Coffee Scented Lures

[J Francho]

Smallies love Camels...

This northern didn't, though:

But this one did:

Even gobies like them:

Even good old dad gets on the action (look to his left):

Spare me the "you gotta quit" posts....I know.

;D

[Jeff C.]

are all the rage tails coffee scented ?

[rubba bubba]

JF - you gotta quit, man.

[ALbasser]

I just picked up a package of Rage Toads the other day. I havnt been able to try them out yet, but after after reading all about them and watching the video on this website I think I may like the rage toad. I am taking a ride out to Guntersville this weekend so I can see first hand how Alabama large lips like coffee  8-)

[angler1]

I have not bought into the whole coffee scented thing. I have never tried them so I can't knock them. It just seems like another marketing scam to me.

[kikstand454]

i think its alot more to do with covering your scent. coffee does it very well.

just ask drug sniffing dogs.

also i think i saw a pro team journal where kvd was saying that using a natural ingredient like coffee was how SK was getting the cool colors that they were acheiving with the coffee tubes.

[J Francho]

I could care less what some of those rage Tails smell like... I'd fish them no matter what.  They catch.

[TommyBass]

Why in the world would a bass be attracted to coffee?

I mean use your head, and be smarter than the lure marketers. Strike king is the master of marketing lures that catch fishermen. Hook, line and sinker. They have always had brilliant marketing campaigns. I commend them for that. But if you catch fish on rage tail baits its not because a bass smells a grande latte in the hydrilla. sorry.

X2... mostly a gimmick.  Maybe somewhat of a coverup scent.  From my fishing and others remarks, there is no proof behind coffee as an attractant.

Does smell good though.

[basspro96]

I think they smell like waffles  

[RoLo]

I for one would be delighted if they eliminated that silly coffee odor.

By the time I'm on the water, my caffeine tank is full and I'd rather not smell anymore coffee beans

As for coverup scents, what exactly are we trying to cover up

I can smell some lures from several yards away, but fortunately I've never smelled any angler in my boat, even 2 feet away.

So if we must cover up scents that we cannot smell, why are there no coverup scents that we cannot smell?

(Deer hunting for many decades has taught me that it's impossible to obliterate source odor using another odor)

Roger

[CWB]

Why in the world would a bass be attracted to coffee?

I mean use your head, and be smarter than the lure marketers. Strike king is the master of marketing lures that catch fishermen. Hook, line and sinker. They have always had brilliant marketing campaigns. I commend them for that. But if you catch fish on rage tail baits its not because a bass smells a grande latte in the hydrilla. sorry.

X2... mostly a gimmick. Maybe somewhat of a coverup scent. From my fishing and others remarks, there is no proof behind coffee as an attractant.

Does smell good though.

I think the whole point to it is covering up the scents or odors on a bait that will make a fish drop the bait and cause them to hold on longer, giving you more time to get a better hookset.

http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/scents-and-attractants.html

If you believe it's marketing, you could be right but I believe it works.

I remember a study done by In-Fisherman some years back about human skin PH levels. Roland Martins was very low and Ron Lindners was very high. Their conclusion was that scents can only improve your catch ratio and will never hurt it. I think the term "Attractant" is a misnomer. Although I am pretty sure there are times a fish will sniff out a slow moving bait in cover or dirty water. Only the bass know for sure.

[roadwarrior]

Geez...

We just went through 5 pages of this on the other thread...

Enough already.

Goodnight Irene

-Kent  a.k.a. roadwarrior

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