Regarding scent tracks. Going to my neighborhood dock one morning and saw a neighbor pulling up his crab trap with more crabs(27) than anyone else. His bait in addition to chicken was a sardine can barely open.
Fish sauce is frequently used in Asian cooking for umami flavoring. I use it myself, and it is some funky smelling stuff. It can be bought in just about any grocery store and is made with only anchovy extract,sea salt and cane sugar. I've thought about using sardines in a chum bag made of cheese cloth. These may be an inexpensive alternative. Stay Salt Strong!
As far as dairy goes, it could be the diverse enzymes and amino acids in the product that's attractive. Maybe certain dough baits could be effective for saltwater.
I've used milk to wash my hands before fishing, and taken baths with it to nutralize my scent before going hunting. My grandfather taught us this practice back in the late 60's.
I met Berkley Bedell in the 80’s through one of his staffers when I worked on Capitol Hill. He was from Iowa and started Berkley Fly Co as a kid. He found out that his staffer Steve and I loved to fish on the weekends, so he hooked us up with TONS of his then experimental scent pastes, balls and sprays that he was trying to develop. I actually used some of the stuff sealed up in a jar the other day on rainbow trout! He was an incredible man. Died last winter at 98 down near you guys.
I guess I’m lucky I can remember my father warning me about the negative effects of all these unnatural scents on fishing when I was a kid 45 years ago.... thanks dad👍👍
As a soap maker, this makes me want to make a bar with fine ground Anise. That would work well with neutralizing your odor and give some additional abrasiveness for a deeper clean. I could also add milk like many artisanal soaps included but that probably wouldn't work the same as pouring milk on your hands because or the chemical changing process of soap making but who knows. It'll definitely help make your hands softer at least.
This is soooooo helpful. Ive been keeping my pole in my car lately and i smoke. Ive been coming up blank for weeks. NOTHING!! Ill go buy a new lure and always catch one. Then it goes back to nothing. Explains everything. I was just about to stop fishing out of frustration
I have fished for over 40 years and this is the first time I’ve ever heard of this. This could be the best podcast you have put out. Awesome information
The anis oil yall discused about is a liquorice smelling oil. I still use it on my soft plastics (especially worms). I've also rubbed it on my hands, to hide my scent.
Something I want to share with you guys on fish scents as well. I've been experimenting with frozen baits like shrimp and greenbacks...i found that if you get a 5 gallon bucket and add the frozen bait with fresh saltwater plus getting a 2lb garlic salt mix but adding only 1/4 of it to the water...have them defrost and let them absorb that water till they start getting hard...makes wonders to the frozen bait. I tested it out down at the keys with my friend that doubted me leaving his frozen bait out. I heard from this Captain that swears by this...and let me tell...it works amazing...it revives the baits like you won't believe...they get hard as like you just almost caught it...and that garlicy smell makes the fish go nuts. My friend was amazed how well it worked. We started getting slammed left and right with that. It was like you cast land and they come after the bait like piranhas...we nailed like 30+ fish from Snapper, bonnnet head, catfish, grunts and 2 Goliath Groupers which we had to throw back...It'll be great if you guys try it and see if it works out for you as well, especially knowing frozen baits tend to be soft and mooshie when they're frozen...you'll notice the difference.
@@Saltstrong oh and btw I joined the Saltstrong family today...wow you're right guys! We better content and awesome stuff I see now...it's so worth it...im very happy to keep learning.
Great stuff. I always knew scent was important. Stopped wearing cologne back in the 80’s because of it. But this definitely reminds me of the importance of scent in fishing. I have a bar of soap given to me years ago in my boat bag. It was advertised as fishing soap, so I’m going to have to pull that out again and try it out. 👍🏼
I’ve noticed negative effects of tobacco around fish but believe it or not I think they like weed. I blow it all over my lure and line and seem to catch more fish when I do. I’m being serious about all this, it is now a firm superstition of mine.
Great stuff. This is why I won't use sunscreen then touch my rigs. I've noticed that it will keep me from getting bites. I'll spray everything with gulp scent. Once I had a good pompano bite. I reapplied sunscreen and touched my rigs and baits. And the bite shut down.
