Do you use scents?

Yesterday, I got to finally test some jigs my self...fished with a new friend, He used a scent on all his jigs? Now in bass fishing it was a given, I always used scents...so why not with marabou or hackle??? Good question....hey found a color combo that was lights out...out caught ever color used even the curly tails I was challanging...the curly tails, and the tails won yesterday...but I know the hand ties day is coming....so tell me shuuuushsss I wont tell do you use scents:dono I think I'm going to start fooling with it!Attachment 107486Here is the little jig that could!!

Get you a jar of Crappie Nibbles

That is a good color combo. Also try it with a light blue head, you will be surprised. Been playing around with different scents on baits but so far I have not been impressed with any of them. From my testing a good spinner helps more than scent and I'm really liking the inline spinners.

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Originally Posted by willsjwills

Get you a jar of Crappie Nibbles

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I have tried them for 6 months and I see no better bite with them compared to a jig without. I know most that use them are spider rigging so they may help if a jig is moving slow but for longlining or casting a jig they don't stay on a hook long enough to work, even when dried out some.

I do not unless I am using say a Slab Bandit that comes with it already cooked in it. I have always sued it with soft plastics even when they didn't come that was back in the bass fishing days. If I was going to use it though I am thinking I would use some pure shad oil I have. I also believe a spinner blade is more imporant at times then scent and os why I use a Roadrunner so much in my spring fishing. I am getting the supplies to try the inline ones too.

Pulled a blade bait yesterday with no luck...in my short time of pulling blades mine are slightly heaver and have produced the larger fish...nothing yesterday!

In the spring I pull my Roadrunner in 1/32 and just slow up a little for deeper. I have used them and caught fish from 3' of water to 20' of water, but only did the 20' on a few occasions and one time was last year because after our drought and no hydrilla shallow the crappie just hung out in deep water suspended and was 17' to 20' of water. I usually though will fish 6' to 7' of water and sometimes 10' to 13' water. Also think bigger crappie in spring comes in a little deeper water unless you find them on the bank in just a couple feet of water. Long time back when I first started long lining back in the late 1970's in the fall there was a 14' deep place with huge drop off on both sides covered with hydrilla I just hammered them in that 14' of water with Roadrunners.

Adding scent to a jig satisfies another of the fish senses. If the jig looks good,smells good and tastes good you will have a fish in the boat.
I am not a gambler so I up my odds and use Power Bait for added scent year around.

i use BANG it works great and holds good to the kiptail hair jigs

Hey Donald I've seen that BANG stuff at Wal-Mart I believe. Is it just 1 scent or do they have several different scents? Just curious if they have several which scent do you use. One year I tried to use fish oil on my jigs which I didn't think helped much. lol... Mostly I use crappie nibbles but I would be open to looking at other scents.

-Michael