{"id":3613,"date":"2019-12-03T17:49:16","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T17:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/decideoutside.com\/?p=3613"},"modified":"2022-03-28T07:04:23","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T12:04:23","slug":"fishing-with-wd-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/decideoutside.com\/fishing-with-wd-40\/","title":{"rendered":"Fishing With WD-40: Is This a Joke or Genius Idea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Maybe you\u2019ve heard about it through the next-door neighbor or from a video on YouTube. Everyone is claiming that fishing with WD-40 is the secret sauce to catching your next big fish. Could it be true, or is this just one of those old jokes floating around?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the over sixty years that WD-40 has been around, no one truly knows what the ‘secret sauce’ to it is, as the formula to the product remains a secret to this very day much like the secret recipe of KFC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to many, by applying just a little bit of WD-40 exclusively (no other scents) on their bait, they caught tons of fish. So perhaps this isn\u2019t a complete joke, but it may not be a genius idea either\u2026especially when considering the long-term effects of adding WD-40 to our lakes and freshwater (since it\u2019s technically a pollutant, as it has liquid petroleum hydrocarbon that will leave oil residue in the water).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, WD-40 is a popular product that has been proven to be useful in multiple ways. However, the main concern that some people have is the question of whether it should or shouldn\u2019t be used while catching fish on the lake or in the river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Need a good fish attractant? Try Berkley Gulp! Alive!<\/a> (Amazon) I’ve had great success using this stuff, whether it be fishing for bass and catfish, or a variety of saltwater fishing, including spotted sea trout, flounder, redfish and snook!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\"\"\n\n\n\n

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Does WD-40 Attract Fish Because it Contains Fish Oil<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Myth or fact? Many fishermen claim that since WD-40 attracts fish, it must have fish oil in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To keep things short and sweet, there is actually no documentation that WD-40 contains fish oils. Even though the official formula is a trade secret. the main ingredients in WD-40, according to the United States Material Safety Data Sheet, are Stoddard solvent, liquefied petroleum gas, mineral oil (light lubricating oil), and then inert ingredients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is Fishing with WD-40 Actually Legal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To jump right to the point of how legal or illegal fishing with WD-40 actually is, yes, WD-40 and other attractants that are non-toxic and don\u2019t threaten human or fish health can be used and applied to lures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, there is quite a debate on whether or not WD-40 is actually harmful to the environment. It certainly won\u2019t leave nearly as much oil in the water as a boat engine does, but it still leaves oil residue behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, one thing to take into consideration is that you\u2019ll probably end up eating the fish that ate some WD-40. So if you\u2019re not keen on consuming it, then you should probably hold off on adding it to your bait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does Fishing with WD-40 Work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Okay, so we\u2019ve established that it\u2019s not illegal to use WD-40 on your fishing lures, but is it actually worth it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to some experiments done to see if this method actually works, apparently, WD-40 does not catch fish or attract them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out this video by a YouTuber who tried this experiment and found that it actually does more harm than good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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