Just out of curiosity. How would wearing latex gloves affect the scent? Does it have its own negative smell track? Does it hold our natural human oils? Can you wash it in positive smell tracks to mask it and will it work?
Cheese is a popular bait for freshwater catfish (other fish, too??), used by both anglers and commercials fishermen. Garlic powder/salt is also used in some homemade baits.
I've always suspected that showering before a fishing trip, smoking, handling your tackle too much, and bug repellant all repel fish. I could usually tell a difference even at the same place, same time, same tide, same everything. Looks like I got a new book to read too. Great video.
This video has me cringing at myself for touching EVERY part of the line when I've been spooling up a new reel for the past few years. Didn't know it mattered that much. Thanks guys
Or keeping my rods right next to 3 jugs of gasoline in a garage... I wish they tested dog/cat smells so i could know if im safe to keep my rods in the closet
Cheese has lots of sodium which freshwater fish are attracted to. Yamamoto baits have high sodium formulations for that reason. I get less spit outs with hi-sodium plastics
Tons of people use Ivory soap as bait for catfish. No science to back this up, but after I found out about that, I started taking a bar of ivory soap fishing with me to wash my hands while fishing. Seems to work well even after applying bug spray and/or sunscreen. If you’ve ever gotten either of those on your lips, common sense would tell you fish won’t want to put either of them in their mouths.
watching more, this might be one of the best YT videos on fishing I've encountered. you genuinely added to my understanding of fishing these past 54-mumble years! gotta find that book. maybe there is an ebook version to be had, or audible? EDIT: According to Google Books there are no ebook or audio book editions. what a shame as I have probs holding books due to RA...
I truly believe scent has lots to do with fish but I am not sure about smoke or gas being a negative! Good buddy of mine out fishes lots of people and he smokes like a chimney and stores his gear in his shop with oils/fumes all over! I often joke with him to rub my lures I swear he has some scent that fish just love!
100% believe that something gets on a lure from a fish that makes it the hot lure. I've witnessed it too many times. Fishing literally side by side with friends and strangers, nothing going on...then one person will finally get one, and you'll see that same person catch fish one after another in very close succession. dozens of people using exactly the same lure, same color, size, casting it literally side by side. There is NO bottom structure in some of these spots. I've seen it happen all too often, and i've even been that guy on many occasions. One time i showed up late got 4 fish in 5 casts while others caught nothing for hours and they were right beside me doing pretty much the same thing. For this reason, i started tying fly material to some of my lure hooks just to see if it would hang onto whatever it was that wipes off a fish.. blood, slime, mouth goo, whatever it was.
Wow! I did not know all that about scents. My poles have been stored in the carport. My daughter-in-law smokes out there every day. There is also gas stored there too. Have not been getting many bites lately. I will change out all my lines and store them in the bedroom. No more bug repellent and I will watch when I use sunscreen.
Thanks. Never knew all that. When beach fishing I grab wet sand & rub it in my hands mostly to clean suntan lotion off. Now I need to change everything. Thanks for all the info.
As far as Gulp scents, it doesn't work better than putting some chicken on the hook here in Panamá. Gulp is made for very specific spieces, mostly found in North America.
When scuba diving, I observed that the contents of a cheez whiz can sprayed in the water would attract a school of yellowtail snapper. I thought it was the color and worm-like shapes. It may have been the scent.
I've been trolling lake Michigan salmon and trout for 20+ years. For the last 10 or more I've told my buddies that I've noticed that spoons or flies that have caught fish will out fish the exact same lure taken out of the package new. To this day they think I'm crazy. Anise scent? Think black licorice. I kept waiting for a mention of Menhaden oil? I know a few guides and others in SW florida that mix it into there chum.
know I'm late to the party but excellent info on what scents repel fish, in general. In truth it's not new, read about it when I was young in the late 60s...however the depth of detail in this video is priceless to us fisher folk. Very appreciated to have... the smoking detail will help backup a big complaint I have with a couple family members (ugh, right? hahaha). So when I end up divorced which one of you has the couch in the garage for a broke down geezer?
