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New Hampshire => Ice Fishing New Hampshire => Topic started by: Steamtrain on Feb 19, 2024, 09:23 PM

Title: Smelt scent ?
Post by: Steamtrain on Feb 19, 2024, 09:23 PM

Anyone have any luck with with giving live shiners some “artificial " smelt scent?

Title: Re: Smelt scent ?
Post by: Ruimachado on Feb 19, 2024, 09:30 PM

Not to be too obvious, but why not just use smelt?

Title: Re: Smelt scent ?
Post by: Steamtrain on Feb 19, 2024, 09:32 PM

Availability, price, mortality

Title: Re: Smelt scent ?
Post by: lowaccord66 on Feb 20, 2024, 12:05 PM

Not shiners but plastics.  Stopped using it after a while, saw no difference in catch rates. 

Title: Re: Smelt scent ?
Post by: Steamtrain on Feb 20, 2024, 08:14 PM

Quote from: lowaccord66 on Feb 20, 2024, 12:05 PM

Not shiners but plastics.  Stopped using it after a while, saw no difference in catch rates.

Good enough science for me, sounds like not worth the hassle

Title: Re: Smelt scent ?
Post by: lowaccord66 on Feb 21, 2024, 09:23 AM

I ran out one day and just kept on trucking without it. 

Title: Re: Smelt scent ?
Post by: fishingidjit on Feb 21, 2024, 12:09 PM

I used Smelt -Rite one year at a fish tourney on shiners. All my friends laughed at me until I won the tourney with the largest pike.

Title: Re: Smelt scent ?
Post by: Steamtrain on Feb 21, 2024, 11:53 PM

Pike will eat anything, do they count?

Title: Re: Smelt scent ?
Post by: fishingidjit on Feb 23, 2024, 06:05 AM

Quote from: Steamtrain on Feb 21, 2024, 11:53 PM

Pike will eat anything, do they count?

My buddies traps/shiners surrounded set-up  that day but Mr. Pike ate my shiner loaded with Smelt-Rite ??