Berkley Maxscent Losing Scent

[EzyEric]

I've been noticing that MaxScent lures lose their scent pretty quickly when outside of the bag.  I have some that I prerigged and others I put into a Plano (alone) and a day or so later I can't really smell that Powerbait scent anymore.  

 

With Gulp I know they sell the Recharge fluid but is there anything equivalent for Maxscent?

 

Will this Powerbait Attractant work? https://www.amazon.com/Berkley-BACP8-PowerBait-Attractant/dp/B0000AV1ZO/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=powerbait%2Battractant&qid=1598549932&sr=8-2&th=1&psc=1

I have no idea if its the same scent as Powerbait/Maxscent. 

 

It would really suck to have to always keep them in the bag until I am ready to cast like you have to do with Gulp.

[Jermination]

1 minute ago, EzyEric said:

I've been noticing that MaxScent lures lose their scent pretty quickly when outside of the bag.  I have some that I prerigged and others I put into a Plano (alone) and a day or so later I can't really smell that Powerbait scent anymore.  

 

With Gulp I know they sell the Recharge fluid but is there anything equivalent for Maxscent?

 

Will this Powerbait Attractant work? https://www.amazon.com/Berkley-BACP8-PowerBait-Attractant/dp/B0000AV1ZO/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=powerbait%2Battractant&qid=1598549932&sr=8-2&th=1&psc=1

I have no idea if its the same scent as Powerbait/Maxscent. 

 

It would really suck to have to always keep them in the bag until I am ready to cast like you have to do with Gulp.

when you fart in a small room it always smells longer than when you do outside. sorry that was kind of rude but in all seriousness leave them in the bag and spray some gulp nightcrawler in there to let saturate. whats wrong with keeping them in a bag? clip them to a notebook binder and youre good to go

[J Francho]

6 minutes ago, EzyEric said:

It would really suck to have to always keep them in the bag until I am ready to cast like you have to do with Gulp.

This is what you need to do, and is typically what is best for any brand of soft baits, especially scented baits.

[Jaderose]

Pre-rig?

[Spankey]

Give them a shot of Chompers or Kick-in Bass spray garlic scent and you’re ready to go. 

[Mbirdsley]

Are they using the gulp formula for these or is maxx scent a differnt 

 formula? wonder if you had a open pack for a while and hit them with the gulp spray, How that would work out 

[J Francho]

Maxscent is similar to Gulp! but a newer formula.  They aren't the same.  Seems easy enough to leave bait in the bags they came in, but that must be a problem for some.  Leaving baits in the package avoids a list of other problems as well, like colors bleeding, deformities, and let's not start with what happens when you leave a Z-Man bait out!  It's just a good general practice.  Plus, when you want to make a quick trip to a pond or creek, you just have to grab your favorite bag of plastic baits, cram them in your pocket, and head out.

[JediAmoeba]

I pre-rig all my rods with terminal tackle but never thread a soft plastic on until I am ready to cast it.  This is the way

[MN Fisher]

^ This. Terminal tackle on the rigs before I go out, plastics put on when on the water just before I'm going to cast.

[EzyEric]

9 hours ago, Mbirdsley said:

Are they using the gulp formula for these or is maxx scent a differnt 

 formula? wonder if you had a open pack for a while and hit them with the gulp spray, How that would work out 

Smells just like Powerbait to me but maybe slightly stronger, its like a crab/craw scent.

 

I have noticed a little bit of liquid in the bags, not as much as gulp but I assume this means they add some of this liquid to the bag after the fact and the new porous formula absorbs it.  This means they could potentially sell that liquid just like the Gulp recharge.   I have actually put some Maxscent baits into my Gulp Alive tub and they have blown up in size from absorbing so much liquid.

 

Thanks for the replies.  I will stick to keeping them in the bag and also making sure I seal the bags really tight.

[Cgolf]

4 hours ago, J Francho said:

Maxscent is similar to Gulp! but a newer formula.  They aren't the same.  Seems easy enough to leave bait in the bags they came in, but that must be a problem for some.  Leaving baits in the package avoids a list of other problems as well, like colors bleeding, deformities, and let's not start with what happens when you leave a Z-Man bait out!  It's just a good general practice.  Plus, when you want to make a quick trip to a pond or creek, you just have to grab your favorite bag of plastic baits, cram them in your pocket, and head out.

 

4 hours ago, JediAmoeba said:

I pre-rig all my rods with terminal tackle but never thread a soft plastic on until I am ready to cast it.  This is the way

 

3 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

^ This. Terminal tackle on the rigs before I go out, plastics put on when on the water just before I'm going to cast.

I will answer the three of you at once. Since I use slider heads I have a couple of pre-rig boxes like those in the picture In the boat at all times. I am thrifty and refuse to pull off a perfectly good bait and toss it out that has caught one fish that is capable of catching 10-20 fish. To me that is a waste of money especially when fishing higher priced baits like a menace or Arsenal assault bug. 
 

I have also been known to rig up some baits before a quick trip to my local lake in these boxes and not even take a tackle bag. This system has worked for me for many years and I see no reason to change. So some of us just have different tackle management systems than others. This is why Zman doesn’t work in my boat.