I use ReelMagic on my rods/reels & gear for anti-corrosion and it has never negatively effected my fishing....also I use Sawyer brand bug spray/lation with picaridin and it also never has negatively effected my attempts. I also make a habit of dipping my hands in the water often and rinsing them. Maybe that helps... and now I know why my daddy used to always spit on the bait for good luck. LOL GREAT VIDEO.. THANKS
Great video. I totally agree about keeping all your gear and lures away from negative scents. What about garlic and salt as an attractant? It is listed as an attractant at many other places.
Although I have only been fishing for a year I knew that the lotion, cologne, insect spray, gas fill-up or-and especially sweat ( Yeah, I sweat all over the line, lure...) whatever might be affecting my fishing. Now I know for sure! Best report ever!
Great content as usual ♥️🎣 I always like long videos like this one when I am driving... so I don’t get distracted. I always start checking you guy first in UA-cam. 😂😂😂 Gracias
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@@Saltstrong I used to smoke (nasty) cigars & caught more fish then those around me from shore most of the time, plus its a bug repentant. Could be just the anti-smoking radicals at work?
You can tell who the more scientific mind is among the two! LOL Enjoy these guys, especially Luke's tests. He seems to understand minimizing variables in any experimental setting. I wish there was more info directly applicable to the Louisiana/Texas coast. Sure, some is directly applicable, but Salt Strong is definitely focused on Florida.
Lots of very interesting stuff here!!! Awesome content! Interesting show trick we'd do growing up in naples we used to throw gum into water or sometimes just spit in the water around the fuel dock and monster jacks would slam the water.
I always felt like buying a new combo was bad luck, like you spend all this money on a new rod and reel but catch em on the old rod. Probably from me spooling line on using my fingers for tension, im gonna start using a rag to pinch the line when spooling.
Ok, let me see if I have this rite. Dog’s smeller 1000 over human and fish 1000 more acute than dog’s. Mid 70’s thru hub exhaust outboard’s was introduced. Seems to me the fish ought to be jumping in are boats for fresh air. Smells, moon phase, barometric pressure,tides. I don’t know about you I’m going fishing if Moses said he was fixing to part the Gulf of Mexico and fishing would be poor I’m still going! It ain’t how many you pull in, it’s the enjoyment of trying. Good video though! I’m going tomorrow, drinking beer, occasional fart and let my dog slobber on my lures!😂
I would have to question the petroleum comment made at the 14:50 mark. I use smelly jelly that's made with petroleum jelly and catch fish all the time.
Hey guys, my father is a biologist. Living in South Louisiana, we eat tons of boiled seafood. Dad discovered that wetting his hands then washing the with baking soda, neutralized the odor quite well. Of course, everyone knows it works in the fridge for the same reason. It may be worth keeping some in the tackle bag or on the boat. Being a smoker, I have to give it a shot. I'll report back with the findings. Maybe someone else has some experience with this.
Shortly after the book came out, Berkeley made a fishing soap, and sunblock. I used the soap for years, until they quit making it. The sunblock worked, but smelled rancid. ....I've noticed that whoever drives the boat, especially a tiller outboard, or pumped the gas, always caught less fish over the years....Smearing your hands with bait guts and squid works great until you're offshore on a hot summer day. When you absentmindedly wipe the sweat off your face- well, odds are good you'll be leaving a personal chumline soon.
collect a bucket of fine sand to wash your hands with 😄 works way better than soaps and you got non oily hands to tie knots and handle your gear it also works pretty good for boat fishing when you reached a spot and dont need to touch the engine for a while 😄 you can also use it to get you cork rod grips nice and clean 😄 to get oil of lures you can give them really quick dip in some isopropyl alcohol and put them in water straight away to not damage coatings or rubber 😁
Not to be contrary but my grandfather a WW2 vet smoked non filtered Pall Malls for 50 years, owned a Ranger Boat Dealership in Oklahoma and routinely caught limits of crappie & catfish. 🤷🏼♂️. He also chewed tobacco and always spit on his hook.... Follow Richard Gene fishing here on UA-cam. He’s a smoking & fishing machine 🤷🏼♂️. I’m a non smoker myself but Richard and my grandfather would both be examples that the nicotine data is flawed...(Killed Deer too) Also, don’t bait caster fishermen’s thumbs touch the line every cast? Catfish love Garlic and Cheese on the plus side.
