Scents on Jigs....

nauman · 12-15-2003, 05:12 PM

Is it acceptable to put scent on maribou jigs or does it gunk them up? ALso curious about first cast jigs, i saw they are made with different material and was wondring effective ways of implementing scent or bait with the jig.

River Ranger · 12-15-2003, 05:17 PM

do not put any on the feathers it will gunk them up.I put smelly jelly paste on the jig head and wash it off when I'm done.Try tipping with sandshrimp tails.
R.R.

Lavro · 12-15-2003, 05:33 PM

River Ranger is right. Do not get any on the maribou or feathers. One thing that has been working for me is lacing a chunk of a seducer worm up the hook and covering that with scent. You still have to be careful about using too much scent because the feathers will hang down over the worm, thus becoming oily and taking away from the action of the jig. There have been alot of good posts about this in the past that have helped me.

sparkleboy · 12-16-2003, 05:23 PM

I occasionally use WD40 on my jigs. It washes off nicely if you use soap, and the jig is fine when it dries out. I've heard using a peice of schrimp with schrimp scent is deadly, but I've never done it.

ampersat · 12-16-2003, 06:08 PM

Don't put scent on marabou. Marabou has more barbels in it and will matt down with anything except WD40. Now schlappen and saddle hackle, that's different. They don't have the same density of barbels and can take having scent put on them. Oils, extracts and gels work fine but smelly jelly can matt down almost anything.

Jignfloat · 12-16-2003, 07:10 PM

try a tiny salad shrimp on the hook......and hang on!!!

Wood N' Fish · 12-16-2003, 08:28 PM

Listen to Ampersat.

First Bite · 12-16-2003, 08:32 PM

I like to put just a drop or two on my jigs at times. I'll put it on the jig head or directly on a shrimp tail. If it gets on the feathers I don't worry about it too much. Again you don't need much at all when you use it. I mainly use it to give the fish something different to smell.

Mark

RiverDog · 12-19-2003, 09:10 AM

Anyone ever try a Jensen egg with their jig? I'm pretty new to the bobber/jig thing, but it worked for me last winter one time. Not sure if the Jensen egg had much to do with it though. It was Anise scent.

Siwash · 12-19-2003, 02:48 PM

I've recently seen a couple unrelated bits in STS about A) making jigs (the style with the little plastic beads in the middle), and B) making drift bobbers out of cut-up chunks of kitchen sponge. Anyone consider combining the two, i.e., using a little sponge nugget behind the jig head in place of the beads? Seems like it would provide a small scent reservoir to minimize slobbering on the feathers, without making any major changes to the normal design of the jig.

ampersat · 12-20-2003, 06:46 AM

The problem with trying to contain the scent somewhere on a jig is that you can't. No matter where you put it, it will work its way down to the feathers. The drag of the water against the jig as you reel it in will pull the oil-based scent down onto the feathers. I started fishing Uncle Walt jigs and spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to keep that marabou fluffy. The only way to keep it fluffy is not to put scent on it. The exception being WD40. It's light enough that it actually helps them fluff out.

JohnB · 12-20-2003, 01:46 PM

I always, (well almost always), put scent on my jigs. Just not too much. Remember the fish can detect very low concentrations, ie parts per million.

An anise/tuna combo seems to be working best for me right now.

Also like to tip them with a small piece of raw prawn/shrimp.

[ 12-20-2003, 02:57 PM: Message edited by: JohnB ]