Post by fish2win on Feb 8, 2022 14:36:23 GMT -5
we discussed sight and sound but I think the most important to deal with is smell.
For many year the only research done regarding smell and fresh water fish was on Catfish and Salmon There was tons of data illustrating the sensitivity on these species but know one took these factors serious.
With the emergence of the BASS and competitive bass fish suddenly there was a high demand to know all we could know, This prompted the emergence of Dr, Loren Hill.
Dr Hill set about the study of everything bass he also studied bass fisherman, He started to compile volumes of information about the fish from every stand point, After a great amount of study Dr, Hill came up with this evaluation. The largemouth bass has a greater since of smell
100 times stronger than that of a beagle hound but underwater, Here are some things he found.
A bass has two openings on each side of its head. Water is continuously circulated through these nostrils where very fine hair like cilia detect odors.
there is a membrane tissue that consists of a complex fold that lines the nostrils. this membrane will expand and contract to increase the total surface area which will ; increase the total scenting power,Like when people detect a scent and then draw harder through the nose to increase the detection of the scent. Bass use their smell to avoid danger such as low dissolved oxygen and to detect food As bass grow larger the amount of olfactory folds increases thus increasing its sensitivity of smell.
When eye sight is limited, like at night or in low light such as in deep water the bass rely heavily on its sence of smell to find food. so how does our activity effect the bass ? The most offensive smell to a bass is Lysine. Lysine is a naturally occurring scent in human skin oil. When bass detect this scent they will completely turn away from the source . This is especially true in bigger bass and will often reduce the attraction to the bait regardless of the sight action or sound produced . Remember the bigger the fish the stronger its sence of smell. When you touch your lure or line you transfer s small amount of Lysine to your lure.
Next Dr Hill did research on the the amount of Lysine in human skin oil. He tested several top leading pros and a range of other fisherman. He found that on average the leading pros had a lower amount of Lysine in their skin oil than many less successful fisherman.
Armed with this new found information many lure manufacturers raced to get in the scent business, The first was Fish Formula. They all were either water based or oil based liquids that were sprayed onto the lure . Each company had an idea of how to reproduce either the scent of a shad or the scent of a craw, The problem was that once in the water the liquid based attractants quickly dissipated. A few companies produced a suave that was to be applied to your hands to block the transfer of lysine and attach a favorable scent. While this was a smarter option it was widely rejected by the fishing public and soon was out of production, The real truth is that most scents with only a few exceptions only mask the scent and should be renewed each time you touch the lure, Only scents that contain pheromone's have any attracting qualities and the rest are merely masking applications.
For many year the only research done regarding smell and fresh water fish was on Catfish and Salmon There was tons of data illustrating the sensitivity on these species but know one took these factors serious.
With the emergence of the BASS and competitive bass fish suddenly there was a high demand to know all we could know, This prompted the emergence of Dr, Loren Hill.
Dr Hill set about the study of everything bass he also studied bass fisherman, He started to compile volumes of information about the fish from every stand point, After a great amount of study Dr, Hill came up with this evaluation. The largemouth bass has a greater since of smell
100 times stronger than that of a beagle hound but underwater, Here are some things he found.
A bass has two openings on each side of its head. Water is continuously circulated through these nostrils where very fine hair like cilia detect odors.
there is a membrane tissue that consists of a complex fold that lines the nostrils. this membrane will expand and contract to increase the total surface area which will ; increase the total scenting power,Like when people detect a scent and then draw harder through the nose to increase the detection of the scent. Bass use their smell to avoid danger such as low dissolved oxygen and to detect food As bass grow larger the amount of olfactory folds increases thus increasing its sensitivity of smell.
When eye sight is limited, like at night or in low light such as in deep water the bass rely heavily on its sence of smell to find food. so how does our activity effect the bass ? The most offensive smell to a bass is Lysine. Lysine is a naturally occurring scent in human skin oil. When bass detect this scent they will completely turn away from the source . This is especially true in bigger bass and will often reduce the attraction to the bait regardless of the sight action or sound produced . Remember the bigger the fish the stronger its sence of smell. When you touch your lure or line you transfer s small amount of Lysine to your lure.
Next Dr Hill did research on the the amount of Lysine in human skin oil. He tested several top leading pros and a range of other fisherman. He found that on average the leading pros had a lower amount of Lysine in their skin oil than many less successful fisherman.
Armed with this new found information many lure manufacturers raced to get in the scent business, The first was Fish Formula. They all were either water based or oil based liquids that were sprayed onto the lure . Each company had an idea of how to reproduce either the scent of a shad or the scent of a craw, The problem was that once in the water the liquid based attractants quickly dissipated. A few companies produced a suave that was to be applied to your hands to block the transfer of lysine and attach a favorable scent. While this was a smarter option it was widely rejected by the fishing public and soon was out of production, The real truth is that most scents with only a few exceptions only mask the scent and should be renewed each time you touch the lure, Only scents that contain pheromone's have any attracting qualities and the rest are merely masking applications.