Scent Blazer Lures

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Wow, awesome find Barnzey!! very in depth look at it, much appreciated.

Thanks Burnsy74, once you use a Scent Blazer you become hooked!!

Hahaha top stuff Scratchie, its a very hard debate to get across haha... I'm sure we use Paypal as well

Having only fished the day before with success we thought the plan should stay the same and run out to the same grounds in search of the fishy water from the previous day. Our day started like any other, pick up the crew refuel and head to sea dropping our high speed Scent Blazers spread in at the heads and make our way nor’east at 15 knots to the FAD and Hydraulics Buoy. Picking up the crew for a days trolling Coming around north head we were greeted by warm blue water, which brought the hopes up in our search for a beakie. As we approach the FAD we noticed it to be quite void of any life!! Has anyone else noticed the Sydney FAD and Manly Hydraulics buoy looking a little short of life? Nice water but no fish, where have the fish gone?? So with nice water in close but not very fishy we decided to head east to the marks we got the fish the other day but much to our disappointment the further east we traveled the greener/browner the water got so north we went! All we could find was 23.5-degree water without any temp changes or colour changes in sight!! As we got out into deeper water we changed the spread to bigger lures in search of a blue marlin and with the amount of small yellowfin around I'm sure thats what they are eating so we got out an X-Large Scent Blazer in Yellowfin colour and filled the chamber with bits of yellowfin off cuts from the day before. how good does this look!!! Matching the lure to the bait can pay off, we loaded this X-Large Scent Blazer in yellowfin colour with Yellowfin tuna. You can see how Scent Blazers replicate the bait they are imitating. With spirits a little low we decided to head south and see if we could find any breaks, any colour change or any fish. Soon after crossing the 250-fathom line we had a hook up, something belted the shotgun, a Scent Blazer Nano in sardine colour loaded with pilchards!! At this point the water was a clay colour and full of algae but nonetheless we were pretty happy when a nice little yellowfin hit the deck. Only small but made for a lovely entre. Seared Yellowfin Tuna encrusted in thyme,parsley and fennel seed white rice crumbs with a balsamic reduction. The benefits of using Scent Blazer lures, you've always got fresh fish. Small yellowfin are great fun on light gear and they also taste great!! We continued to work the area for zero, maybe he was lost but as we made our way south the water started to clear up and become full of bait. There was chatter of two boats coming across a current line filled with yellowfin and lots of big dollies but for us that luck wasn’t meant to be. After bleeding that little fin we opened the stomach and found heaps of squid so we now knew what they were feeding on!! So we pulled out the squid coloured lure and use the squid from the yellowfin’s stomach and filled the chamber with it, now our squid lure actually looks and tastes like a squid and the bait fish the Tuna were eating, we matched the hatch! Notice where the hook is, in the top of the mouth. having the hook lock will get you a better hook up as you can set your hook in an upright position. One of Scent Blazer many great features, the ability to fill your lure with the bait the fish are feeding on… as we approached browns mountain the water became more blue/ green than brown/green and the bait started to thicken with small bait scattering to flying fish in schools of 10-20 clearing the water in synchronization… looked very fishy. Yet another Yellowfin tuna on the shotgun, a Scent Blazer Nano bullet head in a sardine colour. Although the sun was quickly falling and the light was becoming dimmer and dimmer so Peter decided to insert a Green LED in a Nano Sardine bullet head. As that sun and light disappeared the darkness covered the ocean and as we were crossing the self the short rigger got smashed and the best thing was it was completely dark!! It hits the deck and it’s a nice little yellowfin!! Adding LED lights to your Scent Blazers will allow you to fish into the dark and brighten your lures up on those gloomy days. Amazing how this fish took the lure with the light in it over every other lure in the spread!! Its yet another great advantage to using Scent Blazer, as it’s a lure that can be used many ways. It’s the reason why Scent Blazer lures catch fish!! Cant get sick of Sydney Sunsets!! It seems as though offshore fishing is changing day in day out with water temps and colour literally changing everyday but until the next bite… Check out more pics at http://scentblazer.com/MyScentBlazer/News.aspx Tight Lines Andrew SBC

Me either Mangus37!! haha looking forward to a good year on the fin!! Tight Lines Andrew SBC

Thanks Groper, lets hope they stick around. Tight Lines Andrew SBC

Thanks Puppydawg, Thanks for the support, love contributing to the site and sharing our experiences. Tight Lines Andrew SBC

Awesome Stuff Scratchie!! good to see you got into some fish, keep it up mate.

