Has anyone heard or tried using WD-40 on lures as an attractant?
Dec 31, 2020 11:39:08 #
Dec 31, 2020 17:11:05 #
I've used WD-40 for year if good stuff as far as flooding the water fish oil I don't see how that would pollute the water
Dec 31, 2020 19:10:20 #
GlennMc928
Loc: Tualatin OR
WD-40 was not made to be a fish attractant it was first made for NASA to dissolve rust not for fish.
Dec 31, 2020 21:37:20 #
Lowescatfish18
Loc: Wesley Chaple florida
I rater not catch fish then use wd40 !,,,,,, why don't you dump a can of 10w40 oil in the water and see what comes up in the next yr.
Dec 31, 2020 22:27:58 #
I was in Alaska during the Valdez event. What a mess. Innumerable animals died and thousands were injured by that spill. I was working for an oil company and it was definitely a low point in that experience. The oil companies spent millions on attempting to ensure that would never happen again and millions more trying to clean up along with being fined and appropriately so.
I gained a huge respect for our oceans from this experience.
Please do all you can to prevent polluting our oceans and fresh waters.
I gained a huge respect for our oceans from this experience.
Please do all you can to prevent polluting our oceans and fresh waters.
Jan 1, 2021 07:30:27 #
captaindaring
Loc: Detroit ,Michigan
Hi Jeremy , what's it like catching a beast of that size (sturgeon) ????
Jan 1, 2021 07:35:47 #
Jan 1, 2021 16:54:35 #
I have heard of charter boat captains using WD40 as a fish attractant. They spray it on their trolling lures. Try it yourself and see if it works for you. WD40 definitely does not repel fish. Can't lose huh?
Jan 1, 2021 17:59:29 #
Understand that a component of WD 40 is manhaden oil. If true that’s explanation for effectiveness.
Jan 1, 2021 18:39:11 #
Jan 1, 2021 20:37:29 #
FixorFish
Loc: SW Oregon
Amazing how many chime in with a comment, while obviously skipping a few posts that totally refute their comments... just friggin' amazing.
It's like y'all just ignored the fact that THERE IS NO FISH OIL IN WD-40, per the inventor, per the company, per the MSDS Spec sheet !!!.....GOT IT ??????.. jeeeez.
Just quit perpetrating urban legends, old wives tales, conspiracy theories.....all of it. It doesn't make you seem informed WITH ACTUAL FACTS, at all..... it's just a sad look.
Sorry for the rant, but it truly is a present failing in our nation.
It's like y'all just ignored the fact that THERE IS NO FISH OIL IN WD-40, per the inventor, per the company, per the MSDS Spec sheet !!!.....GOT IT ??????.. jeeeez.
Just quit perpetrating urban legends, old wives tales, conspiracy theories.....all of it. It doesn't make you seem informed WITH ACTUAL FACTS, at all..... it's just a sad look.
Sorry for the rant, but it truly is a present failing in our nation.
Jan 2, 2021 10:02:27 #
Redneck1952
Loc: Oak Point, TX
Some old wives tales have a lot of truth in them, never discount something just cause you don't know anything about it. You are right, WD-40 does not have fish oil in it, the rumor has been there about the fish oil for over 50 years that I know.
Jan 2, 2021 13:57:33 #
Peach8
Loc: Lexington, KY
Egghead wrote:
I use W-D 40 somtimes for trout yes it does work somedays. As far as the environmental impact ?? Even s four stroke motor pollutes the water, lead sinkers pollute the water fertillizer the list goes on and on.
My brother used it all the time for bass when weren't hitting on usual scent sprays/paste. Swore it worked.
Jan 2, 2021 16:16:14 #
Regular or not, note that my comment was not definitive and in any case it does not warrant an explosive response, its just fishing. Having said that, how do you explain the observation from so many quarters as to the benefit of applying WD. I must add that I have never used the stuff for that purpose.
Jan 2, 2021 16:18:08 #
Whittwizer
Loc: Knoxville, Arkansas
FS Digest wrote:
Has anyone heard or tried using WD-40 on lures as an attractant?
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I only had a Colorado DOW officer point out a can in my boat and tell me it is illegal to use WD-40 in the gold medal waters near Spinney and Elevan Mile reservoirs. It feels like cheating now that I’ve heard about it from an officer. So I’ve never tried it.
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