Smoking and Handling Bait

[WhiteMike1018]

It is not scientifically proven that bass WILL NOT strike a lure containing any type of carbon monoxide etc.

But at lab tests at Berkley, fish did seem tro be somewhat detered by the smell of "niccotine" on baits.

Ciggaretes and cigars contain this chemical I believe.

There is nothing positive that comes with smoking.

The negatives beat it out 1000-1

[Catt]

Why is it every time I light a cigarette I get a bite?   :

[Hookem]

Since I don't smoke in the house but rather in the garage......Where all my rods/reels and tackle are stored..........

I still catch with no problems.

Me thinks that scents or attractors are for the fisherman to get caught and not necessarily fish.  

And about deer hunting and such.....

While sitting in a blind, bored out of my mind because of nothing outside the stand, I fired one up. When I went to flick ashes out of the side window, I looked down only to find 3 does munching away underneath the left side of the stand. Couldn't smell the smoke? Couldn't smell me? Couldn't hear me rustling around?

They don't care.  ;D

And neither did the squirrel that tried to use me as a tree when I was sitting down with my back leaning up against a tree, smoking.

Skeered the carp out of him.  ;D

[Panamoka_Bassin]

Since I don't smoke in my apartment, whenever I go out for a smoke, I usually pick up the rod and make a few casts.  This may sound dumb, but when I'm fishing slowly, I try to make the retrieve last as long as the cigarette, which is about 4-6 minutes.  It only helps my timing on the retrieve, but it has become a way for me to slow down in the colder weather...

As far a scent goes, well, until I stop catching fish while I'm smoking I'm going to say that it has no adverse effects on catching.

And as for the butts, I do just as LBH does, put out the coal and keep the butts in a can until I get back to shore to dump them in the garbage.

[Deuceu72]

I smoke as well and I have no issues at all.................2 magic words for you.........Mega-Strike......... ;D

[polarbear]

why would PETA (People Eating Tasty Animals) care?

i usually collect all the butts in oneof my pockets...just don't forget to get them out before the wash

[David P]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. If you're catching plenty of fish while smoking, keep it up! If you AREN'T catching fish, and you're smoking, maybe try something..

From reading this thread, almost everyone that smokes has said they still catch plenty of fish..

[steveperry]

I also smoke while fishing. One thing I have to be very careful about (especially with a spinning outfit) is not touching the line with the end of the cigarette. I have lost a few lures right there in front of me cause I melted the line.