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My sense of smell has been most useful Tuna fishing when I was younger. I remember running out to the Hudson from Manasquan Inlet, we were only about 30 miles out and I caught a strong whiff. We dropped out 2 daisy chains and 3 green machines and started our trolling pattern on a whim, figured we'd give it 30 minutes on the hunch (word from the canyon was so-so). As the last green machine hit the water we were on, we boated a 4 man limit of yellowfin in 90 minutes. We C&R'd for another 30-45 minutes and were on our way home before we even would have made it to the wall of the canyon.
Bluefish and tuna are easy to smell, bunker the same, bass not so much. I don't know whether its the smell of the fish or just the water conditions that give off a certain odor, but its clear as day.
I use to do the same thing when I was deer hunting. I could smell deer before I could see them. people used to tell me I was nuts. Never bothered me, the pile of fuzzy brown friends spoke for itself...
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