Thread: Scents or no scents...that is the question.

I never use anything on my jig until the bite gets difficult. Then I will add something, a scent, a nibble, or a bit of powerbait honey worm. I never go right to those things and use them only as a last resort. Watching fish on a fishfinder shows the dramatic difference "flavor" makes when the fish are acting reluctant.

Love Nibbles or other scents like anise oil or garlic will use them in the drop of a hat...unless I am on a very good bite. Scents do two things 1. Make fish hold the bait longer giving you more time to detect and set the hook on strikes, and trigger reluctant fish into striking. I have watched crappie spit out the exact same baits.... a non scented jig much faster than a scented one or one with a minnow time and time again. I have see this in person in an aquarium with feeding crappie. They will hold onto that scented bait longer just about every time. This alone has made me a believer in scent attractants. Most all good fisherman I know will use scents. My very favorite attractants are White or Chart Glow nibbles, My next Favorite is good ole crappie slime rubbed on the jig. There is my two cents.

X2! CrappiePro
I'm old and need all the time I can get to set the hook. I normally don't start with them but if I start missing bites out comes the scent.

Normally I use Minnows. When I do use artificial I do like every advantage I can get, and will put sort of scent on. I have no evidence or gut feel if scent works or not. However they can smell, so it must play some role in what they eat.

I took a friend fishing Christmas Eve and we fished in my boat . We were fishing side by side in the front as I have double seat set up . He used nibbles and I did not . Lets just say it did not help him that day . We brought in 28 with a few hogs up to 2.5 lbs on tube jigs . I use heavy jigs ( 1/8 oz ) to keep line tight to detect lightest thump .What ever you believe in then do it but nibbles just a waste of time and money for me . They also tend to mess up your boat .

I have friends that regard my nibbling as a sin... Old grumpy friends should say.

its a funny thing ... many say scent don't matter and many others swear by it
its kinda like ford or chevy in my opinion ......
....I like to use them sometimes ....and sometimes not ....
it depends on the fish and the water body in many cases in my opinion

call me crazy but I have noticed I always catch fish on whatever I am catching them on, if not I change something, then go back to catching them on whatever Im using.....