wd-40?

[friZZleFry419]

i have read on here recently and heard from fellow fishermen here in town that wd-40 works as a good lure scent? is this true? never heard of this until yesterday!:confused:

[waterfoul]

Never tried it... but I catch enough fish as it is... I kind of figure why add petroleum products to the lake water if you don't need to??

[Fried Fillets]

I first heard it 20 yrs. ago. Guys were using it on nightcrawlers for walleye on the Saginaw Bay. Personally, I have used it for perch fishing on Lake St. Clair, on minnows, both open and hard water fishing. I don't use it all the time, only when the bite stops or it's a tough bite. I don't swear by it, but I do believe it works.

[THE BAIT SHOP GUY]

May not always help, but it sure dosen't hurt. If nothing else, it covers up your human scent. It's mainly made of fish oil.

[Michigander1]

This is 100% Illegal.You even get caught with that in your box or boat you going to get a ticket.Its like dripping your lure in oil :( ,Mich

[waterfoul]

This is 100% Illegal.You even get caught with that in your box or boat you going to get a ticket.Its like dripping your lure in oil :( ,Mich

Funny... I have been keeping a can of WD-40 in my boat for about 25 years... been inspected by the coasties and the sherrif on more than one occasion and have never had an issue.

[Oldgrandman]

If nothing else, it covers up your human scent.

Wow, fish can detect human scent?! :confused:
Fish will hit freshly painted and coated jigs with reckless abandon. Scent can help attract them but it is not necessary as a mask of human scent! And I certainly would not recommend WD40.

[Michigander1]

Ask boehr then under hunting and fishing questions ;),Mich

[ESOX]

WD-40 is no more illegal to have on your boat than the oil in the motor is. It is illegal to intentionally put it in the water. It is also apalling that anyone would be so desperate to catch fish that they would intentionally pollute the water to do so. An ounce of oil fouls thousands and thousands of gallons of water.

[Michigander1]

WD-40 is no more illegal to have on your boat than the oil in the motor is. It is illegal to intentionally put it in the water. It is also apalling that anyone would be so desperate to catch fish that they would intentionally pollute the water to do so. An ounce of oil fouls thousands and thousands of gallons of water. Ok so if found in your fishing box or on person when fishing your busted.I would just do the right thing and not use this to catch fish.There are lots of products out that you can try.Do the right thing ;),Mich btw i have never use wd40 even in my life on a boat motor.Im sure there are reasons too.But i never found 1 yet

[Chromedoggy]

You have to be careful with that stuff, it works as the name states. Our lakes are already low enough.

[uglystick]

doesnt the motor on your boat burn oil and inter the water out the prop;)

[friZZleFry419]

thanks for respenses,most of the baits i use are already treated anyways,except for live ones,i dont think anyone who has a boat should try to explain about polution,my 2 cents, especaily where i fish on the the saginaw river!nasty site looking into that water:xzicon_sm

[ESOX]

doesnt the motor on your boat burn oil and inter the water out the prop;)

Yep, the emissions are regulated by law. Just like the asinine act of spraying a lure with hydrocarbons and dropping it in the water is covered by law, the law makes the act ILLEGAL.

[waterfoul]

Ok so if found in your fishing box or on person when fishing your busted.I would just do the right thing and not use this to catch fish.There are lots of products out that you can try.Do the right thing ;),Mich btw i have never use wd40 even in my life on a boat motor.Im sure there are reasons too.But i never found 1 yet

Not hitting you personally Michigander, but....

RED: Not true. If it were... the reel oil I keep in my bag would get me busted also, it's worse than WD-40 for oil content.
Blue: Ever have the starter on your outboard NOT turn the motor over? One shot of WD-40 will almost always fix this issue. Got a squeaky pedastal seat? Fixed. It also is great to get fish blood off the aluminum gunwhales of my Tracker (unpainted aluminum). But I have NEVER put it IN the water.

[Michigander1]

Not hitting you personally Michigander, but....

