I just bought some trout feast enhancer smelly jelly at sportsmans warehouse. I have used garlic smelly jelly before, and not had much luck. So I am wondering if things like this really help, or not. We used to use velvetta cheese all the time and do really good, maybe I should resort back to that. What tricks am I missing out on..... If you don t mind sharing that is[sly]
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Crawdad smelly jelly works great at the berry .It will also work good for cats in utah lake.The trout jellies never seem to have worked for me.Hope this helps you a bit.
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Some fish do not go by smell as much as other fish...
Catfish bass carp and others go by scent more then trout may do...But yes scents do work but not all the time...And some scent works better then others....
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I personally am a big believer in the use of scents. Not just to entice a hit but to use it as a cover for your scent that may be on the lure/plastic/whatever you are using. I like smelly jelly as it is a decent scent at a reasonable cost. Like Bassrods said some fish key on scent more than others but I like to use it on lures, I do not use it on natural baits as they have their own scent but I put it on every lure I use. Just my two cents. John R
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i use it on steelhead and salmon for this same reason
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I absolutely believe that using the right kind of scent at the right time is critical for success in some cases. We did a side-by-side at the gorge with kokes and the scented rod outfished the un-scented rod 10-1!We had a similar test at BL for macks. The scented rod caught 5 fish while the unscented rod caught 1. Same exact lure and bait, just minus the scent on the one. It works[
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If the fish are aggressive don't waste you're scent, I fished w/ my brother this winter and he couldn't buy a bite, and I couldn't keep them off my hook, I think appearance is one of the biggest factors.
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Now this is a good topic question! In years past I've used several different brands and flavors of scent and haven't really noticed any kind of difference. However, late last year while deep drop shotting suspended trout at East Canyon with a buddy, we played around a bit with scents. We were each using two rods with the same or very similar lures and discovered that while the trout would hit the same lure fished in the same manner at the same depth, they tended to hold on to the scented lure longer, thus allowing more time for a hook set. We tried this same method across several weeks time, and the result was the same: the fish would hit the lures with or without scent, but held onto the scented lure longer, which indicates to me that the scent was doing its job. See attached pic. HTH, Fred K.
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If you use a lure that moves slow then use scent.
If you use a fast moving lure, like a spinnerbait crankbait, don't bother with scent. Scenting reaction baits is a waist of time and money, with few exceptions!
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I never use it while I troll.I've tried it before and it didn't make any difference.[unimpressed] Zero[unimpressed]
A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit it.Rapalas take a dead aim at fish..............[fishin]
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