Whats your thoughts on fish attractant sprays for steelhead fishing?

[instapump416]

Do you guys use them?
Does it make a difference?

 

[Klik]

just crush up some eggs and dip your artificial bait into it. baits scents are good, not for 6 bucks.

 

[IR4Jflyfishing]

X2 on the crushed eggs, when I tie up bags and put them in pill bottle I always crush a few to get some liquid in the bottom of the jar. Give it a shake before opening.

 

[instapump416]

Thanks for the great advice guys.

 

[Float_down]

In faster water i don't think it matters, that's why beads are so deadly in fast runs, but in frog water any but of scent will help. I used to fish with a guy who would get one salmon a year, mash up all the eggs, put glycerine in them and just dip yarn in there, he never tied bags.

 

[rich_ace_G]

slow water...i use to bleed nightcrawlers slice them open and put them on the hook. always gets trout.

 

[IR4Jflyfishing]

I need to fish night crawlers more. I've only used on one outing and god damn it they produced

 

[staffman]

I like to put some Dr. Juice steelhead scent on spoons, when I fish them.

 

[instapump416]

In faster water i don't think it matters, that's why beads are so deadly in fast runs, but in frog water any but of scent will help. I used to fish with a guy who would get one salmon a year, mash up all the eggs, put glycerine in them and just dip yarn in there, he never tied bags.

Im not sure what glycerine is but is it a preserver?

slow water...i use to bleed nightcrawlers slice them open and put them on the hook. always gets trout.

I always wanted to use worms in the rivers. I'll let you know how it goes.

I like to put some Dr. Juice steelhead scent on spoons, when I fish them.

Im surprised how they can stick to hardbaits.

 

[Shmogley]

X2 on the crushed eggs, when I tie up bags and put them in pill bottle I always crush a few to get some liquid in the bottom of the jar. Give it a shake before opening.

This^

But instead of having the mash in the bottle ill usually just pierce one egg while hooking a sac... less mess and seems to work well enough

 

[King_Slayer]

I never was all that concerned with scent until I got into trout fishing. I always knew that trout especially bows can be very finicky, but didn't realize how true this was until I started fishing for them. I think this is why it's such an addicting fish to target. Definitely more difficult than any other fish I've targeted, I think this is why I get so obsessed with fishing this time of year. Its such a challenge. I use scent with everything I use now, and try to bait my hook with as little contact with my fingers/hands as possible.

I'm sure some of you have seen Bob Izumi's show, he always has a segment called "fish eye view". On one episode they showed bows taste testing a roe bag. I had never seen this before, the trout actually open their mouth very close to the bait without touching it, letting water pass through their mouth. I never knew that they could taste test your bait without you even knowing. So now, scent is very important to me, and I never over handle it. This is so important in slower moving water. Obviously in faster runs its different, because the bag or bead is moving so quickly through the water that they take it as soon as they see it.

 

[LURE]

do not eat burger before you fish

 

[rcflores]

wow never tried in on rainbow but tried it on lake trout and dang they produce.

 

[instapump416]

This^

But instead of having the mash in the bottle ill usually just pierce one egg while hooking a sac... less mess and seems to work well enough

I started doing this when my eggs are about to turn white.
Im not sure if it has produced for me yet.

I never was all that concerned with scent until I got into trout fishing. I always knew that trout especially bows can be very finicky, but didn't realize how true this was until I started fishing for them. I think this is why it's such an addicting fish to target. Definitely more difficult than any other fish I've targeted, I think this is why I get so obsessed with fishing this time of year. Its such a challenge. I use scent with everything I use now, and try to bait my hook with as little contact with my fingers/hands as possible.

I'm sure some of you have seen Bob Izumi's show, he always has a segment called "fish eye view". On one episode they showed bows taste testing a roe bag. I had never seen this before, the trout actually open their mouth very close to the bait without touching it, letting water pass through their mouth. I never knew that they could taste test your bait without you even knowing. So now, scent is very important to me, and I never over handle it. This is so important in slower moving water. Obviously in faster runs its different, because the bag or bead is moving so quickly through the water that they take it as soon as they see it.

I wonder if that vid is on youtube

 

[instapump416]

What type of scents are they attracted too?

Garlic?

What smells should you avoid?

Burger smells?

 

[Klik]

i hard it is more for masking human scent than actually helping the fish bite. some people use wd40

 

[King_Slayer]

i hard it is more for masking human scent than actually helping the fish bite. some people use wd40

This is what I believe also. I think the human scent is a killer on finicky fish. They love salmon/trout eggs, so I put my pink worms into a container with crushed roe. When it comes to roe bags, I just try put it on the hook without touching it to much, I've heard of some guys wearing rubber gloves to handle their roe, but that seems like a pain. But I agree with Klik, eliminating human scent is probably most important.

On a side note, I just got home from fishing, and since it was so windy, I decided to put on a J11 and let it swim in the current stationary, basically because I got tired of casting and trying to drift roe in the crazy wind. I was getting bored and started to reel it in, when finally a fish! Turned out to be a nice brown, first one of the year. It's funny, because I wasn't using any scent, really wasn't expecting a fish, I just wasn't ready to go home.

 

[BASSMASTER19]

This is what I believe also. I think the human scent is a killer on finicky fish. They love salmon/trout eggs, so I put my pink worms into a container with crushed roe. When it comes to roe bags, I just try put it on the hook without touching it to much, I've heard of some guys wearing rubber gloves to handle their roe, but that seems like a pain. But I agree with Klik, eliminating human scent is probably most important.

On a side note, I just got home from fishing, and since it was so windy, I decided to put on a J11 and let it swim in the current stationary, basically because I got tired of casting and trying to drift roe in the crazy wind. I was getting bored and started to reel it in, when finally a fish! Turned out to be a nice brown, first one of the year. It's funny, because I wasn't using any scent, really wasn't expecting a fish, I just wasn't ready to go home.
that's what I do with spinners if I get lazy and most of the time I get something when I start reeling back

 

[instapump416]

This is what I believe also. I think the human scent is a killer on finicky fish. They love salmon/trout eggs, so I put my pink worms into a container with crushed roe. When it comes to roe bags, I just try put it on the hook without touching it to much, I've heard of some guys wearing rubber gloves to handle their roe, but that seems like a pain. But I agree with Klik, eliminating human scent is probably most important.

On a side note, I just got home from fishing, and since it was so windy, I decided to put on a J11 and let it swim in the current stationary, basically because I got tired of casting and trying to drift roe in the crazy wind. I was getting bored and started to reel it in, when finally a fish! Turned out to be a nice brown, first one of the year. It's funny, because I wasn't using any scent, really wasn't expecting a fish, I just wasn't ready to go home.

Wow thats awesome

i hard it is more for masking human scent than actually helping the fish bite. some people use wd40

I made the mistake of applying sunscreen... I had no hits and my buddy landed 3

 

[Slickrick]

my dad used to religiously apply anchovy paste to our trolling spoons. this year he forgot to get some, & it didn't make any difference. but i'm sure scent makes a huge difference to baits in slow water, when the fish have more time to think about striking.