Scented Bait

The catfish topic on Fishbites isn’t very hot, so let me try you bass guys.

Have you heard of Fishbites? I am guessing no, since I never heard of them until I moved. I wish I knew they have freshwater products when I lived by the pond.

They also have a conventional worm and jerk bait.

With the weather cooling I have my eye on a couple ponds near the new house. I am not sure if there are bass in there or not, we’ll see. I’ll test them out and see how they work.

The reason I am excited to try them is that the saltwater baits are very effective. I want to see if it translates over to freshwater. They seem gimmicky, but they aren’t (the saltwater products).

I’ll report back after a test.

Sounds like the Exude baits made by Mr Twister that never really caught on.

Honestly, I’d try Berkley MaxScent before that

Just my 2 cents though.

I thought all plastics were “scented”……..

mahtofire14 wrote:

I thought all plastics were “scented”……..

If you want to know if a baits scent triggers fish to bite, I recommend you destroy the profile and the action of the bait. That only leaves the fishes sense of smell to decide if they should bite it.

Cut off a small piece and toss it to a school of sunfish. Compare the difference between a standard plastic like a twister tail and a scented bait like a Gulp product. The fish will attack the piece of Gulp and maybe nibble the chunk of twister tail plastic. That’s my “hi tech” way of testing baits effectiveness.

Joe Scegura wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>mahtofire14 wrote:</div>
I thought all plastics were “scented”……..

If you want to know if a baits scent triggers fish to bite, I recommend you destroy the profile and the action of the bait. That only leaves the fishes sense of smell to decide if they should bite it.

Cut off a small piece and toss it to a school of sunfish. Compare the difference between a standard plastic like a twister tail and a scented bait like a Gulp product. The fish will attack the piece of Gulp and maybe nibble the chunk of twister tail plastic. That’s my “hi tech” way of testing baits effectiveness.

That was a poor attempt at sarcasm. I was poking fun at all the companies saying their plastics have some sort of “scent” or “flavor” when most are just salt impregnated. Gulp, is very clearly scented, just get some of that juice on your hands and you’ll never forget. Love that stuff for panfish.

The worms in the picture sure look similar to Culprit worms and Culprit caters to the salt guys big time. Culprit baits are all “scented” with their own secret scent.

I don’t use scented baits as attractants. I use them for 2 reasons, to make the fish commit and to want to hold the bait longer. So if I am finesse fishing or working any plastic slow I wanted some sort of scent, moreover, a scent I am confident in using and not just using scent to use scent.

I have no idea if this companies products will transfer over to freshwater, but they work down here on all types of saltwater fish and are very effective. I’d put their strips up against any live or cut bait, even if it feels like a cheap gimmick.

I have no idea how it will transfer over to plastic baits either. The strips and chunks they sell dissolve, so it is a different animal.

Some guys down here put a small strip of the strips baits on their plastics instead of applying scent. This is saltwater.

My 2 scents.