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The Truth About Scents

Do scents work? Probably. I will use whatever I can get to have better bass fishing but consider what a chemist says.

Bass attracting scents are oil based and do not mix with water. They form an oil slick on top of the water. The plastic used to make plastic worms or plastic lizards is also oil based and does not mix with water. Both the scent and the worm plastic repel water strongly. Just how much of this water repellent material is actually in the water for fish to smell or taste? The answer is not much.

You can get a far greater effect from scents if you add them to your worm yourself. A few drops will coat enough worm or lizard and make the scent much more effective. The scent if much more likely to be available for the bass to notice it.

The best worms to use are those with ribs like RIB LIZARDS or RIB WORMS. The ribs hold the scent better. It really does make sense of scents.

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