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I don't know about anything else but my Dad use to swear on WD40. He sprayed our Hot N Tots or Thundersticks before putting them in the water, while trolling for walleye. I guess I don't know if they worked or not, but I do know that we caught fish! Was it the WD40 or just the lure working it's magic? Who knows!!! My old man sure was fond of using it, though.
thanks man! maybe it's just the feb doldrum and not my stench stopping me from hooking up
wd40 is a petroleum product, not a fish attractant.
I’ve had good results on yellow perch with a krill/anise scent. I sprinkle some on dry oats and keep my waxworms in it. Amazon sells it.
I would say clean everything also. Start fresh. Fresh bait means better catch rate. I will pull off shrimp or worms or whatever I am fishing with if that bait has been in the water very long. Put on fresh bait and start catching. My wife and I were out one day catching fish and we had a container with shrimp in it. We also had a hot dog and a piece of String cheese in it. After a while we were not getting bites. Came home and through everything out and cleaned the container. Put new Shrimp in it and went back out the next day caught fish again. So mixing bait scents is not good IMO. And if your bait is under water very long(10) minutes pull it off and put on fresh.
Legend has it that Cheetos are a bad smell. I wonder if anyone ever tested that?
I remember back in the 1980's they sold cheese flavored mini marshmallows for bait for trout, they reminded me of Cheetos. I don't remember if we ever caught anything.