Our day started with chatter on the radio of Wahoo, Yellowfin and Marlin being caught off Sydney, with no one divulging any info on the whereabouts of little honey hole out on the big blue we continued with plan A which consisted of putting our spread of Scent Blazer High speed lures out at north head and running nor east to the Sydney FAD than to The Hydraulics Buoy and than out towards the bait station, swapping the lures for the chance of a blue marlin. Picking up the Scent Blazer Crew Checking all the gear on the way out through Sydney Harbour As we put in our spread of Scent Blazers and headed nor’ east we were greeted by a slight nor’ Easter and a lazy swell, this continued to easy the further east we traveled. The water started blueish with a tinge of green and 23.0 degrees, after arriving at the FAD the temp rose to 25.6 and blue with a slight current pushing down the coast. Nor' Easter Kicking up down the Harbour!! As we approached the FAD I eased off the throttle bringing the speed down to 7.5 knots, the first pass resulted in a zero, it had no signs off life on the buoy and was looking very ordinary so I picked up the speed and took it up to 15 knots and we continued nor east pulling our high speed spread of heavily weighted bullet head Scent Blazers. I must add they didn’t break the surface once and always held nicely in the water even at speeds of 18 knots. Getting the spread loaded with bait and ready to deploy. a great idea is to match the bait with the lure colour, so you have a green mackerel lure, load it with mackerel. it makes the lure taste and look like the actual bait fish! With the Manly Hydraulics buoy in sight we slowed the boat down to 8 knots and commenced a pass of the buoy, with both the buoys being void of any life we continued east nor east to the bait station. With ears peeled to the radio we listened as we headed east at 15knots dragging our high speed spread. Not long after we came across a distinct current, temp and colour change from green to blue and from 24.5 to 25.6 degrees. Another nice Yellowfin to the Scent Blazer Crew, seems as though the fish were feeding on pilchards because all fish fell to the Scent Blazer Nano Sardine bullet head loaded with pilchards. Not long after passing the change we had a bite on the long corner at 15 knots but the hooks failed to stick. Peter saw a longish fish come out of the water while striking, possible Wahoo? On later investigation we found the skirt missing a big piece from the head down, with the amount Wahoo caught that day it wouldn’t surprise me if it were a Wahoo. In the distance boats appeared and as we got closer we could see they were working the area talked about on the radio, as we approached we could see a big school of Yellowfin, Dolphin fish and Wahoo on what looked like a kill slick. A nice Yellowfin tuna caught on a Scent Blazer Nano in Sardine/Pilchard pattern loaded with pilchard. Our first pass resulted in a hook up on a Nano in sardine colour loaded with pilchard on the shot gun, first fish was a nice little Yellowfin Tuna which was quickly bled, gutted and chilled. This continued till the wind increased and the fish went deep, at one point we let the trollPro sink and when we looked at the footage we were surprised to find how many Wahoo where actually under the tuna!! Unbelievable!! who would have thought the Wahoo were just under the tuna, everyone thought they moved on, clearly not. We worked the area for another hour before we pointed the boat to Sydney. As the wind had created chop the fish went deep so we added a trolling sinker to our shotgun and within minutes we were hooked up again on another nice little yellowfin tuna. I guess being able to change your technique on the fly is one of the advantages of using Scent Blazer Lures, this was proved by simply adding a little bit of weight which got the bite! Perfect hook up in the top of the mouth, the Hook lock system really gives you a better hookup because you can position the hook in an upward position. A beautiful fish made for speed! check out those colours... As we crossed the many current lines and colours changes towards Sydney the bite continued into the darkness with the last yellowfin being caught just off north head!! I’ve never caught them that close and was great to see that these fish will come in close; I guess they will follow the current with depth not being much of an issue. Sydney Sunset, simply priceless!! See more pics and videos at http://scentblazer.com/PhotosVideos.aspx Until the next bite... Tight Lines Andrew SBC

Yea a lot of people do the same, just go straight to the 'grounds' and ignore the water in between, its an old technique which works a treat and yep running them way back in the clear water as the boat puts a lot of wash out at those speeds!! Have you tried it Billfishman?

