Fish attractants comprising one or more liver derivative compounds, e.g., water-extract of dried beef liver or a bile salt, and one or more amino acids selected from the group consisting of alanine, arginine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, proline and taurine. nucleosides, fish oils, are useful as water solutions or in dried form. Water solutions can be dispensed from drip bags onto a water surface to attract fish to the vicinity of the drip bag. for fishing aids in drip bag application, as solids for tea bag applications or as chum blocks. Solutions of fish attractant can be dried to a powder or combined in a solid form that can be dissolved or dispersed when presented in fishing waters.