After going on a month long fishing trip. During this time me and my friends saw state record Smallmouth, Spotted, and largemouth bass. They would follow my rago rat and nose up swallow bite, nip, tail wack everything but actually putting them in the boat. I came up with an idea of spraying it heavily with scent. We only did the last couple days and it worked extremely well. Im telling you right now that scent makes a world of a difference. Just my 2 cents.