Super User MN Fisher Posted January 10, 2023 Super User Share Posted January 10, 2023 10 minutes ago, Buzzbaiter said: I am a sniffer. Of the crawfish I’ve sniffed, none have really had any discernible smell Try the other end. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Darth-Baiter Posted January 11, 2023 Super User Share Posted January 11, 2023 i dont know about any crayfish smelling excretion...but there is definately something being excreted in this thread!! hahah..sorry, i couldnt resist that low hanging fruit. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User WIGuide Posted January 18, 2023 Super User Share Posted January 18, 2023 On 1/7/2023 at 4:08 PM, 2tall79 said: I've heard that they excrete a chemical after being hooked that will warn off their buddies. Hence, a lot of guys will keep smallies in their livewell until they leave an area. I'd have to disagree with this due to the number of times I've had one on and had multiple others swimming with it trying to get the bait too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User islandbass Posted January 18, 2023 Super User Share Posted January 18, 2023 On 1/8/2023 at 3:01 AM, Woody B said: Pull my finger. (sorry, couldn't help it LOL) Lol. I remember when I was a kid and fell for that ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Raider Bob Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 8 minutes ago, WIGuide said: I'd have to disagree with this due to the number of times I've had one on and had multiple others swimming with it trying to get the bait too. Seen this several times myself. Sometimes following the hooked bass all the way to the boat without ever looking up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Spankey Posted January 19, 2023 Super User Share Posted January 19, 2023 What does a crawdad smell like? Do they all smell the same? Does a PA crawdad smell the same as a Wisconsin crawdad? Can’t say I’ve had a Smallie smell like anything or smell out of ordinary. Have caught a lot of smallies. I’ve kept smallies in my livewell and have never opened the lid and get knocked to my knees with the smell of anything. I’ve caught a few Spotted Muskies while smallie fishing and they had a sulphuric smell to them. A few tiger muskies that had an odor but not as strong as the Spotted. Healthy fish showing no signs of a sickness. These were immediately released and skin (slime layer) not touched. Maybe that smell/excretion has to do with surroundings. I don’t know. Smell or no smell of smallies I keep my livewell washed, clean and flushed. I’ve had them hock up a bunch of crawdad parts while being in the tank. Can only imagine the smell of that in a day or so of not getting flushed out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User WRB Posted January 19, 2023 Super User Share Posted January 19, 2023 You can smell odors from the mouth and vent to determine if the bass is eating crawdads. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MassBass Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 I wouldn't totally dismiss something like this, pheromones and olfactory cues play a big role in how animals and fish behave, a lot of things still probably unknown. I believe personally, that the smallmouth and crayfish are kind of co-evolved, so basically the smallmouth is born to be a crayfish specialist. Have seen fat sm with crayfish feces all over the place, but some of those same fish would have been caught on a topwater minnow imitation, so they may be evolved as crayfish specialists but they are of course still opportunistic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Darth-Baiter Posted January 19, 2023 Super User Share Posted January 19, 2023 4 hours ago, WRB said: You can smell odors from the mouth and vent to determine if the bass is eating crawdads. Tom wait...WUT!!!??? can you please expand on this? totally interesting. I am not smelling any vent. just saying. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User WRB Posted January 19, 2023 Super User Share Posted January 19, 2023 19 minutes ago, Darth-Baiter said: wait...WUT!!!??? can you please expand on this? totally interesting. I am not smelling any vent. just saying. Smell the open mouth....after removing the hook? Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Darth-Baiter Posted January 19, 2023 Super User Share Posted January 19, 2023 3 minutes ago, WRB said: Smell the open mouth....after removing the hook? Tom is this like the time my older cousin sent me to the auto-parts store looking for Blinker-fluid? hahaha. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User A-Jay Posted January 20, 2023 Super User Share Posted January 20, 2023 7 hours ago, WRB said: You can smell odors from the mouth and vent to determine if the bass is eating crawdads. Tom Does this work on the bait monkey too. Because I'm missing a couple hundred bucks ! ? A-Jay 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Raider Bob Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 21 hours ago, WRB said: You can smell odors from the mouth and vent to determine if the bass is eating crawdads. Tom Tom I love your posts but this time I think your pulling our legs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User TOXIC Posted January 20, 2023 Super User Share Posted January 20, 2023 Let’s add a little common sense to what might be an old wives tale. Ever eaten a meal or string of meals loaded with garlic? Ever hear about eating garlic or eating match heads keeps mosquitoes away? Reason being what you eat in some instances gets excreted through your skin. It’s not too far fetched to think that if a bass is eating crawdads or minnows which both contain high levels of oil, they could and would excrete a smell through their skin. I know in my home waters it’s very easy to tell the bass that are feeding on Shad, they reek of Shad smell. Just some food for thought.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Team9nine Posted January 20, 2023 Super User Share Posted January 20, 2023 I guess it’s only fitting in the ‘circle of life’ that if smallmouth can exude a crawfish smell and lure them all out to their demise, that we anglers can then apply that same crawfish scent to our baits, luring those same bass to their demise, basically beating them at their own game…nature is so stupid ? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User T-Billy Posted January 20, 2023 Super User Share Posted January 20, 2023 On 1/19/2023 at 5:46 PM, Darth-Baiter said: is this like the time my older cousin sent me to the auto-parts store looking for Blinker-fluid? hahaha. My older cousin talked me into touching a nine volt battery on my tongue to see if it was good. IT WAS!!! LOL. That dirty bugger. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironbjorn Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 On 1/7/2023 at 6:30 PM, A-Jay said: Been studying this here anatomy chart. Seems they left out that crawfish excretion zone. A-Jay It's the line next to the anal fin without a description. Anal fin area gives it away. Or something... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Hands Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 On 1/7/2023 at 3:30 PM, A-Jay said: Been studying this here anatomy chart. Seems they left out that crawfish excretion zone. A-Jay Maybe the 'anal fin' should be labeled a 'vent fin'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junk Fisherman Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 A local guide said that late in the season on Lake Michigan that the smallies stop relating to breakwalls and move out and feed on crawfish. He says the smallies smell like crawfish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Vincent Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 Maybe they inadvertently smell like Crawfish when they feast on them. But can they exude a smell to intentionally draw Crawfish into the open ? Probably not, but I don’t know and it would be one heck of a Science Experiment ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody B Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 When I eat chilli beans I "excrete" a smell, but it doesn't smell like chilli beans. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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