smelly hands

[Seancelt]

i was told to get mackerel smell off your hands is lemon :) :)

The problem with using lemons is that if you have any cuts or scratches on your hands you find out very quickly because the stinging is awful. :shock:

[Drew]

A Good wash in Salt Water after the Session with a Clean'ish Rag... For God sake lads, if you do anymore you're just a bit of a woman. :lol:

[glengormley-gavin]

:lol: :lol:

Too true Drew!!!

We are MEN after all - I've given up the baby wipes and am using cod liver oil to wash my hands after fishing :shock: :wink:

Jude

[teacher]

A Good wash in Salt Water after the Session with a Clean'ish Rag... For God sake lads, if you do anymore you're just a bit of a woman. :lol:

Best advice yet, Drew :D

Even better, a good rub with wet sand while washing ... nice and abrasive!

Bring two rags, one for handling fish and removing heavy crud, another clean dry one for after you wash your hands. Helps to keep hands warm too.

[liamdenn]

one consideration here is that most fish use scent as an important sense while finding food and judging how edible it is. They mouth food in the same way we touch it. so if ur mack bait reeks of baby wipes it might not be quite what they are expecting. Some bass men go to huge lengths that no traces of anything unnatural is on their hands (ie ciggie smoke, soap, petrol etc.). I will always wash my hands in the sea and then rub it in sand before touching bait to try and get rid of some of the smell. I reckon this may well be a more important factor than rigs ability to cast far etc

[teacher]

Some bass men go to huge lengths that no traces of anything unnatural is on their hands (ie ciggie smoke, soap, petrol etc.). I will always wash my hands in the sea and then rub it in sand before touching bait to try and get rid of some of the smell. I reckon this may well be a more important factor than rigs ability to cast far etc

Yes, but we're a bit mad. I'm slightly obsessed about not shining lights on the water, not making noise and not splashing. :D

Getting back to hands, I've also stopped cleaning my fishing rags and replace them instead. I worry about the smell of detergent getting onto my hands and also the effect of detergent on the fish if you handle them with a rag.

[liamdenn]

but ur dead right. i think those kind of things are a lot more important than which new rig and in many instances which bait you use

[MC]

referring to the baby wipes lads I only use them when I get back to the car, as for while I am fishing I just use a rag to wipe the crud off, as for eating just don't eat the part you are holding the rest is fine, either that or use a tissue. For the problem of fish smelling your hands, the smell of bait and any fish you have come in contact with should mask the smell.