Hello Everybody,
So I had to take a leave of absence for a while... moved out to western/mid mass for 2 years. Haven't been out at all in that time. Been an overall bad time. But I am back by the water again. On the north shore now, a whole bunch of new spots I'm excited about.
Any way.. let's pretend for a second that I'm not the worst/unluckiest striper fishermen ever to grace these boards (I know how hard that is to do
). I've been having a pretty terrible season so far, in spots that make me drool. I've had one fish take, and I lost it. I've tossed everything I have in my bag at em. nothin... Tomorrow night I'm resorting to eels.
That being said.. I have a feeling that my lack of luck this year is due to all my gear sitting in my basement untouched for 2 years. I feel like they reek of basement stench. Gas burner, laundry, cleaning chemicals were all down there with them. My plug bag was even little mildewy cause it's a really damp basement. (plus i started smoking again, so that probably isn't helping) I think I'd be doing a lot better if I minimized the bad smells, and covered them up with something yummy. I checked around the local shops today, planning to buy whatever they had. They of course had nothing. So now I will be ordering online and have a whole world of options open to me. If you remember me, you know how overwhelmed I get when I have choices. I just want to chose the most effective one.
What should I go with?
I was looking at the "pro-cure" scent line, a whole bunch of options for stink and I couldn't decide on one. at $6.60 for 2oz I can't really afford to invest in every scent right now, so does anyone have any experience with them? What is the best all around "flavor" that I could use on everything?
What else are you guys using for scents these days? I remember some discussion "way back" about scent sticks, I think? Any suggestions that you guys have with scents is appreciated.
I was also thinking about buying some bunker, or macks or whatever and just tossing all my plugs in with them for a few hours.
p.s.- good to see some familiar names still posting on these boards.
p.p.s. - I did look at the scent thread in the how to's. Just wondering if anything new is out.