Whats the deal with Lemon Joy?

[ICHTHYDEMON]

Why is LJ so popular for cleaning hand,lures,boats,etc.? It seems like everyone here uses it for cleaning something fishing related. Is it the smell? Fish like the scent? What am I missing?

[SalmonJeff]

yeah it is mostly the lemon scent the fish seem to like it and are not turned off by it. I also add a little bit of anise oil to the mix which helps allot. But that is the only soap I use for my hands when fishing. For lures try crest toothpaste as this also has been discussed in deatil on previouse post but for spinners this is great.

[blacktail519]

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[Thumb Burner]

Lemon Joy has been used for a long time. Its the only cleaning product that I know that for sure wont scare the fish away. I use it for cleaning only but wouldnt use it for actual scent.
SS

[ 03-08-2004, 10:10 PM: Message edited by: Steelhead_Scout ]

[blacktail519]

HUH!!!

[ANDYCOHO]

What other soap can you buy for less than a buck at a .99 Cent store

Well, maybe Ajax...

I bet one of the resident Ifish Guides can enlighten us....

[Fish Hawg]

I use it because, a Friend of my Dads Dad use to use it on all of his commercial salmon gear years ago. ICan't rember when my dad did not have some in the boat. So we continue the tradition :smile:

[KingFisher85]

use it to get the human scent off your hands and lures [img]graemlins/idea.gif[/img]

[David Johnson]

It's been used for a long, long time by commercials. Since it was good enough for them it was good enough for the sporties. It's been used for a long time by some sports fisherman too but just recently it's gotten a lot of publicity so now everyone is using it. Kind of like WD-40 20 years ago.....

It is a strong oil remover so it takes the offensive skin oils (and other scents) off your hands and gear. "One spoon full will do a load of dishes"

The fish seem to either like it or they are not bothered at all by it.

[ICHTHYDEMON]

use it to get the human scent off your hands and lures

<font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica">No kidding?

[ 03-08-2004, 10:22 PM: Message edited by: ICHTHYDEMON ]

[ICHTHYDEMON]

So is it only LJ and not any other Lemon scented dish soap?

[TonTo]

Anybody know where I can find a bottle of Banana Joy?

[David Johnson]

Don't know Tonto but I have some banana Smelly Jelly. They make it for bass fisherman and I hear it works for lake trout.

[steelheadslayer]

It does work pretty good as a scent by itself.

[Silver Hilton]

Originally posted by ICHTHYDEMON:
So is it only LJ and not any other Lemon scented dish soap?

<font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica">It doesn't even need to be lemon scented. Any dish detergent will do what you need, which is getting the nasty odors off your hands and lures. I've been stealing and using whatever dish soap we have in the kitchen (costco special) for years, and I catch a few using it. I just use it to clean my hands at the beginning and throughout the day, and to clean the lures and the end of the day.

[Silver Eagle]

You can use your Lemon Joy, but if you have anything that is OIL or Grease related, you better be using DAWN, and they have it in all kinds of flavors, but Dawn will cut the grease.
Ray

[Montana]

I really think we should get Martha Stewarts thoughts on this subject!

[greenbuttskunk]

I like to soak my hands in it. Madge told me! :grin:

[Fish Hawg]

David, yes the banana smelly jelly works awesome on lake trout. I watched them (on tv) Catch 30#+ lake trout on rubber jigs. They would smear it all over the jig.

[Fishfaced]

"Your soaking in it now".... Don't worry it's Palmalve! :shocked:

[Reel Premier]

I don't know if this is true or not, but I was told by a guide that lemon joy was one of the only soaps that suds up in the salt{ocean}. He was probably pullin my chain, but maybe not. I saw on an earlier post that the commerical guys use it, and that is how the sport guys got wind of it. So maybe the above statement holds merit. I do feel any soap will do the trick, but I'm sticking with the LJ. :grin:

[B-run]

I have used Lemon Sunlight for years with good results.

[fish assassin]

As a commercial fisherman I can truthfully tell you that *any* dish
detergent will work ... as long as it's Lemon Joy!! :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:

-assAssin-