Chemicals/Scents on hands & how it affects fish

[ww2farmer]

I have gone straight from work, where my hands have been covered in oil, grease, diesel fuel, cow manure, and who knows what else, with nothign more than a wash with soap orange hand cleaner and hot water and caught fish just fine. I do rub megastrike on my unscented soft baits, but I don't add scent to anything already scented, or to hard baits.

[grimlin]

The only thing that really bothers me about this forum is people go off on these random tangents, and get totally off topic >. I asked about how to clean your hands, and it ends up being about some doctor and his book... By the way, thanks for your input Tom

So much for offering thorough advice. :

I was the one who started this topic, and ASKED for advise. So... I was not offering any advise.

Some people think it really doesn't matter and effect bass fishing that much when you got crap on your hands.I'm kinda one of them. I've ran my hands in just plain water for a few seconds and then jet out the door to fish the pond at my work. I usually have hydraulic fluid,Oil,grease smell on my hands. I still catch fish. You might think people aren't offering advice,but they are....DON'T LOOK TOO MUCH INTO IT.

I don't use anything special for my hands,just regular soap or body soap the night before I get out to go fishing.

[WRB]

When you spend the amount of time I have on the water your skin takes a lot of abuse from the sun.

I don't leave my home to go outdoors without sunblock and refresh sunblock when fishing every few hours and it gets on my hands.

Sun lotions or sun blocks have chemicals that may turn off bass when transfered onto lures. Washing my hands after applying sunblock, or get gasoline or oil on my hands, I wash it off.

Does any of this the affect the bass? I know it affects me to have oily or gas smelling hands.

[Georgia Jeff]

I get a handful of mud from the edge of the pond/river and rub it into my hands then wash it off in the water.  Seems to work fine and its FREE!

[grimlin]

I get a handful of mud from the edge of the pond/river and rub it into my hands then wash it off in the water. Seems to work fine and its FREE!

;D I've done that before too!