Now we know spitting on your lure is not good luck it's science but I don't know if I can bring myself the Wii on my lures yet podcast was very informative and very humorous I had a good time watching it
Now it makes total sense why when i go to the Jetties, the person beside me keeps getting hits while i dont. Next time ill be careful when i apply sunscreen or when I do my rigs
Back in the day my Grandmother use to say it was lucky to split on the bate before casting, and on some occasions she would even spit chewing tabacco on he bate. I'm curious on your intake on this stragity. Does spit or chewing tabacco affect your chances on catching fish?
Did I hear you guys say that plasticizer detracts fish... plasticizer aka plastic softener aka soft plastic. The most fish catching artificial baits out there are made from this very thing. 🤷♂️
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Regarding scent tracks. Going to my neighborhood dock one morning and saw a neighbor pulling up his crab trap with more crabs(27) than anyone else. His bait in addition to chicken was a sardine can barely open.
@@joeporter1020 Wow! I'll be sure to try that for my crab traps.
Fish sauce is frequently used in Asian cooking for umami flavoring. I use it myself, and it is some funky smelling stuff. It can be bought in just about any grocery store and is made with only anchovy extract,sea salt and cane sugar. I've thought about using sardines in a chum bag made of cheese cloth. These may be an inexpensive alternative. Stay Salt Strong!
As far as dairy goes, it could be the diverse enzymes and amino acids in the product that's attractive. Maybe certain dough baits could be effective for saltwater.
I've used milk to wash my hands before fishing, and taken baths with it to nutralize my scent before going hunting. My grandfather taught us this practice back in the late 60's.
How cool that your grandfather taught you the helpful scent lessons so many years ago!
I met Berkley Bedell in the 80’s through one of his staffers when I worked on Capitol Hill. He was from Iowa and started Berkley Fly Co as a kid. He found out that his staffer Steve and I loved to fish on the weekends, so he hooked us up with TONS of his then experimental scent pastes, balls and sprays that he was trying to develop. I actually used some of the stuff sealed up in a jar the other day on rainbow trout! He was an incredible man. Died last winter at 98 down near you guys.
I guess I’m lucky I can remember my father warning me about the negative effects of all these unnatural scents on fishing when I was a kid 45 years ago.... thanks dad👍👍
As a soap maker, this makes me want to make a bar with fine ground Anise. That would work well with neutralizing your odor and give some additional abrasiveness for a deeper clean. I could also add milk like many artisanal soaps included but that probably wouldn't work the same as pouring milk on your hands because or the chemical changing process of soap making but who knows. It'll definitely help make your hands softer at least.
Maybe add fish guts and chopped shrimp. 😊
Or beer! Lol!
Wow. Put your soap on a hook and catch a fish
This is soooooo helpful. Ive been keeping my pole in my car lately and i smoke. Ive been coming up blank for weeks. NOTHING!! Ill go buy a new lure and always catch one. Then it goes back to nothing. Explains everything. I was just about to stop fishing out of frustration
So can i pour beer on my hands after i smoke?
The 6 dislikes are from big cigarette companies 😂
Haha!
I watched the whole thing and you know me, I know a lot about scent, this was great content on things I did not know! God Bless.
Thanks for making time to watch the video and leave the nice comment!
Mr Gum, get some scents for the south Pacific. Nothing on the market right now really works here.
I have fished for over 40 years and this is the first time I’ve ever heard of this. This could be the best podcast you have put out. Awesome information
The anis oil yall discused about is a liquorice smelling oil. I still use it on my soft plastics (especially worms). I've also rubbed it on my hands, to hide my scent.
This anise oil is used in a lot of softbaits used for ice fishing in the north and great lakes region.
