Joey
In cold water I believe in scent big time. I use either bang real craw or smelly jelly bass feast scent. At that february tournament at Naci I think that the bang scent was the reason I was able to catch fish dragging plastic while other guys were not getting as many. Those little spots would hold on longer with the scent. Without it they were dropping it after hitting it.
In warm water I have not seen as much difference with/without scent. I used to not believe in scent at all but now I will use it especially in tournaments and especially draggin plastic or using jigs.