1 OF MY FRIENDS TOLD ME TO TRY SPRAYING MY SQUID WITH WD40 BEFORE I CAST IT IN. I HAVE CAUGHT COD WITH THIS METHOD. DONT KNOW IF IT HELPS BUT I KNOW IT DOSNT STOP THEM BITING I HAVE HAD A GOOD FEW COD USING THE WD40 HAS ANY1 ELSE HEARD OF THIS?

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I've tried it in the Bristol Channel and I think it helps!

There have been many long threads on whether we should use WD40 on our baits, or not.
The majority opinion is that its a potential pullutant and harmful to the fish.

If you go to the top of the page, click on "search", put in WD40, you should find the threads I am referring to.

YES I AGREE I THINK THE OILS IN THE WD40 HELPS ATTRACT FISH I USE IT ANYWAY AS IT DOSNT PUT COD OFF. I HAVE ALSO HEARD OF PUTTING CALIMARI INTO CRUSHED UP RAG WORM OVERNIGHT I DID TRY IT AND GOT RESULTS IF U HAVNT TRIED THIS JABEE GIVE IT A GO THIS CERTAINLY WORKS!

where are you from and where do you fish Codslayer?

codslayer23 - Welcome to AN.

Could you please turn your CAPS LOCK key off when you are posting.

It makes the text much harder to read and also on the internet it is considered the same as shouting in spoken conversation.

:mad: WD40 is a pollutant!Just imagine if all anglers were to use it - there would be a bloody big oil slick all round the coast

If what everyone else says is true should attract a shed load of fish though!!!!!!


P.s only joking!! think wd 40 works by helping to disperse the oils and scent already in your bait.

As I recall, the makers of WD40 carried out safety checks on all of its products in the US and published the results somwhere on their website. These were also published on Pike and Pred website last year some time. WD40 is reckoned to be harmless to fish, vegetation and other swimming things, although all sorts of rumours about its toxicity abound. Being in the land of the multi-millon dollar law suit, I couldn't imagine a company that big, taking such a risk with one of its products, considering how popular it is with bass anglers and how much it is used in US freshwater lakes and rivers. They even produce a fishing size spray. The ingredients of WD40 are a carefuly guarded secret, but are said to include fish oils, which might account for its success. Another school of thought is that the oil simply masks human smells that we leave on baits and lures. I'm sold on the principle of adding attractants to baits, so until some clever sod produces evidence to the contrary (and nobody has yet) I reckon WD40 is harmless.

Jabee im from stonehaven near aberdeen in scotland. As for wd40 being a pollutant it is mostly made up of oils that r harmless! I did reasearch this before hand lads i wouldnt do anything to damage my precious fishing :cool: