Quote Originally Posted by Tyme2fish View Post
Yes,this can and does occur.

My fishing buddy and I use spray on sunscreen and insect repellent to try and avoid this. My buddy had sprayed a generous amount of sunscreen onto the back of his hands and then dipped his hand into the minnow bucket to grab a bait. I couldn't holler "STOP" fast enough. We had two minnow buckets and I made him use the contaminated bucket while I used the "clean" bucket" After I caught my limit of crappie, I let him use the good bait. He didn't catch a thing with his contaminated minnows.
FACT: Berkly did a study in the early 80's . Bass in a tank were introduced to thousands of scents. Everything you could possibly think of. The fish only were repelled and swam away from 1 and only 1 scent/product. DEET the active ingredient in most insect repellents. When I fished night tourny's I would bring a supply of the stuff and ask at the ramp if anyone needed bug spray.Hey, whatever works right?