RED: Not true. If it were... the reel oil I keep in my bag would get me busted also, it's worse than WD-40 for oil content.
Blue: Ever have the starter on your outboard NOT turn the motor over? One shot of WD-40 will almost always fix this issue. Got a squeaky pedastal seat? Fixed. It also is great to get fish blood off the aluminum gunwhales of my Tracker (unpainted aluminum). But I have NEVER put it IN the water. For one thing your not spraying reel oil on a lure.And for useing to get blood off your boat. If your useing this too do it its not a good thing over all.Heck water and brush and some elbow.What i would do is CAMO that sucker out and not worry to much about the blood :) .I have to admit about useing a outboard and seeing oil and gas on the water myself bothers me.Bottom line just try to do the right thing ,Mich

[Southend517]

I have heard of people getting a fine for using it while ice-fishing. I guess no real reason to have that in your shanty. Back in the day everyone was spraying it on there Hot n Hots on the Bay.

[Frozenfish]

You ever seen those guys fishing big balls of yarn in omer for the sucker run??? Wonder what they use??? Yep, seen lots of them spray WD....DNR could have a field day with that one...

[WALLEYE MIKE]

Years ago it was made of fish oils, now it is made of petroleum distillates.

Don't use it.

[FischInMich]

This is 100% Illegal.You even get caught with that in your box or boat you going to get a ticket.Its like dripping your lure in oil :( ,Mich

:yikes:

I suppose I better try running my engine without oil next time on the pond. Better yet, without any fuel in the tank! Or leaving my emergency tools in the garage as well. I mean hell, it just takes a capsizing, and BAM! Instant lake litter. Right?

Possession of WD-40 and using it for fish attractant or putting it in the water are two different things altogether.

I wonder if my wife could be ticketed if she had lipstick in her purse while on the lake.

Copper is poisonous to almost everything and Lord knows I have plenty of copper wiring running all through that sucker.

Thanks for the heads up. I'll be selling my boat now. What didn't know how illegal it actually was to own one! :lol:

[theeyes]

Main ingredients IN wd 40, from the material safety data sheet, are:

50%: Stoddard solvent (mineral spirits, somewhat similar to, but not the same as, kerosene)
25%: Liquefied petroleum gas (presumably as a propellant, carbon dioxide is used now to reduce considerable flammability)
15+%: Mineral oil (light lubricating oil)
10-%: Inert ingredients
The German version of the mandatory EU safety sheet lists the following safety relevant ingredients:

60-80%: Heavy Naphtha (petroleum product), hydrogen treated
1-5%: Carbon dioxide
It further lists flammability and effects to the human skin when repeatedly exposed to WD-40 as risks when using WD-40. Nitrile gloves and safety glasses should be used. Water is unsuitable for extinguishing burning WD-40.

There is a popular urban legend that the main ingredient in WD-40 is fish oil. Although it is unknown whether the formula contains fish oil, material safety data sheets for the product show that the main ingredient is Stoddard solvent, not fish oil.[3] WD-40 is, however, used by some sea fishermen as an added scent when fishing with bait. This is not advertised because of pollution concerns

[Michigander1]

:yikes:

I suppose I better try running my engine without oil next time on the pond. Better yet, without any fuel in the tank! Or leaving my emergency tools in the garage as well. I mean hell, it just takes a capsizing, and BAM! Instant lake litter. Right?

Possession of WD-40 and using it for fish attractant or putting it in the water are two different things altogether.

I wonder if my wife could be ticketed if she had lipstick in her purse while on the lake.

Copper is poisonous to almost everything and Lord knows I have plenty of copper wiring running all through that sucker.