With a weeks worth of awesome weather predicted for Sydney and rumors of warm fishy waters coming down the coast the Scent Blazer Crew took to the big blue in search of well, a Big Blue!! Sydney Harbour Turning it up!! The day started with a crew pickup and a quick refuel before heading to sea. Rounding south head we were greeted by a slight nor’easter and a lazy swell rolling through the opening to Sydney harbour. While pulling the throttle back to 15 knots we dropped out a Scent Blazer High Speed trolling spread, this consisted of some heavily weighted Bullet heads with a trolling sinker in front of the leader. The iconic South Head washes and light house, Sydney Our plan was to run up to the Sydney FAD then to the Hydraulics buoy than east, nor’ east to the shelf and beyond looking for a blue or equivalent. As we approached the Sydney FAD we were greeted by pea soup coloured water and 23.2 degrees. As we already had the lures in the water all we had to do was slow down to seven to eight knots and pull the lures past the buoy. Our first pass show the FAD to be completely void of life so we persisted nor’ east to the wave rider buoy. With the wave rider buoy in sight the anticipation was high even though we have done this a thousand times its still exciting to see that rod bend and hear that reel scream, but it wasn’t to be. At this point the water was still pea soup colour and lifeless so east we travelled. A Scent Blazer Nano with two bait chambers, one loaded with weight and the other loaded with bait ready to be high speed trolled. Within a mile from passing the waver rider were came across a distinct change in temperature and colour. The water changed from pea soup green to Cobalt blue and the temperature jumped 1.0 degree from 23.5-24.5. so we worked the edge of the change in hope of something fishy but again it seem void of anything with a fin, no bait, no fish and no birds. We all agreed to head east, so the boat was brought up to 15 knots and we headed for the shelf. With the lures out we just sat back and waited, and waited and waited… the further east we travelled the faster the current became and the warmer the water got from 24.5 it quickly rose to 26.6 and a strong 5 knots. A large Scent Blazer slant head in a skipjack pattern loaded with skipjack/striped Tuna. matching the bait in the chamber to the pattern of skirt will make the lure look and taste like the fish its imitating. An X-Large Scent Blazer Purple Frigate Loaded with striped Tuna Arriving at the shelf we swapped the spread and replaced the high speed lures with Medium, Large and X-Large Scent Blazers in Purple Frigate, Flyingfish, skipjack and Blue Luminator, on the shotgun we had a Nano in a pink pattern in the event we found strippies. We generally run a Nano in the shotgun position so we can catch stippies and then use them in our lures and teasers. It’s a good idea to work out what bait is in the area and see if you can catch it because filling your Scent Blazer Lures and Teasers with the bait the predatory fish are eating will increase your strike rate but will also make your lures look and taste like the baitfish they are imitating! Checking your hooks, crimps and leader should be done before putting your lure in the water. As we trolled over the shelf and towards the bait station the ocean still looked lifeless and void of any predatory fish… I guess if the current is to strong it makes it hard for baitfish to hold up and also makes it hard for fish like Marlin to locate and round up the baitfish. Nice water and a nice day but very lifeless at the moment... We continued east looking for the edge of the current but with no joy we decided to point the bow south and head down towards the shelf. As we approached the shelf the light was quickly fading and our chances of finding a blue marlin or a fish at this stage was slipping away as quick as the light was disappearing. We didn’t even see dolphins, which was a sign of a fairly lifeless body of water. Sun setting over Sydney's Skyline, priceless... As we pulled the spread in the sun and light disappeared, it was a beautiful day non the less but until the next bite, jump on the Scent Blazer website and have a look at related videos and articles. http://scentblazer.com/PhotosVideos.aspx Tight Lines Andrew SBC

Thanks scratchie, thats exactly why we post, we want share our experiences to help other fisho's catch fish too.

