Bait and WD40

[Szgany]

Heard from afew people over the past weeks that oiling bait can sometimes be of benefit to the sea angler.

Am I the cheapside of someones joke or do people actually use WD40 to oil bait to attract fish?

Stephen

[guest14]

Heard from afew people over the past weeks that oiling bait can sometimes be of benefit to the sea angler.

Am I the cheapside of someones joke or do people actually use WD40 to oil bait to attract fish?

Stephen

No mate,people did used to use it,dont know if people still do,never tried it myself so could not say if it would improve your catch rate

[eddie t]

Lads used to use it off the bots all the time i have never used it like.

Seen lads on the pier using it never had owt like.

[codho]

Seen quite a few lads use it not tried it myself, think years ago it contained fish oil but doubt if it does now.There was a vid on u-tube with a lad using it boat fishing and his theory was it's water dispersing qualities forced more juices out of the bait.

[guest14]

Lads used to use it off the bots all the time i have never used it like.

Seen lads on the pier using it never had owt like.

wouldnt put it anywhere near your bot eddie :roll:

[WolfyDave]

I've seen it used before but never used it myself. Although i have injected bait with codliver oil.This gives off one hell of a stink.Had mixed results with it tho.So i wouldn't say for definite whether there is ant great benefit from doing it.

[Sam]

Few seasons back me and a mate were fishing local,we weren't getting out and a lad in a comp was getting size ting nearly every cast ya guessed it mackerel sprayed with wd40 so it does work in some cases.  :fish3:

[Jer]

I've seen people spray maky strips with WD40, I've even seen somone fishing maky strips soaked in vodka!!

Where the WD40 thing came into fishing as I recall was lure fishing mainly in the states for largemouth/smallmouth bass and muski's etc, it took off briefly here too lure fishing for pike and in turn made it's way onto the boat fishing scene again for lures.
The idea is quite simple it gives a scent to an otherwise flavourless lure, nothing to do with fish oil it's just a scent, if the fish can also smell your lure the idea being you increase your odds a little over if the fish has to be within a couple of feet to see it.

Does it work, heck knows. I might try it next season on the boat and compare results with scho while he doesn't lol

[eddie t]

I've seen people spray maky strips with WD40, I've even seen somone fishing maky strips soaked in vodka!!

Where the WD40 thing came into fishing as I recall was lure fishing mainly in the states for largemouth/smallmouth bass and muski's etc, it took off briefly here too lure fishing for pike and in turn made it's way onto the boat fishing scene again for lures.
The idea is quite simple it gives a scent to an otherwise flavourless lure, nothing to do with fish oil it's just a scent, if the fish can also smell your lure the idea being you increase your odds a little over if the fish has to be within a couple of feet to see it.

Does it work, heck knows. I might try it next season on the boat and compare results with scho while he doesn't lol

We should of tried it tonight Jer lol  :PTYIT:

[parrot]

ferking dynamite wouldn"t have worked tonight eddie,,hahaha,,would love to try it though..

[eddie t]

ferking dynamite wouldn"t have worked tonight eddie,,hahaha,,would love to try it though..

 :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

[codho]

Don't tell Brially about them Smirnoff and macky strips for f##ksake, the shed will never get dusted