Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Thanks Max, plus your saving money,  many times I think we gotta do stuff to try to up our odds.  I,m supersticious.   I,m hoping that its not my fault f&g closed t :)he sport fishing here for kings,  they are all wild stocks here and have been suffering from poor returns lately with kings threw out alaska.   Theres lots of reasons.    I just wanna catch one more.

Quote from: Maxed Out on April 30, 2018, 05:05:18 PM
 I catch lots of salmon and never use scent.

 Scent is just to mask non natural odors. I use "Secret Suds" to keep my gear super clean and free of any deturrent odors that turn fish away. It works many times better than any scent.

I used to swear by scenting my lures, but haven't used scent for about 10 years and will never go back to using scent

I'm gonna have to look that up, as a smoker I have to do something every Time I touch the lure.

Quote from: David Hall on April 30, 2018, 09:28:29 PM

Quote from: Maxed Out on April 30, 2018, 05:05:18 PM
 I catch lots of salmon and never use scent.

 Scent is just to mask non natural odors. I use "Secret Suds" to keep my gear super clean and free of any deturrent odors that turn fish away. It works many times better than any scent.

I used to swear by scenting my lures, but haven't used scent for about 10 years and will never go back to using scent..

 I smoke a bit too, and so do some passengers....plus doritos, cheetos, horseradish, mustard, Lots of bad things can get on your gear......AND if you use scent and don't clean your gear, that lure will stink like all getout after a few days

I'm gonna have to look that up, as a smoker I have to do something every Time I touch the lure.

David, you can look all you want. I own the formula for the Secret Suds and hope to get it marketed soon.....You will catch more salmon with clean gear than with scented gear

Quote from: Maxed Out on April 30, 2018, 11:14:51 PM

Quote from: David Hall on April 30, 2018, 09:28:29 PM

Quote from: Maxed Out on April 30, 2018, 05:05:18 PM
 I catch lots of salmon and never use scent.

 Scent is just to mask non natural odors. I use "Secret Suds" to keep my gear super clean and free of any deturrent odors that turn fish away. It works many times better than any scent.

I used to swear by scenting my lures, but haven't used scent for about 10 years and will never go back to using scent..

  I smoke a bit too, and so do some passengers....plus doritos, cheetos, horseradish, mustard, Lots of bad things can get on your gear......AND if you use scent and don't clean your gear, that lure will stink like all getout after a few days

I'm gonna have to look that up, as a smoker I have to do something every Time I touch the lure.

David, you can look all you want. I own the formula for the Secret Suds and hope to get it marketed soon

Hah!  I spent about ten minutes googling it and found nothing!  Don't want to push you but I'm planning to go out this weekend again can you get it marketed and in the retailers by Friday?

I'll send you a sample bottle

Max.  What about your other little buddy.  I can trade you a couple more pictures for a testing size and will double your postage!🤷‍♂️

Quote from: Maxed Out on April 30, 2018, 11:22:02 PM

I'll send you a sample bottle

mighty nice of you Ted I will be sure to run it through my Mass spectrometer and reverse engineer it!  oh wait I forgot I traded that for a gas powered trash compactor!

I will be thrilled to give it a try.

Ted, David, Gary, I fished with a guy in Washington for salmon.  He had a brother that was a whaler (long time ago).  He had a scent bottle which he claimed contained some fluid from a whale's stomach mixed with pureed herring.  Well I am a believer.  We were the only one's that caught salmon that day. 

Jonah's finest!  Don't think it's available anymore?

   Themes from the scent bottle.

Does the scent bottle help?   The jury is still out.   Back to the Test Boat.

Gary I'm wondering if you use 40# mono when trolling for these hogs?
I use 30# down here but don't know if I'd be comfortable using it up there.
Just curious.

Hogs?  Be nice to the ladies 👎. Some of these nice fish have 🥚 eggs.   Thanks for the great question.  On my mooching reel is 65-80 braid generally.
    Yes I use Berkeley big game 40# leader in a lite green color.   And when they get around the motor or chafing the bottom chine a 200# seven strand would save a nasty hottie once in a while.
  Always a 6/0 siwash frontee and a 1 or 1/0 treble tied solid.   Bead chain or ball bearings r good to prevent leader twisting for a rotary bait of course.
  Gel scents seem to work for me.  Keep adding every time you can.  Good luck 👍 n.  Go fishing 🎣.