Thanks Scratchie appreciate the support.

Thanks Scratchie, yea sure ill work on it and post it over the next week or so. I've been wanting to do an article and video on correctly setting a spread so ill get onto it and get on the Fishraider forums. Depends on where i am fishing for kings ill use different colours, but yep kingies love them!! I use the Nano's and Mini's in a range of colours. Inshore I use the squid colour and pack it with squid: http://www.scentblazer.com/Products/tabid/292/ProdID/1065/CatID/117/Bronze_Squid__Nano_Bullet_Head.aspx Or the slimy Mackerel colour when there are heaps of slimies around and load it with slimy: http://www.scentblazer.com/Products/tabid/292/ProdID/1064/CatID/117/Green_Mackerel__Nano_Bullet_Head.aspx The Yakka colour seems to work great as they are almost always around inshore and load it with Yellowtail: http://www.scentblazer.com/Products/tabid/292/ProdID/1075/CatID/117/Yellow_Scad__Nano_Bullet_Head.aspx Offshore I use colours such as Sardine/Pilchard and load it with pilly but also up the size to mini's as well as Nano's: http://www.scentblazer.com/Products/tabid/292/ProdID/1004/CatID/120/Sardine__Mini_Bullet_Head.aspx the Blue luminator works a treat as well and you can fill the chamber with what ever you like: http://www.scentblazer.com/Products/tabid/292/ProdID/1013/CatID/120/Blue_Luminator__Mini_Bullet_Head.aspx I find that certain days certain colours work so i just have a variety and keep changing the spread till it works. Tight Lines Andrew SBC

With the high demand for more Scent Blazer lure packs, we have put together a few new lure packs to suit us Aussies, but also our friends in the US. The US packs can also be bought and used here in Australia. All lures in the packs come fully rigged to IGFA Standards with high grade 316 stainless hooks (southern tuna bend) free of charge! So jump on the Scent Blazer Specials page and have a look. http://scentblazer.com/Products/Specials.aspx See why Scent Blazers are quickly becoming the most popular trolling lure on the market! http://scentblazer.com/PhotosVideos/VideoGallery/Howourlureworks.aspx Get your free 12” Mackerel Scent Blazer Teaser with every purchase over $100.oo The teaser also comes fully rigged!! Check out how they work below. http://scentblazer.com/PhotosVideos/VideoGallery/HowtouseTeaser.aspx If you have any questions please feel free to ask. Tight Lines Andrew SBC

Thanks mate, yea we are using circle hooks with some success. Ive written a write up on our site. heres the link: http://scentblazer.com/MyScentBlazer/Articles/CircleHooksinlures.aspx Let me know your thoughts. Tight Lines Andrew SBC

