06-10-2016, 03:07 PM
I am not saying this is your problem, and there will be I am sure some real good fisherman come on this forum and give a much better answer.
Women do not smell perfume from the bottle, they put a little on their wrist and smell it because we all have different body chemicals. Your dog knows you by your scent and fish have sensitive olfactory abilities. Which is why companies sell scents to apply to bait. Some people put garlic on their bait.
There is an old hillbilly saying (and I am an old hillbilly) that it is good luck to spit on your bait when fishing. There is actually good science to that in that there are enzymes in saliva that will breakdown and cause to wash away the oils on our fingers so that the fish do not smell us.
Guess I could have just said, "Try some scent, that might work."
Good luck to you - watch other fishermen - do not take shortcuts - do not give up
I am glad you have your dad to go with...I never did
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Women do not smell perfume from the bottle, they put a little on their wrist and smell it because we all have different body chemicals. Your dog knows you by your scent and fish have sensitive olfactory abilities. Which is why companies sell scents to apply to bait. Some people put garlic on their bait.
There is an old hillbilly saying (and I am an old hillbilly) that it is good luck to spit on your bait when fishing. There is actually good science to that in that there are enzymes in saliva that will breakdown and cause to wash away the oils on our fingers so that the fish do not smell us.
Guess I could have just said, "Try some scent, that might work."
Good luck to you - watch other fishermen - do not take shortcuts - do not give up
I am glad you have your dad to go with...I never did
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