Thanks for the replies.  When I salmon fish, I have to use scent...maybe to mask my own scent, but it gives me confidence and I've noticed a lot more hookups.

If you ever watch a freshly "smelly jellied" bait on the surface of the water it gives off a huge slick.... this can spread over a pretty big area underwater. Ask "Sarge" about how few parts per million fish can "smell" and you'll be surprised how well Smelly Jelly works. They may feed by sight, but they can be drawn to an area by smell, long before they see anything.

I'm not so sure I am sold on the conceopt of scent ATTRACTING fish as I am the idea that scent MASKS my own.  Human hands (especially men's) have a PH that has been proven to be very offensive to fish.  (Very similar to the PH given off by bear paws while fishing in Alaska streams, which salmon can sense and try to avoid). Any way, I'm more concerned about covering up or masking the oils my own hands produce.  Well... that's my present day theory and I'm stickin to it.  Smelly Jelly works for me!

As a devoted plastics fisher, I would say: 1) Most plastics already have a scent or salt, or both. 2) Because of that, I start without scent, and don't feel at a disadvantage. 3) If I have a fish that picks up the bait very gently, ...and I wait...and wait...and the fish really doesn't have it good, and I just go ahead and set the hook...and miss. THEN I put on Smelly Jelly Liquid "Craw Anus" (sic) or "Craw-Daddy" (I think), cast right back in there, and I ALWAYS catch that fish. This tells me that scents work. Smelly Jelly Sticky Liquid is good stuff, it's price is fairly good, and it's made in Beaverton, OR., so it's a NW product. All +'s, IMO. 

C&R, Steve

Just like my favorite Homer Simpson song goes...

"I am so smart... S-M-R-T. I mean, S-M-A-R-T"

Hey I never claimed to be the snartest in the family okay! I'm working on my edjumacation alright! I'm doing my best!

Thanks

Y'all are crackin' me up! 

It's "Sergeant", kiddo. That's ok... biologists spell it wrong all the time, too. 

Sorry Rob,
Yeah I know I'm beginning to sound like a biologist. Must be spending to much time around around Sargent or something.

Well there goes my secret...pee on the hands. Hopefully the pills help with the kidney stones...thats why the doc prescribed them. Nick...if you are gonna call me out, get the name right dude...

You sound like a biologist...

With all that potassium at least you won't cramp up when reeling in the lunkers!

rod remember your suppose to pea outside the boat not on your hands man. Plus it's only if it is contact with the lure. Your body stores the pottasium. Theirs not a whole lot that comes out in your sweat. So don't worry.

That's funny cause I take 2 huge potassium pills a day. Guess I better be careful.

Hey Y2SAYS,
Sorry everyone had to wait to give you this info until the big season is over with. I personally haven't really ever used scent. I've been in the back of the boat using no scent while the person in the front is and out fished them. Since I've been watching so many videos on bass fishing and been studying their behavior. I would sudjust working on your presentation more than what scent to use. Since the primary way a bass feeds is by sight. O the only scent I would never use is anything with a hint of potassium. Since finding out that fish run away when they smell it or taste it I watch what I eat before I fish and during my fishing time. So the old myth a banana brings bad luck in a boat is true.

Do not know if it will help or hinder, but since it could possibly be a difference maker, I use it!  Smelly Jelly for the most part.

BillB

SMELLY JELLY!!

"Bass Feast flavour -----YUUUUUMM!"