[Big Rick]

You're in store for a lot of rusty hooks and plastics that have bled on each other to the point that all look the same. My definition of thrifty is a bit different than most, I guess. I'd prefer to save a $4 swim jig from rusting prematurely by removing the salty, wet plastic trailer than to save a $.30 trailer and ruin my $4 jig by leaving the trailer on until the next time I decide to use it. YMMV

[MN Fisher]

33 minutes ago, cgolf said:

I am thrifty and refuse to pull off a perfectly good bait and toss it out that has caught one fish that is capable of catching 10-20 fish

Last trip out, caught a couple on a Pit Boss that I swapped during the day between a swim-jig, spinner and chatter. End of the day - even after the catches and swapping - it was still in good enough shape to go back in the bag after removal. I'm thrifty too - but that doesn't mean I leave plastics on hooks...good way to rust them as the scent/oils in the plastic attack the hooks long term.

[gim]

2 hours ago, EzyEric said:

will stick to keeping them in the bag and also making sure I seal the bags really tight.

Sometimes those cheap plastic bags they come in don't seal the greatest either.  I've had some scented/salted plastics almost completely dry up because I didn't get a good seal on the top of the bag.  I think we've all experienced this with food of some kind that comes with a sealer at the top of it too.

[Mbirdsley]

2 hours ago, EzyEric said:

Smells just like Powerbait to me but maybe slightly stronger, its like a crab/craw scent.

 

I have noticed a little bit of liquid in the bags, not as much as gulp but I assume this means they add some of this liquid to the bag after the fact and the new porous formula absorbs it.  This means they could potentially sell that liquid just like the Gulp recharge.   I have actually put some Maxscent baits into my Gulp Alive tub and they have blown up in size from absorbing so much liquid.

 

Thanks for the replies.  I will stick to keeping them in the bag and also making sure I seal the bags really tight.

They have definably maritime shell fish aroma.  Sucks getting it on your hands but, it works 

[Cgolf]

1 hour ago, MN Fisher said:

Last trip out, caught a couple on a Pit Boss that I swapped during the day between a swim-jig, spinner and chatter. End of the day - even after the catches and swapping - it was still in good enough shape to go back in the bag after removal. I'm thrifty too - but that doesn't mean I leave plastics on hooks...good way to rust them as the scent/oils in the plastic attack the hooks long term.

Never had much issues with rust except on nickel hooks. Some baits in that box have been in there for 4 years with no rust. I do check them every so often. Works for me understand not for everyone.

[Luke Barnes]

11 hours ago, JediAmoeba said:

I pre-rig all my rods with terminal tackle but never thread a soft plastic on until I am ready to cast it.  This is the way

This is the way. 

I also do this as well. But I usually leave the soft plastic on the hook when I am done. I use a few different Powerbait soft plastics but not a ton, and no maxscent so never been an issue for me. Learned my lesson on the Elaztech stuff the hard way though.

[Cgolf]

8 hours ago, Big Rick said:

You're in store for a lot of rusty hooks and plastics that have bled on each other to the point that all look the same. My definition of thrifty is a bit different than most, I guess. I'd prefer to save a $4 swim jig from rusting prematurely by removing the salty, wet plastic trailer than to save a $.30 trailer and ruin my $4 jig by leaving the trailer on until the next time I decide to use it. YMMV

Hasn't happened, like colors together, so bleeding hasn't been an issue. Like I said has worked well for me for years with minimal issues. Not for everyone though.

[Jaderose]

On 8/27/2020 at 1:02 PM, Jaderose said:

Pre-rig?

Ok...I gotta admit that when I wrote this, I thought the OP wrote that he "pre-rigged his baits and THEN put them in a Plano box."  I wasn't sure what was going on.  Now I get it..lol.  Yeah, easy.  Leave em in the bag until you're ready to fish

[Cgolf]

On 8/28/2020 at 12:27 PM, Big Rick said:

You're in store for a lot of rusty hooks and plastics that have bled on each other to the point that all look the same. My definition of thrifty is a bit different than most, I guess. I'd prefer to save a $4 swim jig from rusting prematurely by removing the salty, wet plastic trailer than to save a $.30 trailer and ruin my $4 jig by leaving the trailer on until the next time I decide to use it. YMMV

So I thought about your comment a bit, and I will throw this out and see what you think. The only hooks I have had to throw out are some original light wire slider heads and maybe some cheaper Ned heads, fireball jigs, or standard ball heads. Regular bass jigs or pro slider heads I have never had rust. I mostly use Santone, so could be they use a good hook. 

 

Here is the part to think about. My most popular bait, menace, at regular price is roughly 66 cents a bait. Say I save ten of those by not taking them off because the fish don't want them that day I save over 6 bucks. Since I have changed to the pro sliders I only toss one or two hooks/jigs away a season because I am either using jigheads or old sliders I have left. I have started to unrig some baits depending on the head at the end of the season and rerig them the next year so they don't rust over the winter. The only reason I switched from the light wire sliders is because I straightened one out on a huge bedding bass, not rust.

 

If you truly are pitching the plastics that are still usable, the cost on those adds up as well, likely more than a jig or two. I am not saying either way is right or wrong, I think both methods can work. I think the key for me is the open box which allows them to dry. There are also holes drilled in the bottom that you can't see so that water drains out and doesn't sit in the bin. Without the holes I would have a big mess. I never box up a rigged wet bait in a plano box.