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Action + Scent + Taste in Cold, Tidal Water
Built for salmon and halibut anglers who fish moving water—and want fewer lookers and more fish that commit.
Designed and tested in Southeast Alaska
Appanage Fishing designs and tests its lures in Southeast Alaska, engineering action and scent systems specifically for salmon and halibut in cold, tidal waters.
Field Note from Southeast Alaska
Action gets fish close. Chemistry closes the deal.
Chemistry includes both smell (olfaction) and taste (gustation)—two different systems that influence what fish do before the bite and during the bite.
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Salmon Lures for Low Light Conditions
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Spin Casting From Shore
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Halibut Rig: The Halibut Bite with Scent Plumes
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The Perfect Salmon Fishing Lure -Part 2
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The Perfect Salmon Lure
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Scent Striker’s Salmon Spinner Rigs
There is something about a spinner that gets a salmon’s attention. And there is no better way to make this rig more attractive than scenting your salmon spinner by adding Scent Striker. Putting together a scented salmon spinner rig is not hard. Here are the assembly…
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