Something I want to share with you guys on fish scents as well. I've been experimenting with frozen baits like shrimp and greenbacks...i found that if you get a 5 gallon bucket and add the frozen bait with fresh saltwater plus getting a 2lb garlic salt mix but adding only 1/4 of it to the water...have them defrost and let them absorb that water till they start getting hard...makes wonders to the frozen bait. I tested it out down at the keys with my friend that doubted me leaving his frozen bait out. I heard from this Captain that swears by this...and let me tell...it works amazing...it revives the baits like you won't believe...they get hard as like you just almost caught it...and that garlicy smell makes the fish go nuts. My friend was amazed how well it worked. We started getting slammed left and right with that. It was like you cast land and they come after the bait like piranhas...we nailed like 30+ fish from Snapper, bonnnet head, catfish, grunts and 2 Goliath Groupers which we had to throw back...It'll be great if you guys try it and see if it works out for you as well, especially knowing frozen baits tend to be soft and mooshie when they're frozen...you'll notice the difference.
Thanks so much for sharing the cool trick! I'll be sure to give this a try.
@@Saltstrong oh and btw I joined the Saltstrong family today...wow you're right guys! We better content and awesome stuff I see now...it's so worth it...im very happy to keep learning.
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Diet Pepsi does the same thing! 24 hours. Hardens the bait. Stays on the hook.
Hmm this is quite informative, have you tested this technique several times btw ?worth giving it a shot
Great stuff. I always knew scent was important. Stopped wearing cologne back in the 80’s because of it. But this definitely reminds me of the importance of scent in fishing. I have a bar of soap given to me years ago in my boat bag. It was advertised as fishing soap, so I’m going to have to pull that out again and try it out. 👍🏼
I’ve noticed negative effects of tobacco around fish but believe it or not I think they like weed. I blow it all over my lure and line and seem to catch more fish when I do. I’m being serious about all this, it is now a firm superstition of mine.
Best 42 minute video I watch!! Thank you
Great stuff. This is why I won't use sunscreen then touch my rigs. I've noticed that it will keep me from getting bites. I'll spray everything with gulp scent. Once I had a good pompano bite. I reapplied sunscreen and touched my rigs and baits. And the bite shut down.
Great video! I tried to find that book, $900 on Amazon! Maybe you guys can record chapters like bedtime stories...
When I used to live in Montana, we used to put cubes of velvita cheese on our hooks and would catch rainbow trout.
I'm 61. Before powerbait we would use cheese and garlic flavored marshmallows' for trout. Some guys used old velveeta.
Just out of curiosity. How would wearing latex gloves affect the scent? Does it have its own negative smell track? Does it hold our natural human oils? Can you wash it in positive smell tracks to mask it and will it work?
Cheese is a popular bait for freshwater catfish (other fish, too??), used by both anglers and commercials fishermen. Garlic powder/salt is also used in some homemade baits.
Yep was thinking same thing. Nothing new
I've always suspected that showering before a fishing trip, smoking, handling your tackle too much, and bug repellant all repel fish. I could usually tell a difference even at the same place, same time, same tide, same everything. Looks like I got a new book to read too. Great video.
This video has me cringing at myself for touching EVERY part of the line when I've been spooling up a new reel for the past few years. Didn't know it mattered that much. Thanks guys
Or keeping my rods right next to 3 jugs of gasoline in a garage...
I wish they tested dog/cat smells so i could know if im safe to keep my rods in the closet
This video is so informative that I saved it to listen to again.
Thanks for the support!
I made some goat milk bar soap one time with charcoal and anise oil. Nobody wanted it lol. Most people I knew were clueless about fishing lol.
Cheese has lots of sodium which freshwater fish are attracted to. Yamamoto baits have high sodium formulations for that reason. I get less spit outs with hi-sodium plastics
This is GREAT information to add on and increase my skills in Saltwater Fishing. Especially when I'm a wader. Thank you!!!
I learn something every time I watch your channel.
Thank you for the support!
Tons of people use Ivory soap as bait for catfish. No science to back this up, but after I found out about that, I started taking a bar of ivory soap fishing with me to wash my hands while fishing. Seems to work well even after applying bug spray and/or sunscreen. If you’ve ever gotten either of those on your lips, common sense would tell you fish won’t want to put either of them in their mouths.
Interesting!
watching more, this might be one of the best YT videos on fishing I've encountered. you genuinely added to my understanding of fishing these past 54-mumble years! gotta find that book. maybe there is an ebook version to be had, or audible?
