It was then when Stinky came over for a pre-trip visit. He walked into my garage and did a double take, then let out a soft whistle. There were stacks of flipping sticks and big baitcasters. You see the entire success of that trip to Mexico hinged on a bottle of scent. It was what made and almost broke the trip.
Scent attracts or repels almost every creature on earth.
We all know about how smell effects men and women in both positive and negative ways, a pine forest smells more attractive then a rotten egg. Smell affects dogs, sharks, catfish, deer, everything that swims, flies walks or crawls. Therefore as a Chemist and an ex-perfume maker, it is hard for me to understand the resistant that some fishermen have when it comes to acknowledging that scent plays a role in bass fishing. Recently I heard a top pro at a seminar go on hour after hour about presentation, location, line size, bait size, time of the year, species and much more - but never mention scent. Let s try and get a little deeper into the world of the wonderful fish we all love, the large or smallmouth bass.