Egghead wrote:
Ok, this is something I only share with people who buys my fishing rods from me. I hear alot about different scents,and different baits, it works for them and it works for me to put more and bigger fish in the boat. Fish hunt prey by sight, smell, sound and vibration. If they hear it feel it they will come to it. That's when smell comes in. If they don't like the smell there not going to hit it. Rubber jigs soak up any bad things they touch. When you open a brand new pack of plastics or rubber jigs, they smell like rubber. You can mask it somewhat but they still smell like rubber and plastic.the trick is, get rid of any and all scent or smell. Rubber, cigarettes, gas, mustard ,boogers what ever is on your hands. I use only one thing..... And I catch alot if fish when no one else is. And big fish. It's called Boraxo twenty mule team hand soap. I have cases of it..get an old coffee can or small bucket put a couple of inches of water in it. And a couple table spoons of soap in and mix it up. New stuff I let soak for about 10-15 seconds. The rubber and factory smell is gone. By the time you've cranked a couple turns the soap washes off. Leaving a scent free jig in front of a fish. Everytime I touch my jig I dip it back in the soap. And go again. It's worth a try. It works.
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That's something you mention that particular brand soap, my wife and I are not well off, nor do we make allot of money. My wife Kelly makes or laundry soap with this and a few other ingredients and I promise you I have been known to buy some pretty pricey laundry soap in my days but those do not clean nearly as well as the home made soap she makes, with that being said knowing what I know about fishing even washing your hands in this soap will help take the unpleasant odor from your hands before handling you lure/bait prior to casting. I have done this for years and have always had better results than those fishing with or near me.