I'm gonna try attach a a piece of onion to a jig, sounds a little crazy but worth trying. Not sure if its legal in tournaments gonna have to check the rules on produce type baits. I'll let you know if it works. Thanks. Scott

never tried for catfish jaysun and i live in MI. i would like to try for catfish but now i have to wait till my 5 month old is a bit older.

I'm game! Living in OK we'll try anything. LOL

OK, this tip has been on here long enough for some of you that said you'd try it to get out there and test the waters. I'm dying to know...anyone catch a fish on an onion yet? 

Okay, so if you can't catch anything and insist on using a lure, put a lil piece of onion on one of the hooks on your lure.... I'm gonna try that tomorrow. Thanks

glad someone is trying it in stead of just making jokes about it.

Ty for the info on using a piece of onion for bass. I have never tried it but I will definitely give it a try next year when the water warms up a bit. I fish out of a belly boat and even tho I have insulated waders the water can get too cold for me to fish. I normally fish with lures but I go fishing to catch fish. If that means I need to use live bait then I will use live bait, or any other bait. When the strip pit I fish turns over in the fall the fish just don't respond as well to lures so I usually switch to minnows. I outfish every other person that fishes this pit. We do have to buy a lease and then pay $5 each trip so I try to maximize my results as much as possible. I also can only fish in the afternoon since we only have one vehicle and my wife needs it for her work. She takes me to the pit during her lunch hour and then picks me up when it gets too dark for me to fish anymore. Also I love onions.  Good fishing and never stop learning.

BTW I do have some disabilities that keep me from working but I can still sit in my belly boat and kick around. The pleasure I get from fishing outweighs the pain involved at this point altho there are times when I do wonder if it is still worth it. I always take an Alleve before I go and always have one with me to take later. Thought I would mention this since it would be logical for people to wonder why my wife works and I don't.

I understand the disabilities part, I like kayaks but can hardly get in and out of one because of my knees (and I am too darn fat). One of these days, if the money is available and right, I would like to try a wavewalk type.

Alright...this tip has been on here since July 2011...has 48 replies...and still not one catch on an onion. Did anyone try it?

Not me...maybe I have the wrong piece of onion on...LOL.

I'm sorry but fishing with an onion is just lame. Be a sportsman! Using artificial lures or even a night crawler would be better than produce! Its not just about catching a fish for a free meal, as some people do exclusively, it is about enticing a fish to strike using advanced fishing methods and tactics. Fishing is about using skill! Anybody can toss out a random ingredient and maybe catch a fish. a REAL fisherman puts in time and effort into their craft to figure out how to target, hunt and catch a fish! Just one man's opinion though!

Posted By Captain Quantum on 22 Apr 2012 04:53 AM
  Fishing is about using skill!

I would guess getting a bass to hit a piece of onion would take some skill...lol...I just can't see this technique working.

I think it would take a miracle for a bass to hit an onion.

Some folks around here don't get it, they make disparaging posts then wonder why no-one wants to talk with them or respond to their posts. Think about it and you will know who I am refering to.

OK for you hardcore disbelievers why do they sell garlic scented plastics is not a onion and garlic related .
For you lure users you could easily rub the onion on your lure to mask your human scent .
Just because something sounds far fetched to you dose not make it a false statement .

OK RT...if you're a "believer"...get out there and catch me a fish on an onion! I have tried it, and it worked about as good as I thought it would, but I'm still all ears for some other reports.
                                    

P.S.  Almost forgot...I may have been fishing a contaminated onion...it was from a McDonald's Quarter Pounder...my bad!

IM not saying im a believer but im not saying im a disbeliever either . I am just saying i have heard of some strange things that work for some species of fish . egg white, bacon , and now the new coffee scented plastics ,corn ,  some one used a small piece of beef jerky to catch trout at a  set up trout pound  at Cabelas  yes i witnessed it first hand  they added it to the fly,   soap, black licorice , gummy worms , Ben gay , to name a few .

The scents themselves aren't what attract the fish. They are just scents to cover up the "human smell" most of the time. Onion obviously has a strong odor, so does garlic as well as coffee, that is why they are used on soft plastics.

RT,
  You're right, all those things you mentioned, they have attracted fish. I have used soap for catfish successfully, and in a minnow trap as well. I've caught many bass with garlic and coffee scented plastics too, but what I'm so skeptical about is the appliction this thread was started about. The author didn't say "rub onion on as an attractant"...she said "put a 1/2 inch square on a hook"...and bass will eat it! Now my guess is that the odds of this happening are about as good as a carp running down a buzzbait and busting it! All in all...this has been a very entertaining thread...but still...nobody commenting has claimed success.