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Hope you get yours soon. 
I often wondered if nicotine on the fingers passed on to the bait/lure might be working as an attractant.
I did hear that something similar happens to women when salmon fishing. Some hormone from their hand 's (theramone- pretty sure spelling is inaccurate) is left on the fly and greatly helps catch ratio. My thoughts are it is only an excuse. 
well done 
. it was this time last year when we got 6 of them not far from where you were at. hope it's a sign of things to come there's a good breeding resident population of them on the west coast of scotland. i just wonder are they coming across to our shores 
. you always hear rumours of them being taken on that stretch of coast,,,,,, but very rarely do you get the pics to prove it, so congrads man and keep at it