EDIT: According to Google Books there are no ebook or audio book editions. what a shame as I have probs holding books due to RA...
I truly believe scent has lots to do with fish but I am not sure about smoke or gas being a negative! Good buddy of mine out fishes lots of people and he smokes like a chimney and stores his gear in his shop with oils/fumes all over! I often joke with him to rub my lures I swear he has some scent that fish just love!
the other day i was fishing with a old man and he was smoking weed and caught 2 keeper sheepshead and a slot red. fish like weed more than we do
my little ice hut was hotboxed regularly and I always caught pile of perch... thanks for helping me confirm my theory that weed is ok.
100% believe that something gets on a lure from a fish that makes it the hot lure. I've witnessed it too many times. Fishing literally side by side with friends and strangers, nothing going on...then one person will finally get one, and you'll see that same person catch fish one after another in very close succession. dozens of people using exactly the same lure, same color, size, casting it literally side by side. There is NO bottom structure in some of these spots. I've seen it happen all too often, and i've even been that guy on many occasions. One time i showed up late got 4 fish in 5 casts while others caught nothing for hours and they were right beside me doing pretty much the same thing. For this reason, i started tying fly material to some of my lure hooks just to see if it would hang onto whatever it was that wipes off a fish.. blood, slime, mouth goo, whatever it was.
Wow! I did not know all that about scents. My poles have been stored in the carport. My daughter-in-law smokes out there every day. There is also gas stored there too. Have not been getting many bites lately. I will change out all my lines and store them in the bedroom. No more bug repellent and I will watch when I use sunscreen.
Thanks. Never knew all that. When beach fishing I grab wet sand & rub it in my hands mostly to clean suntan lotion off. Now I need to change everything. Thanks for all the info.
Ladyfish or trout slime on a lure is always good for the snook bite.
As far as Gulp scents, it doesn't work better than putting some chicken on the hook here in Panamá. Gulp is made for very specific spieces, mostly found in North America.
When scuba diving, I observed that the contents of a cheez whiz can sprayed in the water would attract a school of yellowtail snapper. I thought it was the color and worm-like shapes. It may have been the scent.
Definitely
can you use the luring scent Pro-cure bait scents on your hands and equipment to counter the negative or neutral scents?
I leave a Negative Smell track for the wife in the ceramic bowl everyday....
I use a snail trail
Best fishing info that I have ever watched.
Thanks for making time to post the nice comment!
this is fascinating. I'll try these here in Philippines got to observe how fish reacts on those positives
Thanks and let us know how they work!
this is true science
L Serine is a molecule produced by the body
the L stands for left.
R Serine would be its mirror image with different properties
my grandpa caught a limit of trout in southern oregon once a week for decades with velveta cheese on treble hooks.
Jesus Christ that’s hilarious 🤣
Hambone: That is Not hilarious - that is Catching Fish! There were those who made fun of my glow beads. That was until I outfished every one else.
Velveeta cheese works for trout. Have tried it done that and it works
I've been trolling lake Michigan salmon and trout for 20+ years. For the last 10 or more I've told my buddies that I've noticed that spoons or flies that have caught fish will out fish the exact same lure taken out of the package new. To this day they think I'm crazy. Anise scent? Think black licorice. I kept waiting for a mention of Menhaden oil? I know a few guides and others in SW florida that mix it into there chum.
Yes I have tried a gallon of Menhaden oil mixed with crushed anchovies as chums and it really worked.
Menhadden fresh is killer cut bait on reds. Better than mullet imo
know I'm late to the party but excellent info on what scents repel fish, in general. In truth it's not new, read about it when I was young in the late 60s...however the depth of detail in this video is priceless to us fisher folk.
Very appreciated to have... the smoking detail will help backup a big complaint I have with a couple family members (ugh, right? hahaha). So when I end up divorced which one of you has the couch in the garage for a broke down geezer?
