smelly jellies

[stinky fingers]

I have never used, but I am very interested if the walleye smelly jellies or scents work on your worm harness or lures. Is it better or not or just because? Please give me feed back.

[Shaggy]

I'm not sure how smelly jelly works for walleye but I can tell you smallmouth love it. I was fishing on the Susquehanna a few months ago with my Dad and a friend and my Dad was outfishing us pretty badly. Well after after a lot of frustration and some gloating on my Dad's part he busts out laughing. My buddy and I didn't know what was up until he admitted he put some smelly jelly inside the tube bait he was using. He was definitely catching more fish than we were combined so I'm a believer.

Shaggy

[stinky fingers]

Thanks Shaggy we all try to learn, any one else with info, like brands, ect!

[eyedoktr]

I have used a couple of different brands but had the best luck with Dr. Juice. I find too that they are most effective in cool/cold water. It has never seemed to help much in water over 60 degrees.

[Greg P]

I always use Berkley Crappie nibblers when slib bobber fishing, or jigging, along with my leech, nitecrawler or minnow. I have proven time and time again, that you will catch more fish, walleyes or crappies, if you use them. Many people that fish with me agree. I am very partial to the new sparkly ones.

I have also seen Dr. Juice work well when sprayed on a twister tail.

Have not tried any jellys on trolling lures.

One time when the crappies we were fishing were biting very well, we did an experiment. We dropped a bare hook down with just a nibbler on it, and guess what? They would bite on that alone.

Food for thought.

[Robertp]

Tried it for Walleye, after bait shop swore by it. I think it's bogus. We ran one side not using it and one side with the scent on the plug. Noticed no difference in success rates.

[s.f.]

i've worked with most of the scents on the market for the past 15 years, including the smelly jellies.
my conclusions are consistent with all of them. if the water is below 50 degrees, they might play a positive role. under 40 degrees they can get even better. if there is current, they seem to be better
also. BUT...unless i have the cold water for sure, i see absolutely no advantage, in the long run, to using scents to improve catching walleyes. warm, summer water is so light and thin, that the scent simply floats to the top immediately, out of the fish zone. you can view what most scents do relative to water temp by using various water temps in a glass pitcher at home. the colder the water, the more suspending the scent.
nothing beats the real thing...good FRESH livebait. even on a crankbait.
just my experiences. i'm sure there are a variety of answers.

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[dkooser]

Not a walleye answer but I use the Smell Jelly Crawfish stuff that comes in a bottle, not the thick stuff but the squirt bottle stuff. I catch more bass using that on a jig and pig than buddies in the boat that dont use it. The catch rate is so significant that I dont have any bass buddies that will not use it when I am. I've not tried the walleye stuff yet but might pick up a bottle this weekend.

[Starfish]

I haven't seen much difference for walleyes but I absolutely won't fish for salmon or steelhead without dousing my lures or baits. I've watched it out-produce unscented rigs anywhere from 2:1 to 5:1.

[FROGMAN]

Have to agree with Steve on this one. Absolutely, positively, without a doubt have seen the difference when using it in cold water situations, but believe that water over 50 deg F it loses it's appeal. I have fished alongside boats all day long that couldn't catch a single fish while my partner and I were setting the hooks on doubles constantly while vertical jigging a river system.
Good Luck

Keith Segar
NPAA #260