04-12-2016, 09:40 PM
[quote TubeDude][#0000FF]The "myth" was that WD-40 was made with fish oil. As you know, it is not. It is made from petroleum distillates. Not good for humans or fishies.
But evidently you do not have any first hand experience with WD-40 as a fish attractant. Whatever it is made of appeals to fish of several species. I have personally witnessed cases of the fish responding much more favorably to lures or baits with a squirt of the WD-40 vs the same lures or baits on the same trip...not treated. There are still some goobers who use that stuff in spite of the warnings against it. All they care about is that it seems to help them catch more fish. And when they are able to outfish their fishing buddies by a factor of 10-1...with no other variables...that is enough for them.
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I don't need first hand experience, I have more common sense and respect for our waters than to use WD-40 as a fish attractant. I have spent time reading a number of guides thoughts on this issue, go ahead and research it yourself - there is no shortage of this being discussed on the internet... and the results are inconclusive at best. There are just as many people who say it doesn't make any difference at all as there are who think it works.
Cause and effect is not as straightforward thing to prove as many people think. Think of gambling, sometimes you get on a lucky streak and win a lot of money...sometimes you get on a unlucky streak and lose a lot of money. If you squirted WD-40 in your palms one time and started winning at the slot machines.... one or two times of doing that isn't enough data to support it being effective. Gambling comes down to very specific odds that are known by the people who design the games and machines. Fishing follows a similar set of "laws".
What is it that would cause a fish to be attracted to hydrocarbon mixtures? Science can answer this question. Fish aren't attracted to hydrocarbons they are attracted to a variety of things, all of them being biological: amino acids, proteins, blood, etc, etc.
I'm officially retiring for this message board. Too many close minded people set in their ways. Keep promoting the use of pollutants as effective fish attractants, real smart.
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But evidently you do not have any first hand experience with WD-40 as a fish attractant. Whatever it is made of appeals to fish of several species. I have personally witnessed cases of the fish responding much more favorably to lures or baits with a squirt of the WD-40 vs the same lures or baits on the same trip...not treated. There are still some goobers who use that stuff in spite of the warnings against it. All they care about is that it seems to help them catch more fish. And when they are able to outfish their fishing buddies by a factor of 10-1...with no other variables...that is enough for them.
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I don't need first hand experience, I have more common sense and respect for our waters than to use WD-40 as a fish attractant. I have spent time reading a number of guides thoughts on this issue, go ahead and research it yourself - there is no shortage of this being discussed on the internet... and the results are inconclusive at best. There are just as many people who say it doesn't make any difference at all as there are who think it works.
Cause and effect is not as straightforward thing to prove as many people think. Think of gambling, sometimes you get on a lucky streak and win a lot of money...sometimes you get on a unlucky streak and lose a lot of money. If you squirted WD-40 in your palms one time and started winning at the slot machines.... one or two times of doing that isn't enough data to support it being effective. Gambling comes down to very specific odds that are known by the people who design the games and machines. Fishing follows a similar set of "laws".
What is it that would cause a fish to be attracted to hydrocarbon mixtures? Science can answer this question. Fish aren't attracted to hydrocarbons they are attracted to a variety of things, all of them being biological: amino acids, proteins, blood, etc, etc.
I'm officially retiring for this message board. Too many close minded people set in their ways. Keep promoting the use of pollutants as effective fish attractants, real smart.
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