I was wondering if fish could smell the scent of Permanent Marker ? I color over the silver, on the H2O tungsten wieghts. Do any of you guys or girls fish with just sliver?

I color my braid sometimes and it hasn't seemed to have an effect.

i use a marker a lot to color mono a few feet before the lure...a black marker masks blue mono very well...i like the blue line easier for me to watch it jigs, senkos, jerkbaits etc where line watching is pertinent.

My fishing buddy uses Magic Marker on his braid all the time .Gets just as many hits as I do using mono. Hope this helps.

yeah they can smell it, and they like it. i use it on braid and fingernail polish on weights ....good stuff! them bass aint as smart as we think.

I touch up a lot of baits and don't think it has cost me fish. I would say 40-60% of my CB's have some kind of marking from a sharpie. I got a 10 or 12 pack in my stocking one year and went crazy when I couln't get out.

In my opinion marker scents don't matter to the fish. I personally think the flash of the silver in clearer water attracts more bites though.

I always just fish with silver weights...I have never used a color one and catch the majority of the fish I catch on a Texas rig with a silver tungsten.

Silver is much cheaper...

Be careful using a marker on braid. I've had a few people tell me it weakens the line.

+1

Good stuff thanks

Spike it makes scented markers

http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Spike_It_4_Scented_Markers/descpage-SISM.html

Brent Meyers told me to use a sharpie when you need braid in clear water when we were at the elite series on Amistad a few years back...