Making your own scents.

[bronzeback-guy79]

 This is something me and Janelle came up with a couple of years ago, take some garlic powder or anise, mix it into some petrolium jelly and put it in the microwave for a little, stir it up and make sure it meets the demands of your nose and jar it up. We even made our own new scent with this, Old Bay seasoning.

[X17xpress]

it works good to stays on a long time. I have used liquid garlic and also added some salt then heat it up

[T-Haegele]

Sounds pretty neat. I'll have to give it a try. Thanks for the tip.

[Just_Old_Fisherman]

Long before there were commercial scents, we would add Anise to Glycerin.  Keeps baits soft and moist and adds a scent.

[ShawnDee4]

Nice tips, hell of a lot cheaper than buying the stuff on the market.

[Kreecher]

Is petroleum jelly safe for the environment?  All I really care about is lubrication.  I'm not a big believer of scents attracting or even masking an odor, but I'd add it as a bonus.

[Gman]

Thanks for the tip. Sounds like a good idea.

[TightLinez]

Thanks for the tip. Made my first batch last night and it's looking pretty good. I felt a little weird buying a big jar of petroleum jelly though . I can see how this stuff will stay on the bait, as it was a pain in the a$$ to get off my hands.
I call this batch Salty Garlic Baitfish. I added some baitfish scent gel I already had, and some red and gold glitter for added flash.

[CaptChaos86]

I make my own scent but i seem to be the only one who enjoys it. and it only attracts catfish...

[ShawnDee4]

Capt. if you would let us know what you 're using.... That way we can eliminate some of the catty stuff.