My question is..........do you think an odor of rust on the lure body will
keep fish from hitting these lures? If I soak them in the sink with
dishwashing soap will that leave a worse odor on the lures that the fish
will stay away from?

Jim:

Rusty hooks, sharpened with a hook whet rock, have never seemed to produce
any less for me than new ones in the Gulf trolling for Spanish and King
Mackerel..

TIA!