Quote Originally Posted by Crestliner08 View Post
Being an avid smallmouth bass angler as well as a crappie/gill fisherman, I can tell you that they can "help" at times. By help, I mean they can enhance your confidence level. That's about all anything can do at the end of your line, right? You choose jigs, plastics, cranks, etc., based on what you believe will increase your success. So if you feel that scent gives you a slight edge, why not go for it? Myself, at times I apply some MegaSrike attractant. Sometimes I don't. Depends on my mindset at the moment.

Just remember, depth & speed control are the absolute defining factors to success. Everything else after that is pure speculative, in my opinion.

If that is the case then depth and speed control is speculative also, its scientific fact proven that fish will feed or strike on sight or scent. There is absolutely no reason to believe that fish will not strike on proven scent they are attracted to or at least hold on to a bait that has an attractant on longer than one without. I don't have any scientific proof myself but have read enough of others that are experts in the field to know there is something to it. I know of another post from awhile back that intimidator added some very good information on the subject.
I fish for walleye saugeye and I know if I add a small pc of night crawler to the jig they are more likely to strike it and hold on , than without it. That is scent.