myth or fact

[dirk]

just wondering, had a little chat wit someone outside malcoms yesterday an he said that he went fishing the other night for some bass and his tip was to spray the crab with wd40. don't think this is very healthy for the bass , how would you like a steak with wd40 on it?

dirk0580

[tompa]

Think he is trying to boost his catch rate mate and lower yours
I don't know of any fish that like the taste of wd40 ;D ;D

[dirk]

but it was his son that said it initially and then he confirmed what his son had said and his son was only about 12

id say if it was true the father is teaching his son some bad tack ticks

dirk0580

[redhotrods]

Believe it or not.....WD40 contains fish oils & from what I remember it was Mackerel oil!!!

I came across this a few years ago somewhere on the net.

It makes sense now doesn't it?

still not too sure what it does to the enviroment though

[cliffnorry]

some people use wd40, it is oil, they also use other oils and peppermint, but I have allways found that the natural oil that comes out of fresh bait, sutch as worm or fish, out fishes anything.

[redhotrods]

Better read this before you go out & buy 100ltrs of WD40

www.pacgb.co.uk/pressreleases/wd40.html

[tompa]

Can see the slick coming from the bait now and all the seagulls getting covered and washed up on the beach as everyone tries it ;D ;D

Seriuosly tho' it can't be good can it? Think I would rather rub a crab with a mackeral fillet if that's the case

[dirk]

i personally would rather use plain old crab its been working for decades, why change it now and spray it with some pollutant

dirk0580

[redhotrods]

Not being a bait fisherman I can't really comment as to whether crabs were better with or without wd40, I was just stating the facts I had read.

Probably best if we all forget about the whole WD40 'thing' before we have another Sea Empress disaster on our hands.

[dirk]

i agree my wd40 will stay in the shed and only be used for hinges, nuts and bolts ;D

[tiawow]

LOL, i think there must have been a match on or something, and they all sprayed there baits with WD40 judging by what is coming down the Straits!!

[garethp]

Kind of related.

For the last couple of years I have been experimenting with groundbait whilst fishing off the little orme, I normally cut up 2 / 3 mackerel, throw them in a bucket and add a tin of sweetcorn, 3 / 4 tins of cat food, a couple of tins of tuna, a loaf or 2 of bread and a litre of vegetable oil. When this is mixed and spooned into the sea you get a lovely 'slick' that seems to attract mackerel and launce from afar. Even when people fishing before you have blanked. This was originally intended to attract mullet, which, in certain places of said headland you can see swimming underneath you...

Didn't attract the mullet but the idea of a slick of oily/fishy/meaty 'goodness' seems to attract fish... If WD40 is based on organic oils then I can see it having a similar effect

Can't believe I've just owned up to using freshwater techniques... oh, the shame

[dirk]

good tip though better than using wd40 ;D

dirk0580

[garethp]

although, looking at the Bad News for the Straits post, I feel that someone may of gone overboard with the WD-40

Shouldn't laugh really

[tiawow]

Just might try that tomorrow, meant to work for black bream and garfish too

[tiawow]

garethp said:

although, looking at the Bad News for the Straits post, I feel that someone may of gone overboard with the WD-40

Shouldn't laugh really

If you can't laugh at a bad situation you'll end up crying mate!! Hate to think what it would do for the last of the peelers, already coated in WD40 ready for use, aught to tip off the bloke from ABC tackle!!

[menaiman]

I read once that this wd40 thing started by somebody overspaying their reel with the stuff & subsequently getting it onto his fingers & hence his bait. He outfished everybody on the boat fishing for Tope. May have just been a fluke but the seed was sown.

[seanc]

hi all i read in angling times years ago 10 i think boat angl;ers use to use it never tried it myself

[capnjack]

one problem i see is wd40 is hard to get off without proper hand cleanerso the stuff ends up on ur platable fish

[The Image ™]

Sometimes works for codling.
NOT for bass!

[garethp]

wouldn't be too sure of it not working for bass The Image me old china.

As for using wine?!? absolute waste of good alcohol.

[cliffnorry]

when I first took up sea fishing (when split cane was the must have of the day) the then experanced anglers said that rubie dubie or chum' was ok down south, but was useless along the Welsh coast,

and you are surpost to drink the wine' befor, during, and after the fish, and if you drink enough befor, who gives a darn what the fish taste like, it goes down a treat''

[al]

it does work,i think with it being a moisture disspercent it must help to excpell the baits natural scent more quickly. its supposed to be brill for tope.

[The Thunderstick]

The advice from the EA to the Pike Anglers club was given on the basis that the oil use would have an impact on Freshwater water fishery surfaces, which where as we all know oil looks bad even in tiny amounts.
many well known sea anglers of public acclaim and experts in the US as where this tip originated from will attest to the ability of WD40 in attracting Doggies to Lug baits enhanced with a quick Spray.
Think about it guys, you'd need to be using crates of the stuff on the same day at a same venue in the marine environment for there to be any impact if any at all, and how would the Ea prove you have committed any offence if the imapct of your actions cannot be measured in any way??
The PAC appear to have over-reacted to something that as an additive wasn't really intended for Pike attraction and maybe a bit of research to see if it had the same results as found by sea anglers.
'nuff said
Tight lines -
ps don't slip on the stuff , it makes you go some lol

[capnjack]

i still say u need loads of hand cleaner to get the stuff off we use it all day

[zebra]

Hello guys I have thinned out this thread .there seamed to be a lot of off topic posts which just clutter up the original topic and the forum .
Please try to stick to the thread topic .nothing worst than a post full of how are you’s
If you want to greet someone pm them that’s what its for
Thanks guys

[brockster]

point taken zebra, my popularity is a cross i'l have to bear

[taffthebass]

I just did some googling on WD40 & it is mainly petroleum based, it is called WD40 because it was some guys 40th attempt to find a water displacing substance. I think I would much prefer to use a natural fish oil myself.

[zebra]

i heared it was an attractent but was also quite poisonous to fish .maybe why there are so many dead dogfish ??

[cliffnorry]

[glow=red,2,300][/glow]in my humble experience'' if there is dogfish within a mile of you, or the tope are in 'and you have to add wd40 to get them to your bait, have you tried golf' because you will never make an angler!!