It is not uncommon for anglers to exploit the olfactory system of the fish when trying to get a leg up in fishing. There are actually some known scents that the bass really enjoy. The main scents or tastes that attract bass include: garlic, salt, and anise plus several other spices.

A bass is equipped to determine whether a scent is “negative” or “positive” and will behave appropriately once that is determined. Manufacturers of fish attractant products locked in on the main positive scents and created products to smell just like them. Among the negative scents that the bass will avoid include gasoline or other strong odors transferred from your fingers and blood from a wounded schoolmate.

Bass have two nostrils on each side. One set of nostrils being the posterior and the other set being the anterior. Water flows into the anterior nostrils, over the olfactory glands, then out again through the posterior nostrils. This amazing olfactory system of the bass can actually detect 1 200th of a drop of a substance in approximately 100 gallons of water. For this reason alone, anglers suggest washing your hands before fishing and applying some sort of attractant to your bait, whether it is sprayed on or it is already impregnated into the lure.

Although it is an important factor when bass fishing, scent is not on top of the list like it is with other fish like carp and catfish. Bass are known to hang onto a bait up to 30 seconds longer when a positive scent is present.

Plenty of bait and tackle shops carry various fish attractant products. They also have plenty of bass lures that have already been scented. The list of the top manufacturers for attractants include: Berkley, Basswax, Liquid Lure, Mega Strike, Mr. Goop, Dr. Juice and plenty more.

One of my favorite attractants isn’t a spray like most are, it is in a tube like chap stick and contains beeswax. The wax stays on the lures or plastic baits much longer and there is no concern for drips and spills. I usually get my beeswax attractants from the company BassWax.

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Bass Fishing As Defined On Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_fishing

Bass fishing is the activity of angling for the North American gamefish known colloquially as the black bass. There are numerous black bass species considered as gamefish in North America, including largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieui), Spotted bass or Kentucky bass (Micropterus punctatus), Guadalupe bass (Micropterus treculii), and many other species and subspecies of the genus Micropterus. Though referred to as bass, all are actually members of the sunfish family (Centrarchidae: order Perciformes).

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