Thanks for the heads up. I'll be selling my boat now. What didn't know how illegal it actually was to own one! :lol: I would for one not run a outboard in a pond.To me that just dumb.And for Capsizing a boat.I hope it never happens to ya.I had a 28 ft boat on Grosse Ill that went down.Cops came to my door with the DNR.It was docked.Came all the way up to the carb before it bottomed out.Intake was above the water line.They walked me down to the boat.They seen what i seen and said if it drops below the fuel cap i will be in big trouble.I jumped in to try to pump it out.DNR told me Hey try to fire it up :eek:.Well it did :lol:.I pumped it out and took it to Humbug and pulled it out.I was very close to getting a hell of a fine so said the DNR.All in All do what you all want.I just try to do the right thing.Its up to you what you do.Mich

[waterfoul]

I think by "pond" he was refering to Lake St. Clair (which because of it's small size compared to the Great Lakes, is often refered to as the "pond").

[WALLEYE MIKE]

Lets not get off topic here guys.

[waterfoul]

Seems it's too late Mike. Sorry. Hey, did you get my PM a couple hours ago??

[WALLEYE MIKE]

Seems it's too late Mike. Sorry. Hey, did you get my PM a couple hours ago??

Off topic but yes I did. request granted.

[Michigan Mike]

I've heard of it as an attractant and have seen folks use it as such just once
on live minnows. lol

As far as general use, I use it on my reels all the time instead of reel oil and
spray my line with it when I'm done for the night.
It really helps keeping the line from drying out, mono and braid.
This time of year It helps prevent line freezing and I use it on the guides too when I'm fishing for night eyes on those real cold nights.

Mike

[friZZleFry419]

so i am perchin' down at vets park monday using minows.alot of throw backs,one nice gill{odd}alot of small white bass,and what i think were small sheephead,one good size perch out of like 25 fish,anyhow all the passers by ask the usual,along comes this old timer prob about 85 yr old,he tells me stories of how he grew up here in town and when he was younger the water in the river was blue,and he and his buddies would go down and swim in the river at some sawmill and about the ice company inthe winter how they would get ice ice from the river,and the old fellar goes to speak of how pollution and lack of pollution controll{which i believe hasnt changed$$$}and i agree,and he asks about the fishing, i say well the bite isnt good right now, he suggest a shot of wd-40,"its made from fish oil ya know ,you should try it!"i couldnt help but jus grin and think of this post, i jus nodded my head and chuckled

[stinger63]

Not admitting guilt by saying I have or not used wd-40 as scent to help catch fish but as a water pollution issue it should be a minor concern to great lakes waterways.Ever think and wondered where all the black soot from the freighters exuast goes?How Chemical valleye on the upper st clair river or any other undustrial discharge?What about the hundred of thousands of homes that sit on small inland bodys of water with septic systems which are regulated by the epa,deq ?Millions of gallons of untreated sewage and industrial waste are dumped into our water ways everyday despite laws and regulations to limit or reduce it.Acid rain from coal power plant emissions and run off from farmers feilds or poultry and pig farms kill more fish than spraying wd-40.So before anyone is called assinine for using a little extra scent of wd-40 on their baits lures,etc maybe you should get off your high horse and do some B$%%@ing at all the power plants and other industrial sources of water pollution.While your at it Give president bush an earfull because he laxed antipollution laws.

[WALLEYE MIKE]

Not admitting guilt by saying I have or not used wd-40 as scent to help catch fish but as a water pollution issue it should be a minor concern to great lakes waterways.Ever think and wondered where all the black soot from the freighters exuast goes?How Chemical valleye on the upper st clair river or any other undustrial discharge?What about the hundred of thousands of homes that sit on small inland bodys of water with septic systems which are regulated by the epa,deq ?Millions of gallons of untreated sewage and industrial waste are dumped into our water ways everyday despite laws and regulations to limit or reduce it.Acid rain from coal power plant emissions and run off from farmers feilds or poultry and pig farms kill more fish than spraying wd-40.So before anyone is called assinine for using a little extra scent of wd-40 on their baits lures,etc maybe you should get off your high horse and do some B$%%@ing at all the power plants and other industrial sources of water pollution.While your at it Give president bush an earfull because he laxed antipollution laws.

Every little bit helps.