Now we have found various 'flavours' for our baits is it the smell or the taste that attracts?

What got me thinking was something I posted on the maggot flavour post. :cool:

My Au de Cologne smells really nice but tastes like nothing known to man.

Would aftershave or perfume work as a attractant? :confused:

I read somewhere that fish can't actually smell a smell, but they can taste a flavour! Something to do with not having noses I suspect. Based on that I'd suggest that flavours are better than scents!

Well if you are using single hookbaits, a boilie for example, then it really must be either the colour or aroma as the fish hasn't had time to taste before being hooked.

Colour, now there is a topic. (yellow for me)

I like blue but that's just me.

I did see a programe on tv that said a carp has a sense of smell 2 million times better than a human.

Pete, are you sure fish don't have noses?
What are those little knobbly bits in the nose position on some fish?
Barbles on fish, could they be used for smelling?

Hi. Aren't smell and taste very nearly the same thing? Scents, such as Eau de Cologne, are a special case and I suspect they taste horrible because they are so concentrated.

The flavour of a boilie leaks out into the water and becomes, to the fish, a taste.

Regards, Pete

Of course it could be an element of many, amino acids, various chemical signals, feed inducers etc.

fish can smell, either through good old fashioned nostrils or through feelers

Fish do smell, especially Makerel

Mark

fish do have a nose lol .. well all my tropical fish and koi do