Having had such terrible weather over the past week what looked like a window of weather opened so out we went looking for a few dollies and even a marlin but that window slammed shut while we were out there and made it a little rough but was still fishable. Picking Up the Crew, What a beautiful harbour even in ordinary conditions! As we got to north head we were greeted by a big run out tide which made getting out a little bumpy and lumpy but when we passed that section and were clear of the port it calmed down slightly but was still a little lumpy. We had a new technique to try and today would be perfect, high speed trolling!!How many times do you simply travel out to the ‘fishing grounds’ at 20-25knots? How many fish do you think you are passing over fish? What if the fish were in close and you drove straight past them? These were all the questions we were asking others and ourselves… Most game fish, whether it is Tuna, Dolphinfish or Marlin can catch a lure at 12-15 knots! So we decided to heavily rig a few Scent Blazer Bullet heads with double chambers loaded with sinkers/weights and the addition of a trolling sinker in front of the leader. Whilst we weight our lures by filling the chamber with weights, we also add a weight in front of the leader to help it stay down at high speeds, 12-15knots! This technique works a treat as you never really know where the fish or bait will be, they could be in close, they could be out wide! Temp breaks are another factor in the reason why we troll at these speeds.We troll around looking for bait, temp breaks or even flotsam and jetsam (floating debris) then just slow down to 6-8 knots and drag the lures past, if we hook up we continue fishing the area if not we pick up the speed and off we go again, searching for fish or bait! Adding an extra chamber to our Scent Blazers allows us the room to add more weight to the lures which will help us in these rough conditions This technique is great when you don’t really know where the fish are holding but also saves the time in putting the lures out and bringing them back in. your simply fishing the whole way out to where you think the fish are, it might take an extra 25 minutes to get out but also might just saving you going out there for nothing and catch the fish in close. So after loading the lures with pilchards, mackerel and striped tuna we put them in the water just inside north head and headed to the Sydney FAD at 14knots. The water temp was 23.4 but we were greeted by a stiff nor’easter of 25-30 knots and a short and sharp swell of about 1m at 7seconds. This didn’t affect the heavily weighted Scent Blazers as they were swimming nicely in our wake. Preparing and baiting up our high speed trolling spreads, notice the bullet heads. this will help by adding little resistance while trolling at high speed. The water inside the 100m mark was an odd shade of green and lifeless, as we approached the Sydney FAD the current was pushing the right way North to South but was filthy, as we already had the lures out (benefit of high speed trolling) we slowed down to 8 knots and did a few passes, with no joy we made the decision to run up to the Manly Hydraulics buoy. As we headed nor east the water colour lightened up from the horrible green to a shade of aqua then around the buoy, Blue!! The Wave Rider buoy a little hard to see under all the chop and swell, but was holding fish none the less With the buoy in sight we slowed down and dragged the lure past the buoy, the first pass saw a hook up on a small dollie, which was soon released. The second pass didn’t see us hook up, being so rough it made surface strikes a no show. The first fish of the day, a nice Dolphin Fish caught on one of the weighted Scent Blazers (Nano bullet head in a Sardine patten) The dolphin fish were sitting deep so the weighting of the lures and slowing down allowing the lures to sink did the trick. As we high speed trolled our spread nor east the water rapidly dropped to 22.0 and the sky became overcast but looked fishy with birds working the area and the odd bait flicker on the surface we added LED’s to the head of some of the lures to make them more visible then continued to work the area eventually coming across a floating drum which was holding dollies!! We have added some LED lights to the head of our lures to help them stand out as the weather was becoming overcast and rougher The first pass was made at 14knots, which resulted in a hook up on the long rigger, the lure was a Scent Blazer Small bullet head weighted with sinkers and loaded with bait and an LED in the head of the lure!! Shortly after a legal dolphin fish was brought over the side, we continued to work the floating drum at high speed and convert each pass into a fish. Weighting your lures and trolling subsurface can be the difference between catching fish or not!! This Dolphin fish fell the a Scent Blazer Nano loaded with bait, weight and LEDs Soon after the weather increased and the fish were sitting deeper so a change in tactic was in order, we’d pass the drum then pull the boat out of gear for a few seconds allowing the lure to sink then we would take off and pull the lures away. This seemed to work and we got a few more before then shut down. With the weather increasing to a tad bit uncomfortable we decided to work bigger lures across the shelf towards Sydney heads. Before we swapped a few lures in the spread we added LED lights to them to help make them visible in the quickly fading light. We added blue LED’s to the purple stiripy coloured lures to imitate the blue/purple colours stripies display. ​Imitating fleeing baitfish is one of the important things to look for in a lure, thats why Scent Blazers catch more fish as the give you the ability to imitate a bait fish right down to the important details of colour and smell. The LEDs in this Scent Blazer imitate the colours of a striped Tuna With no joy we trolled the lures to the dirty water and through it for zeros, I personally don’t blame the fish for being scarce as it was pretty awful on the surface. As we were pulling the lures in you could clearly see the lures with lights in them in our spread. I guess that’s the good thing about Scent Blazers, they are so versatile you can use them in any condition and still catch fish!! Having a wide range of lures and a game plan will see you succeed in catching fish. These Scent Blazers actually look and taste like the baitfish they are imitating You can see more pictures and get your Scent Blazers at http://scentblazer.com/Products/Specials.aspx Until the next bite... Tight Lines Andrew SBC

Thanks Scratchie, we will continue to post our success, trips and tips to help other fisho's succeed. Tight Lines Andrew SBC

Hey Luke, thanks mate, we use a trollcam but we are looking at using a troll pro as well! has anyone used a troll pro?

