Stimulate with Ultrabite

[Mick]

Has anybody used this stuff...

/>http://www.okuma.com.au/home/stimulate/product.asp?pid=SWUIB

I got a freebie DVD a the tackle shop yesterday and it was a promo for this stuff... Paul Burt was doing his usaual rent a pimp selling it...

I am smart enought to know the wonders of editing etc and alway watch these things as more entertainment than reliable data...but I like the idea of the stuff, and was windering if it actually works..

I was thinking of having a line out with this stuff on it while flicking an SP arounds... still no smelly bait required...

[Rocket75]

Sold plenty of it, but am yet to use it myself.

I scored a sample pack recently, so next time out I'll give it a go!

[Dan23]

i must admit I used a few drops of that ultrabite stuff on a berkley gulp worm. The results can be seen in my fish of the month entry.

[Cowfish13]

I've tried the liquid stuff on my lures and bait and have yet to have any different results.

[obone]

Yeh I saw this stuff in Amart the other day and it sounded like bizarre stuff from the blurb on the back of the pack! Does it like turn into a bread-like-dough consistency does it?

Joel

[Schultzy]

Mick,

A marine biologist friend has recently conducted tests on 21 commercially available fish attractant/stimulants. Only two of them worked and several actually deterred a feeding response.

Stimulate was NOT one that worked.

[ellicat]

Interesting you should mention that Schultzy. I was catching fish in the Bay one day and decided to throw in some pre mixed pre packed burley a friend had given me. The fish stopped biting almost immediately. Tried it again the next trip - same thing. I'm not sure what brand it was as I threw it out after the second try. It came in a resealable stiff plastic bag with red writing and trim on the packet.

[Mick]

ellicat wrote:

Interesting you should mention that Schultzy. I was catching fish in the Bay one day and decided to throw in some pre mixed pre packed burley a friend had given me. The fish stopped biting almost immediately. Tried it again the next trip - same thing. I'm not sure what brand it was as I threw it out after the second try. It came in a resealable stiff plastic bag with red writing and trim on the packet.

Thats the stimulate berley...

Schultzy what was the stuff that worked...

[Oceandonkey]

tuna oil and chum mixed with tuna oil mick

[Schultzy]

Just sent you a PM Mick.

[Gazza]

I bought some LPT Yum spray on U Beut stuff

Garlic/Ail flavour tried it on four outtings now and have not caught a single fish using either bait or lures

and in times when fish were or were not biting biggest waste of $17

and it stinks :sick:

Gaz

[Schultzy]

Gazza,

I like Bozos plastics but hate the garlic scent they come in. Have to wash them maybe?

You've reached enlightenment regarding scents. The research conducted by marine biologists (who aren't on a lure makers payroll) indicates that artificial scents only influence fish's feeding response at very close quarters, around 30cm.

This means that you have to have the lure very close to the fish before any effect of the scent kicks in.

Ultimately it is the man/woman on the rod and the lure design that make the difference.

If scents give you a confidence boost by all means use them. Otherwise spend the money on more lures or pay the kid next door to mow the lawn so you can go fishing.

Now natural berley is a different story.

[Funfisher]

A while ago i purchaced ultrabite from amart and have used it a few times and not had a touch on any lure i put it on.... personaly i wont use it again, but hey if anyone wants to try it i have a bottle 99% full you can have for nothing

[Dinodadog]

I have put a few types on spinnerbaits and the only time it seems to work is the next cast if you put the lure in exactly the same scent trail.

Dinodadog

[Gazza]

Hey Shultzy

Your right I must admitt though I have caught heaps of Bream on a mixture of crushed garlic and bread crumbs mixed with water to make a dough

That why I tought I'd try it :pinch:

Gaz

[Dan23]

I have tried putting ultrabite on my bait and it hasn't put the fish off but I'm pretty sure it didn't help either. But for what it's worth I have caught bream on mullet strips that have ultrabite on them. I reckon it had more to do with the fact that it was mullet though

[namyau]

i hav used the spary, clear liquid, red bait liquid and the instabait.i find the spray and the red liquid to be ok at times - sometimes nothing but other times it goes off.... and the instabait was ok but tooo soft and didnt stick to the hook - i think i had to stick some sand in it to thicken it up a bit.