Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Dr. Juice USA attractant for pike and musky. Stop Fake

Dr. Juice USA Co. offers an attractant for pike and musky:
























However, this attractant is the fake product due to the following reasons.

On the one hand, it is well known that pikes (Esocidae) do not respond to any feeding odors (Devitsyna & Makyukina, 1977). Nevertheless, Dr. Juice USA informs consumers that the pike and musky attractant contains feeding ingredients.

On the other hand, it is known also that pikes are attracted only by the conspecific reproductive sexual pheromones (Devisyna & Makyukina, 1977) as well as by the alarm cues deposited in the skin of cyprinid and some other prey fish (Wisenden & Thiel, 2001).

In turn, Dr. Juice USA informs consumers that the pike and musky attractant contains Aggressive Sex Pheromones, Fear Pheromones and Schooling Pheromones (in addition to feeding ingredients).

However, this is the pseudoscientific information.

There are not any statistic data obtained with the use of standard biometric methods that any artificial fishing lures enhanced with Dr. Juice USA pike and musky attractant allow to catch more these fish than the same artificial lures without this attractant.

Basic References

Devitsyna G.V., Malyukina G.A. 1977. On the functional organization of the olfactory organ in macro- and microsmatic fishes. Journal of Ichthyology 17, 493-502
WisendenB.D., Thiel T.A. 2001. Field verification of predator attraction to minnow alarm substance. Journal of Chemical Ecology 28, 417-422        

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