Hey all, As Seabreeze predicted the weather to turn into the south and kick up, the Scent Blazer crew took to the water to head wide in search of Mr. Marlin!! As we left the berth the wind slowly increased and before reaching North Head we had a stiff 25knots on the nose from the NE. The plan was to run up to the Sydney North FAD then up to the Manly Hydraulics buoy and then northeast and out to the Bait Station then east in the search for a Blue. So as we passed through North and South Head we were greeted by short sharp swell and sea so we sat on a comfortable speed of 15 knots. As we had just over 4 miles to travel we dropped a new Scent Blazer brass head prototype out the back and made way for the FAD, the water started out river brown then to a shade of turquoise where we were greeted by 2.5 knots of current running down the hill and 24.6 degrees. A mile before the mark we dropped a range of Scent Blazer’s in, from Nano’s to Small’s with the two on the riggers with inline circles, all chambers were loaded with Pilchards. Approaching the FAD we could see hundreds of dollies swimming and jumping around in the current and as we passed a triple hook up! The lure with the J hook got spat after a few jumps but the circles found their mark and both fish stayed connected despite the many jumps in order to throw the hooks. After loosing that fish we continued to drag lures past but he must of told his mates and they all became shy, so off we went to the Hydraulics buoy where we were greeted by a large amount of dollies with a few bigger fish amongst them. Again the first past resulted in a triple hook up and you guessed it, the circles found their spot and stayed there. Using a big dropped back and light drags ensured the circles found their mark and connected us to the fish. Pass after pass we got numerous hook ups of 2, 3 and 4’s. After catching and keeping 8 legal’s and releasing 20+ undersize fish we changed over the lures to bigger Scent Blazers from Smalls to Large in Purple frigates loaded with stripe tuna to Green Mackerel’s and Sardine patterns loaded with mackerel and sardines/pilchards. The water temp rose quickly to 26.3 and changed to a cobalt blue; the current was raging at 5.6 knots and was quickly becoming lifeless. As we passed the shelf and then the bait station and out into 300 fathoms but we didn’t turn a reel, so the decision to head back into 70 fathoms to the temp break and look for a stripe. On our way back in we spotted birds working very tightly just inside the shelf as we approached we could see striped tuna clearing the water, jumping 1m out of the water. They were feeding on mini size flying fish about 4inch in size. We passed them a number of times only to have them ignore the lures so the call was made to up the speed to 13 knots and before you knew it we had a double hook up on stripies!! I guess it pays to vary your speed to get different results, I’ve seen it countless times where game fisherman only know one speed, 8 knots! Small things such as speed can be the different between fish and no fish. If we continued to pull lures at 8 knots there was a good chance we wouldn’t have caught a thing! So remember be versatile and your results will increase. After catching many stripies we worked the area into the dark in search of a possible marlin feeding on the stripies but with no joy we pulled in the lures and headed for Sydney. See what lures we caught the fish on at http://scentblazer.com/Products/Specials.aspx Tight Lines Andrew SBC

Hey All, After catching two nice fish last week I've been asked a lot of questions regarding what bait, lure and where so i thought id put together a short vid to explain it all, check it out! http://scentblazer.com/PhotosVideos/VideoGallery/BabyMarlinHookup.aspx Tight Lines Andrew SBC

awesome Mr.e.d!! i might get up this weekend but not going to fish it as the weather gods aren't being nice!!

He sure did nbdshroom, i guess he got a taste of the bait in the chamber and that was it, feeding mode was switched on!! Tight Lines Andrew SBC

Thanks Erroll, you been fishing much? Tight Lines Andrew SBC