how to get the fish smell of your hands!

gofshn · 01-17-2006, 06:28 PM

here is my last tip for the week.
ever notice how your hands still smell like fish after you clean fish and wash your hands with soap. easy solution, after washing your hands, squirt some toothpaste, not the gel kind on your hands, rub it all around on your hands top and bottom, use it as if it was soap. let sit for a minute and then rinse it off. fish odor is now gone. tadaaaaaaa.......!

Off The Hook · 01-17-2006, 06:42 PM

Cool deal...I use lemon Juice does the same thing...Ill try the paste trick thanks..

Jesse Lockowitz · 01-17-2006, 07:32 PM

the gritty kind of tooth paste?

i use some "gojo" organge smelling stuff. works great, and gets oil off to.

ill try that tooth paste thing though, leave my hands smelling minty fresh :-)

Sea Draggin · 01-17-2006, 08:15 PM

This stuff is the heat. It will even get gizzard shad stink off your hands. It used to come in liquid, but now just wipes. still works great.

http://www.ebizenterprise.com/index....D&ProdID=41315

Madchark · 01-18-2006, 06:43 AM

Nice job, just imagine cllean hands with no plaque build up.

fishdoc · 01-18-2006, 10:15 AM

There are multiple products that will eliminate odors. Many of these sell in pet stores to eliminate pet odors. Most contain an "enzyme" that breaks down the odor. Similar porducts are marketed for the bilge, septic tank, etc. you can find these in stpres such as West Marine and others. Really great products but can be $$. I have a gallon of concentrate that I dilute and use it for everything from carpet cleaning to detergent. It dissolves blood and organic matter, used in hospitals on surgical instruments.

snapperd1 · 01-18-2006, 10:39 AM

remember to be carefull what you put on your hands. Most of the fish we case after have great sences of smell. Sun tan lotion and other things have very strong smells. I have been out fishing with friends and one guy is tearing up the fish while the guy next to him is getting nothing. The only differnse one had lotion on his hands the other nothing. So be careful when fill the oil tank, filling the gas tank, appling sun screen. Clean your hands with something natural that can hide the scents of every day life. Fish know what a ballyhoo smells like and they usually don't like the added smell of strong detergents.

Good Luck

TD

jbones11 · 01-18-2006, 10:51 AM

Have one of the local girls on standby at the dock with a few beers ready to go

SunganaBeach · 01-18-2006, 10:21 PM

Orange Goop is the balls! I use the smooth liquid - #44. By the way, I'm not a paid endorser, just a satisfied customer!

Deep C · 01-18-2006, 10:30 PM

Getting the yuck out is not just a smell thing... Bad stuff grows around salt water and infection can set you back more than you think. I'm only now recovered mostly from an infection that started in July!
For me a bucket of water with a little bleach in it does the trick. Not so much that you smell like bleach or chemically burnt flesh but a little. Billfishing down here usually involves gloves but a couple times a year I screw up and get to the fish before I can get the gloves on. When that happens you have some real roughed up skin to hold even more yuck...

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SunganaBeach Cockpit Monkey In Training Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cyberspace Posts: 39	Orange Goop Orange Goop is the balls! I use the smooth liquid - #44. By the way, I'm not a paid endorser, just a satisfied customer!

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01-17-2006, 06:42 PM	#2
Off The Hook I think Admin is going to let me have this space Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: VA beach VA Posts: 1,106 Occupation: Self employed...	Cool deal...I use lemon Juice does the same thing...Ill try the paste trick thanks..

01-17-2006, 07:32 PM	#3
Jesse Lockowitz I think Admin is going to let me have this space Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: 5 min from MHC, NC Posts: 2,788 Occupation: Bluewater Realty	the gritty kind of tooth paste? i use some "gojo" organge smelling stuff. works great, and gets oil off to. ill try that tooth paste thing though, leave my hands smelling minty fresh :-)

01-17-2006, 08:15 PM	#4
Sea Draggin www.easterntackle.com Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: High Point, NC Posts: 6,112 Best Catch: The next bite on a jig.	This stuff is the heat. It will even get gizzard shad stink off your hands. It used to come in liquid, but now just wipes. still works great. http://www.ebizenterprise.com/index....D&ProdID=41315 __________________ . 25% OFF - Relocation Sale!!! <---Clicky.................................................Jigging Videos I FISH & I VOTE

01-18-2006, 06:43 AM	#5
Madchark Anthony's Ark is a blowboater Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Clinton, CT. Posts: 308	Nice job, just imagine cllean hands with no plaque build up.

01-18-2006, 10:15 AM	#6
fishdoc Anthony's Ark is a blowboater Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 261	There are multiple products that will eliminate odors. Many of these sell in pet stores to eliminate pet odors. Most contain an "enzyme" that breaks down the odor. Similar porducts are marketed for the bilge, septic tank, etc. you can find these in stpres such as West Marine and others. Really great products but can be $$. I have a gallon of concentrate that I dilute and use it for everything from carpet cleaning to detergent. It dissolves blood and organic matter, used in hospitals on surgical instruments.

01-18-2006, 10:39 AM	#7
snapperd1 Got fish Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Posts: 175 Occupation: Computer Specialist	remember to be carefull what you put on your hands. Most of the fish we case after have great sences of smell. Sun tan lotion and other things have very strong smells. I have been out fishing with friends and one guy is tearing up the fish while the guy next to him is getting nothing. The only differnse one had lotion on his hands the other nothing. So be careful when fill the oil tank, filling the gas tank, appling sun screen. Clean your hands with something natural that can hide the scents of every day life. Fish know what a ballyhoo smells like and they usually don't like the added smell of strong detergents. Good Luck TD

01-18-2006, 10:51 AM	#8
jbones11 I think Admin is going to let me have this space Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Philly Posts: 1,045 Boat: Im a boat whore Home Port: Cape May Best Catch: 3 fish on one hook Occupation: Its hard and shiney	Have one of the local girls on standby at the dock with a few beers ready to go

01-18-2006, 10:30 PM	#10
Deep C Master of all things wet Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The Plywood State Posts: 14,612 Boat: Several Home Port: Palm Beach Best Catch: Mrs Deep Occupation: Killin Stuff	Getting the yuck out is not just a smell thing... Bad stuff grows around salt water and infection can set you back more than you think. I'm only now recovered mostly from an infection that started in July! For me a bucket of water with a little bleach in it does the trick. Not so much that you smell like bleach or chemically burnt flesh but a little. Billfishing down here usually involves gloves but a couple times a year I screw up and get to the fish before I can get the gloves on. When that happens you have some real roughed up skin to hold even more yuck...