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It is not uncommon for anglers to exploit the olfactory system of the fish when trying to get a leg up in fishing. There are actually some known scents that the bass really enjoy. Of the scents that bass enjoy you have: salt, garlic, anise and a bunch of other spices.

A bass is equipped to determine whether a scent is “negative” or “positive” and will behave appropriately once that is determined. Manufacturers of fish attractant products locked in on the main positive scents and created products to smell just like them. Among the negative scents that the bass will avoid include gasoline or other strong odors transferred from your fingers and blood from a wounded schoolmate.

Bass are equipped with 2 nostrils on both sides of their head. One set of nostrils being the posterior and the other set being the anterior. Water flows into the anterior nostrils, over the olfactory glands, then out again through the posterior nostrils. Approximately 1 200th of a drop of a substance per 100 gallons of water can be detected by the amazing olfactory system of the bass. For this reason alone, anglers suggest washing your hands before fishing and applying some sort of attractant to your bait, whether it is sprayed on or it is already impregnated into the lure.

Although it is an important factor when bass fishing, scent is not on top of the list like it is with other fish like carp and catfish. With that being said, bass will actually keep a hold of a bait up to 30 seconds longer when a positive scent is present.

Lots of tackle and bait shops carry different attractant products as well as bass lures that already have a scent attached. The list of the top manufacturers for attractants include: Berkley, Basswax, Liquid Lure, Mega Strike, Mr. Goop, Dr. Juice and many others.

One of my favorite attractants isn’t a spray like most are, it is in a tube like chap stick and contains beeswax. Being that it is waxy, rather than liquid, it stays on the lure longer and there are no spills to worry about. I usually get my beeswax attractants from the company BassWax.

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Bass Fishing As Defined On Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_fishing

Bass fishing is the activity of angling for the North American gamefish known colloquially as the black bass. There are numerous black bass species considered as gamefish in North America, including largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieui), Spotted bass or Kentucky bass (Micropterus punctatus), Guadalupe bass (Micropterus treculii), and many other species and subspecies of the genus Micropterus. Though referred to as bass, all are actually members of the sunfish family (Centrarchidae: order Perciformes).