I agree with nhamm to a point. I’m a heavy scent guy and pretty much use it on everything, year round except for live bait. Been doing that for more than 5 years now and because of that, I have definitely noticed that there are times where my favorite scent has more of a negative effect than a positive one.
Basically, I feel like I’m still learning how to maximize the use of scents on my lures. A big part of that, is learning when not to use a particular scent as much as it when I should be using them. After more than 5 years of use, I still feel like there is much to learn in that regard but have made some progress.
As a whole, it would be extremely hard for me to believe that scents don’t increase my catch. We’ve simply caught way to many fish to believe otherwise. And many of those fish are big fish.
This 29″ walleye, fell for a crankbait covered in my favorite scent last Tuesday night. She was not the only one. We’ve been out fishing at night twice this fall, and scored a bunch of good fish both nights.
Personally, the question of whether scents work has already been answered. The thing I’m trying to figure out going forward is how, when and where.
How to best use them and when not to use them at all.
The where part is probably the most difficult. On my home waters, I know how, when and where. When I travel to different bodies of water, the use of scents becomes more problematic.
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