Human scent and lures and fishing?

[Trout rivers]

Originally Posted by keakar

there definitely is something to it, my uncle used to carry a bottle of green stuff on the boat to wash his hands to be sure there was no bug spray, wd40, gas, oil smell, or anything like that on his hands.

as long as you make sure your hands are clean I don't think just holding the bait puts any odor on the bait detectible by the fish

Didn't the old timers scent their baits with WD40 back in the day?