I use ReelMagic on my rods/reels & gear for anti-corrosion and it has never negatively effected my fishing....also I use Sawyer brand bug spray/lation with picaridin and it also never has negatively effected my attempts. I also make a habit of dipping my hands in the water often and rinsing them. Maybe that helps... and now I know why my daddy used to always spit on the bait for good luck. LOL
GREAT VIDEO.. THANKS
I use reelx and penn rod and reel oil in my Spooltek lures to keep them from rusting and it has never affected me catching fish
Ok SaltStrong, heard it here first: SPF/Positive scent track hand sanitizer gel.... would sell like wild.
Just get unscented hand sanitizer and then spit on your hands after
Thanks guys! Salt strong member here. Great content.
Enjoyed the great information. ANISE OIL IS THE LIQUORICE SMELL YOU SMELL ON SOME BAITS. IT IS A COOKING SENT
Hi mark. Correct and it's mixed with molasses a powerful attractant👍
Great video. I totally agree about keeping all your gear and lures away from negative scents. What about garlic and salt as an attractant? It is listed as an attractant at many other places.
I know it is used in bass fishing a lot. it could possibly work inshore. never know till ya try! lol
Awesome video. Never new any of this stuff. God bless you guys. Keep it up.
This is Salt Strong ! Very good info
Hope insiders will have a cheat sheet to sum it up
You are so hysterical.... Simon's like diamonds💯💢👌😁
💎💎
Although I have only been fishing for a year I knew that the lotion, cologne, insect spray, gas fill-up or-and especially sweat ( Yeah, I sweat all over the line, lure...) whatever might be affecting my fishing. Now I know for sure! Best report ever!
Thanks for making time to leave the nice comment David!
Great info. Thank you for sharing this knowledge with us.
Great content as usual ♥️🎣 I always like long videos like this one when I am driving... so I don’t get distracted. I always start checking you guy first in UA-cam. 😂😂😂
Gracias
Thanks so much for making time to listen and leave the nice comment!
About the smoking, you in left field on that, smoking never limited the amount of fish I caught
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@@Saltstrong I used to smoke (nasty) cigars & caught more fish then those around me from shore most of the time, plus its a bug repentant.
Could be just the anti-smoking radicals at work?
Growing up in West Virginia we used to catch fresh water trout with nothing but cheese. Tight Lines
😮Awesome! 💪😂
Found this very interesting, and believe the info will be very helpful in fishing!!
You can tell who the more scientific mind is among the two! LOL Enjoy these guys, especially Luke's tests. He seems to understand minimizing variables in any experimental setting. I wish there was more info directly applicable to the Louisiana/Texas coast. Sure, some is directly applicable, but Salt Strong is definitely focused on Florida.
Wow. This makes perfect sense. No wonder my Grandpa rubbed his hands with mud, before tying his fishing knots.
Lots of very interesting stuff here!!! Awesome content! Interesting show trick we'd do growing up in naples we used to throw gum into water or sometimes just spit in the water around the fuel dock and monster jacks would slam the water.
This was very helpful 🙂
Great to hear!
Hey guys love the info on the scent tracks keeps up the awesome work catch y'all later.
I always felt like buying a new combo was bad luck, like you spend all this money on a new rod and reel but catch em on the old rod. Probably from me spooling line on using my fingers for tension, im gonna start using a rag to pinch the line when spooling.
I'll definitely buy that anchovies soap salt strong!
One of the best fishing videos ever produced!
What about reel cleaning products? What is the best for less scent trace?
Well screw it then!
Glocker: Damn Good question. I also wish S.S. would have responded.
Always put some slime on my lure and line when i catch one.
In the uk we call it a 'scent Trail'
Man I didn't hear anything about coffee as a fish attractant
Ok, let me see if I have this rite. Dog’s smeller 1000 over human and fish 1000 more acute than dog’s. Mid 70’s thru hub exhaust outboard’s was introduced. Seems to me the fish ought to be jumping in are boats for fresh air. Smells, moon phase, barometric pressure,tides. I don’t know about you I’m going fishing if Moses said he was fixing to part the Gulf of Mexico and fishing would be poor I’m still going! It ain’t how many you pull in, it’s the enjoyment of trying. Good video though! I’m going tomorrow, drinking beer, occasional fart and let my dog slobber on my lures!😂
I put my gear inside the house. Helps eliminate any exposure to fumes, in your garage.
