The Power Of Stinkbait

[zander]

My wife after being in considerable pain in her rib cage finally said we should go to the urgent care clinic this morning about 11 AM. I didn't want my son who is 4 years old to be stuck with us the whole afternoon there so I gave my father a call. It turns out he was out fishing at Lake Springfield. He said he would meet me at the urgent care clinic to pick up my son until we were done.

Eventually my father arrives in his Explorer and I open the door to have my son crawl into the car seat. The smell was something else. My son had his cheeks puffed out like a chipmunk holding his breath as I struggled through the crippling smell of stinkbait working on getting his seat belt secured. I said, "Dad, I can tell you were using stinkbait, kinda strong in here..." My dad responded oh he had forgotten to zip the bags back up. Meanwhile all the windows in the explorer were still rolled up. My son looked like he needed air. I had my dad roll down the windows to blow the stink out. I hadn't taken a test sniff, but I figured it was good enough. I told my boy to take a deep breath of the clean air........he did.........turns out I jumped the gun a bit. He ended up taking a big breath, but itstead of fresh October air it was still the stale stagnant smell that only a catfish could love and an older desensitized nose like my father's could endure. Within a couple of seconds he proceeded to puke all over himself and my dad's truck. Whoops.

Stink bait is no longer a friend of mine.

By the way both wife and son are doing better now.

hope it gave you a smile or a chuckle.

Phillip

[Fishhand]

I feel kind of guilty for laughing, but, that's funny. At least your son's hurl didn't set off a chain reaction hurl.

[taxidermist]

lol just added to the stink bait.

[Don]

Yep, I had to laugh at their expense. Some of that stuff out there is hardcore ultra stink. It just amazes me what the producers go through.

The best part is the printing on the package that states the contents are not for human consumption. I'm thinking the print wouldn't be there unless some idiot has already......

Don

[taxidermist]

I dont kow which is worse catfish stink bait or Coyote bait for trapping.

[denjac]

Reminds me of when a friend and myself had just put in at Lakeside on Spring River near Carthage in a 12ft flatbottom . Had a jar of shad sides that had been in the sun a few days. When I opened the jar that shhhhhh sound came out of it. I dont have a weak stomach but it caught me off gaurd and I blew chunks. Buddy responded in kind and both of us floating downsteam past other fisherman and swimmers puking. It was such a funny siight I knew folks thought we were a couple of drunks.

[Quillback]

Thankfully I have not experienced stink bait so bad that it makes you hurl.

[zander]

Denjac that was a funny story and I can picture it in my mind My wife was telling my mother in law in Europe my story and she said that once my brother in law was making his own dough bait for carp and the police showed up. Evidently the smell left his apartment and entered a neighbor's and they thought it was a decaying corpse.

I also can no longer eat shrimp since me and my father have used them so much for catfish bait I can't picture them any other way then hot and putrifying.

Phillip T