fishin by smell

What method are you trying to use to catch them once you smell them?

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Originally Posted by funbun

What method are you trying to use to catch them once you smell them?

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have throwed the book at em .im missing it some where!

I "smelled" a Bream bed one time, many decades ago. An old timer buddy of mine told me that a bed smelled like overripe watermelon ... and that was the scent that I picked up. A light wind carried the smell down the bank quite a ways, but I did find the bed. First and last time I ever smelled a Bream bed, as far as I can remember ... but, I ain't been much into Bream fishing since those times, so I may have just ignored it. :dono

Slab, If you've thrown everything in the book at them, I figure it's time to write a new book. I'm working on it:


Here's a video where I have smelled beds and catch'em. This was the Tuesday, December 29, 2017 trip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1DNCyz2tto

They were more than likely closer to the reeds in the shallower water. If they are shellcrackers they can be finicky to bite. Keep your distance and try a tiny jig head tipped with a meal worm, red wiggler, or some type of larvae. Don't use a cork, just tight line it.


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Originally Posted by CrappiePappy

I "smelled" a Bream bed one time, many decades ago. An old timer buddy of mine told me that a bed smelled like overripe watermelon ... and that was the scent that I picked up. A light wind carried the smell down the bank quite a ways, but I did find the bed. First and last time I ever smelled a Bream bed, as far as I can remember ... but, I ain't been much into Bream fishing since those times, so I may have just ignored it. :dono

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Yep....thats the smell

If the males are milking the beds they at times will not take any bait!!

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Originally Posted by funbun

What method are you trying to use to catch them once you smell them?

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I know they were there somewhere..tried worms under hooks in the reeds..but no luck..wasn't shallow enough to see the beds.How long do they stay on them?

Fastfish I remember reading that males only stay for a couple days for the eggs to hatch in warmer water. Cooler water a little longer. The guys brought up a good point about the wind taking the smell down wind and in some cases a good distance.
Funny how so many talk about the old timers using this, same here when I was taken by a older fisherman for gills. It amazed me how he would smell the beds as CP spoke of and then work our way to find them. Just a thought, but have you tried a dropper fly off the jig for a smaller presentation to imitate A scud or something like that? Maybe smaller will help.

Funbun. I stay tangled up with just one line and a pole (lol). No patience here for the handliner fishing