reefaddiction Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 So I have been reading a lot of posts about adding scent to worms. I hear a lot about oil based scents, but I have been reading a great book. They preformed an experiment and it has proven that a oil scents do not really release in water since they are oils, but water based release extremely well. So I'm wondering when I start pouring in a few weeks, I would want to use a water soluble scent? I have been reading that it burns off when cooking? So what do you do put it in just before you pour? Or you put worms in cool water, to cool what if that cool water was you scent cold? I just looking to clarify all this before I start pouring. Also one last note how do you guys tell what temp the plastic is? Thermometer? Infared laser Heat Guns? Or just good old experience? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 If you are going to put water based scents in the hot plastic before you pour the baits; here is how you do it.(and you have you follow this instruction in the proper order or it won't work). 1/ pick up your phone and dial 911 to start the ambulance coming to you. 2/ pour the water based scent into the 350 degree plastic. 3/ sit down and make yourself relax as much as possible till the ambulance arrives. In other words............ don't do it. www.novalures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delw Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 So I have been reading a lot of posts about adding scent to worms. I hear a lot about oil based scents, but I have been reading a great book. They preformed an experiment and it has proven that a oil scents do not really release in water since they are oils, but water based release extremely well. So I'm wondering when I start pouring in a few weeks, I would want to use a water soluble scent? I have been reading that it burns off when cooking? So what do you do put it in just before you pour? Or you put worms in cool water, to cool what if that cool water was you scent cold? I just looking to clarify all this before I start pouring. Also one last note how do you guys tell what temp the plastic is? Thermometer? Infared laser Heat Guns? Or just good old experience? you can add water based scents to plastic when and only when your plastic is below 212 degrees that is what the boiling point of water is. listen to nova on this one, another way to add water based scents it to get a plastic bag, take a razor or pin and put some cuts into your baits, pour in the scent, seal the bag get another bag and put it around the first sealed one then pop it in the microwave for 15 second. the scent will work its way into the cuts in the worms. or just fill the bag with scent and let them soak lots of people do this. what you head is probally some shop talk via a manufacturer of water based scents to keep his product going instead of the oil based scents. another thing is that the oil based scents will leave a trail so to speak and since water wont break it down it will stay in the water. If you are going to put water based scents in the hot plastic before you pour the baits; here is how you do it.(and you have you follow this instruction in the proper order or it won't work).1/ pick up your phone and dial 911 to start the ambulance coming to you. 2/ pour the water based scent into the 350 degree plastic. 3/ sit down and make yourself relax as much as possible till the ambulance arrives. In other words............ don't do it. www.novalures.com Again listen to nova on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmik26 Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 I added scent to cooked plastic and it was not pretty. I was lucky enough to not get hurt but I can assure you it didn't work for me. One drop cracked, popped, and sizzled for about 60 seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDC Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 I've done it too and luckily didn't get hurt either, but you will move away from the bench post haste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefaddiction Posted January 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Thanks for that info!! I could have made any explosion not what I had in mind. The reason I was asking I'm reading a book called Knowing Bass" The scientific Approach to Catching more Fish. They soaked a sponge in oil and water with dyes and you can see the difference. I will try and post the picture later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uppermiss_rat316 Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 It is a scientific fact that bass can not smell oil based scents, they can taste it, but they cannot smell it. They can only smell water soluable scents, like gulp and exude. Putting oil based scents on your baits does leave a trail, and who knows maybe they taste the trail to your bait. I think the main reason for adding scents to your baits is to get rid of any human odor. Lets face it they have a brain the size of a pea most of the time you can lay down the most god awful looking hunk of plastic infront of em and there gonna put it in there mouth to test it out, your just trying to get em to hold onto it so you can drill the hook into there lip Ohh and my post was in no way touting Exude or Gulp, I think most of the time there scent repels the fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
