Homemade Fish Attractant Recipe Ideas and Tips

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  Using hotdogs works best.sausage image by Gabees from Fotolia.com
  
  Chop hotdogs in chunks, approximately 3/4 inch thick---large enough that the chunk doesn't come off the hook easily after it soaks up the attractant mixture. If you use dry dog food, keep it in big bites; sometimes the dog food comes sized to large breeds which means larger bites.
  
  
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  Garlic makes for an effective additive.garlic image by timur1970 from Fotolia.com
  
  Mix the oil product in a container with the garlic additive; a mixture of anise oil and one jar of crushed garlic seems provides an effective scent combination. However, you may want to try several different combinations so you have many different attractants to choose from.
  
  Allow the attractant mixture to soak for a good amount of time, usually overnight works fine. The hotdogs will soak up the scent of the oil and garlic and will make your attractant a big hit with the fish.
  
  
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  Large dog food bites will attract lots of fish.Close up of dogfood and rewards. image by Saskia Massink from Fotolia.com
  
  Mix the ingredients well, and completely cover the hotdog chunks or dry dog food with the oil mixture. The chunks will swell when soaking up the attractant mixture.
  
  
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  Bait your hook with a homemade attractant.fish hook image by Bruce MacQueen from Fotolia.com
  
  When you place the chunk of hotdog on the hook, attach it firmly so it doesn't slip off; however, you do not have to attach any of the garlic bits on the hook. The oil will have soaked into the hotdog and infused it with the hearty, robust scent of garlic.
  
  
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  Attract fish to your chosen spot by throwing some attractant into the water.reflections 2 image by BONNIE C. MARQUETTE from Fotolia.com
  
  For an added effect, you may choose to throw some of the soaked dog food bites in the area you choose to fish, such as around the boat or in the water just upstream from the creek bank. This practice may attract more fish to the general area you are fishing.