| Before you go fishing, you should think about | | | | hands with Lysol wipes prior to baiting his hook. |
| what you've touched with your bare hands. Did | | | | Our hands were clean and had handled only bait, |
| you use your hands to eat finger food or to | | | | so we baited his hook for him. After that, he |
| prepare food? Did you handle chemicals? Before | | | | caught fish too. |
| you bait your hook, sanitize your hands, but don't | | | | I learned this lesson years ago fishing in a |
| use commercial wipes. If your hands have | | | | mosquito-infested area. I used a lotion repellent, |
| something on them that can transfer to the bait, | | | | which I squeezed into the palms of my hands and |
| you can almost bank on catching no fish. One day | | | | applied to the exposed parts of my body. I didn't |
| we were out fishing at our favorite fishing spot. | | | | clean my hands before baiting the hook, which |
| We were doing moderately well in catching | | | | meant the mosquitoes weren't biting, but neither |
| walleye, goldeye and catfish. | | | | were the fish. I learned a valuable lesson that day. |
| A man joined us, baited his hook and cast. | | | | If you are using something on your hands you |
| Nothing. He wiped his hands and rebaited his hook. | | | | wouldn't want to taste, you can bet that the fish |
| Still nothing. He wondered out loud why we were | | | | feel the same way about it too. Keep your hands |
| catching fish on a regular basis while he was | | | | free of smells that would repel fish and have fun |
| catching nothing. Turns out he was cleaning his | | | | out there! |