I would have to question the petroleum comment made at the 14:50 mark. I use smelly jelly that's made with petroleum jelly and catch fish all the time.
Thanks for the info and laughs. 🐟
Awesome info
Hey guys, my father is a biologist. Living in South Louisiana, we eat tons of boiled seafood. Dad discovered that wetting his hands then washing the with baking soda, neutralized the odor quite well. Of course, everyone knows it works in the fridge for the same reason. It may be worth keeping some in the tackle bag or on the boat. Being a smoker, I have to give it a shot. I'll report back with the findings. Maybe someone else has some experience with this.
Thanks for sharing!
Shortly after the book came out, Berkeley made a fishing soap, and sunblock. I used the soap for years, until they quit making it. The sunblock worked, but smelled rancid. ....I've noticed that whoever drives the boat, especially a tiller outboard, or pumped the gas, always caught less fish over the years....Smearing your hands with bait guts and squid works great until you're offshore on a hot summer day. When you absentmindedly wipe the sweat off your face- well, odds are good you'll be leaving a personal chumline soon.
@C. Parks Why care even if U smell like $h*t, as long as U r catching Fish!
Liked very informative
I remember spitting off bridges when a kid and bluegill ,sunfish all attacking it.
I’m wondering if spraying your line with some sort of bass attractant would help.
collect a bucket of fine sand to wash your hands with 😄 works way better than soaps and you got non oily hands to tie knots and handle your gear it also works pretty good for boat fishing when you reached a spot and dont need to touch the engine for a while 😄 you can also use it to get you cork rod grips nice and clean 😄 to get oil of lures you can give them really quick dip in some isopropyl alcohol and put them in water straight away to not damage coatings or rubber 😁
" keep spittin on your stuff"...lol
Thanks, great video
Not to be contrary but my grandfather a WW2 vet smoked non filtered Pall Malls for 50 years, owned a Ranger Boat Dealership in Oklahoma and routinely caught limits of crappie & catfish. 🤷🏼♂️. He also chewed tobacco and always spit on his hook....
Follow Richard Gene fishing here on UA-cam. He’s a smoking & fishing machine 🤷🏼♂️. I’m a non smoker myself but Richard and my grandfather would both be examples that the nicotine data is flawed...(Killed Deer too)
Also, don’t bait caster fishermen’s thumbs touch the line every cast?
Catfish love Garlic and Cheese on the plus side.
Yep, good point
Now we know spitting on your lure is not good luck it's science but I don't know if I can bring myself the Wii on my lures yet podcast was very informative and very humorous I had a good time watching it
Good Job!
So aside from the musky not liking the pike scent can other fish distinguish the difference in a predator fish and a bait fish?
Thought's on the Pro-Cure Bad Azz Hand and Lure soap?
What about cleanse oil while cleaning your rod and reel Will that affect your chances?
What kind of oil or grease is best to use to clean reels with?
Now it makes total sense why when i go to the Jetties, the person beside me keeps getting hits while i dont.
Next time ill be careful when i apply sunscreen or when I do my rigs
Is that only tobacco smoke ?
Asking for a friend
Very very positive
Back in the day my Grandmother use to say it was lucky to split on the bate before casting, and on some occasions she would even spit chewing tabacco on he bate. I'm curious on your intake on this stragity. Does spit or chewing tabacco affect your chances on catching fish?
So whats the. Best scent overall then for ocean an fresh water lets say flr trout??
Did I hear you guys say that plasticizer detracts fish... plasticizer aka plastic softener aka soft plastic. The most fish catching artificial baits out there are made from this very thing. 🤷♂️
Excellent info - thanks so much. Any info on the distance that petroleum vapors need to be from your fishing gear? Thinking of garage storage issues.
"Dont know what Anise oil is"
Its the main sent in the Slam Shady plastics you push hard.
In south Louisiana we have used Ivory Soap to catch Catfish, look into that!
Sorry for the late comment/question, but does the plastic dyes for worm tails ETC do harm? Great video!!!
Anise is that alcoholic beverage that your Italian grandparents drink. They also make special waffle cookies with Anise flavor. It comes from a plant.