fish dont stink, they smell

[trout whisperer]

In the past twenty years or so I have read a bit about how trout and salmon get back to their home rivers to spawn. They almost come home like a bear smelling a fresh baked apple pie left in an open window to cool.
That home water, once it hits there nose, they linger a bit until the water temps get just right, and then, up that stream they go following their snout, a snout by the way that can discern and decipher under water, I’d say, That’s a pretty good set of nostrils.
They use that nose for other things as well.
Now flip a mental page, but leave yourself a Foote note, on the last olfactory morsels.
One thing trout and other fish can smell is blood meal, which is sometimes used or used heavily in the production of artificial fish baits. Too many to name, and most manufactures won’t reveal their formulas, but suffice is to say they work, and sometimes remarkably well. 
So I asked myself, how somebody could make them store bought baits, even better. Well it’s the exact opposite of how wonderful an apple pie can smell.
After three years of trial and error I came up with a three dollar and ninety four cent way, to reinvent the wheel or make a better mousetrap.
You go to the nearest Wal-Mart, buy yourself a  small jar of tropical fish flakes and take a handful of plastic twister tails, dump about equal parts of store bought baits and fish flakes in a clear plastic zip lock bag, shake well, and let sit overnight.
Hold your nose when you open it, drop the baits in the water and watch out. So far, in the past three years, any of the trout species we have, have with nostrils flared, responded positively. The trout whisperer

[Lee Borgersen]

Very interesting. I'm always trying to figure out a way to try something different. I've been experimenting with live bait and garlic powder, crushed garlic, garlic juice, and garlic spray. Also worked with some anise oil. Thanks for the tip. If I don't forget I'll give your stuff a shot in the spring.