my baits the night before I go fishing and if you fish the Ned RIg and like the salt out of your baits, if you soak your Zinkers overnight they will float and so will other brands etc....But I think the Megastrike is great since it stays on the jig or plastic for a long time, and mixed with gulp liquid it gives me more confidence and is quicker to use.....Megastrike is not expensive compared to other brands since it lasts on your lures or baits much longer than other's I have tried..

I have used the Bang spray which was garlic and it was gone way to fast, but it was a spray in a can so I probably sprayed most of it into the air...

[primetime]

If you ever wondered why companies use scents like Garlic, Anise, Coffee etc....Their is a book called "Knowing Bass" by a PHD named Keith Jones I belive, and it is all studies he conducted over years without giving any brands or companies any recognition so it is not a biased book like many Magazines designed to sell you lures in every article.

He did studies and found that Bass are curious, and some chemicals actually alter the PH of the bait, Bass notice new scents and the only one that repelled them was Laundry Detergent if I remember correctly. He concluded that the use of Garlic for instance and even salt, oil, etc. is meant to alter PH and smell to make fish curious and pick it up since they don't have hands (Paraphrasing from Memory, so this is a summary of a long chapter) and one study showed if you are fishing cold water a Bass would respond to a heated worm, and in warm water, a cold worm....I have tried the cold worm once and it worked but I can't say it was better than a regular since my buddy was also catching them, but many scents like bug spray, WD 40 actually attracted bass....He concluded using scents was worth it since bass hunt by sight, sound, and smell and in stained water, scent is often easier to follow then sound since sound deflects in different directions and that matters even in weeds since sound and sight are limited, they often rely on scent first...Obviously Coffee scent works since Strike King baits works, and so do Gambler with Garlic...I believe they are meant to get fish to pick them up out of curiosity..

Also I remember the Phermone was ***, but I can say with 100% certainty that when the Power Worms came out I noticed a difference in strikes between a culprit and a power worm...I now still use Culprits but with Scent....Hope that makes sense, I just type fast and can ramble...but great book..

Also, the shape that fish respond to best in a worm or lure is 4"x 1/2" and for a craw, the shape of a Gambler BB Cricket or Missle Craw Tube and the Havoc Slop Craw was hit like 10x more than all the other shapes with large claws etc...That was a cool study, but Doug Hannon always said if you want to catch big bass use long thin lures like the Rapala J-18. That was his favorite lure to troll on weed edges in FLorida.

[Sam]

10 hours ago, Sam said:

OK, I'll come clean.

I will either:

1.  Do nothing.

2.  Add some JJ's Magic the night before.

3.  Slobber some MegaStrike on the plastics in the bag.

4.  If in the mood, will grind up a bunch of Nightcrawlers and put the goo in the bag.

If I go with the JJ's I don't add MegaStrike and visa versa.

If I go with the Nightcrawlers goo that is all I put in the bag. Yummy!