Thread: Homemade fish attractant

Originally Posted by cray

Glycerin from drug store. Put tiny bit in sandwich bag, add anise oil few drops. Put in plastics. Seal bag and rub them around. Keeps them slick and shinny sent stays pretty good. Going to try same thing and add garlic powder. You can also use it as a dip. For what ever you are fishing with.

cray, add a couple of drops of vanilla extract to that mix and see what happens. Only suggestion I'd add, don't bank fish with it. It will also attract deer. I use equal amounts of anise oil and vanilla extract with my glycerin and dip leaves in it and drop a few around where I'm hunting. Can't fall asleep or you will miss the action.

I have made many different types over the years and some with pretty good success. What I did different than what you all have done is that for my base I used petroleum jelly also known as Vaseline.
Take a jar of Vaseline and place it jar and all in a small pot of water and bring the water to a boil. Your Vaseline will melt to a real thin liquid and then you can add whatever scents you would like to try.
When you fish you can rub some of this on your baits and it will stay on really well.
You can put in 1 scent or many to each jar and maybe come up with the new hot scent.
One of my Grandfathers tricks so many years ago.
Give it a try and good luck.