I had not been fishing since Spring and my tackle box sat inside the dock
box. If you recall we had flooding on the river earlier this summer and
part of my dock box was underwater for a while.

I pulled the tackle box out the other day and saw that the bottom tray
(containing all my lures) was full of rusty water and the treble hooks on
the lures were all rusted.

I just got done cleaning the lures (running them in fresh water) to remove
the rusty goop on them. I plan to replace the rusty treble hooks on them.

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?

TIA!

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!

"William Bruce" wrote in message
. ..

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!




So I guess I am worried about nothing. Thanks.

BTW: I did read a suggestion from a site on the net that said soaking them
in a vinegar and water solution for several hours removes the rust and that
the odor from the vinegar is not a concern. I tried it and it works great.
I am also going to give the lures a spray of WD40. I have heard that stuff
is a great fish attractant and it also protects the lures and hooks from
rusting. ;-)

Marine critters are very sensitive to smell and it is thought the WD40
washes off the human oils that smell bad to fish.
Other oils can also attract fish. One experiment was tried by dipping
herring in a dirty bilge, They caught more fish. Novice women fisherpersons
often do better than their male counterparts. Perfumed hand lotion?
Dungeness crabs are particular about their food. Red meat is out! Chicken
and other birds (gulls?) are in as are other crabs (smooshed) and clams.
Fish (and crabs) are also very sensitive to electricity. A downrigger wire
improperly setup can drive salmon away. It has to be slightly positive to
the boat ground. Crabs will not enter a pot that has bare base metal giving
off electrons (hot pot)
G

" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
. ..

"William Bruce" wrote in message
. ..

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!




So I guess I am worried about nothing. Thanks.

BTW: I did read a suggestion from a site on the net that said soaking
them
in a vinegar and water solution for several hours removes the rust and
that
the odor from the vinegar is not a concern. I tried it and it works
great.
I am also going to give the lures a spray of WD40. I have heard that
stuff
is a great fish attractant and it also protects the lures and hooks from
rusting. ;-)

JimH wrote:
I had not been fishing since Spring and my tackle box sat inside the dock
box. If you recall we had flooding on the river earlier this summer and
part of my dock box was underwater for a while.

I pulled the tackle box out the other day and saw that the bottom tray
(containing all my lures) was full of rusty water and the treble hooks on
the lures were all rusted.

I just got done cleaning the lures (running them in fresh water) to remove
the rusty goop on them. I plan to replace the rusty treble hooks on them.

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?

TIA!

Doesn't the art or science of fishing with lures depend primarily on
****ing the fish off so badly that they will strike out at the
obnoxious noise, color, smell, vibration, etc of any lures cast or
trolled in the vicinity? Maybe the more you irritate the fish, the
harder they strike?

Are there studies that indicate the fish are actually fooled into
thinking the lures have some food value?

Unless the fish are striking a red, white, and silver spoon or a copper
spinner strung with red, blue, white and yellow beads because they
think such devices are legitimate bait fish, it probably wouldn't make
a lot of difference whether the lures actually smelled like a fish or
not.

On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 10:45:23 -0400, " JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com
wrote:

I had not been fishing since Spring and my tackle box sat inside the dock
box. If you recall we had flooding on the river earlier this summer and
part of my dock box was underwater for a while.

I pulled the tackle box out the other day and saw that the bottom tray
(containing all my lures) was full of rusty water and the treble hooks on
the lures were all rusted.

I just got done cleaning the lures (running them in fresh water) to remove
the rusty goop on them. I plan to replace the rusty treble hooks on them.

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?

TIA!


Lot's of commercial folks wash their lures in dish soap and sea water while
coming in from a trip. They catch fish, so I'm assuming it doesn't hurt the
lures much.

Now...

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John

"JohnH" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 10:45:23 -0400, " JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com
wrote:

I had not been fishing since Spring and my tackle box sat inside the dock
box. If you recall we had flooding on the river earlier this summer and
part of my dock box was underwater for a while.

I pulled the tackle box out the other day and saw that the bottom tray
(containing all my lures) was full of rusty water and the treble hooks on
the lures were all rusted.

I just got done cleaning the lures (running them in fresh water) to remove
the rusty goop on them. I plan to replace the rusty treble hooks on them.

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?

TIA!


Lot's of commercial folks wash their lures in dish soap and sea water
while
coming in from a trip. They catch fish, so I'm assuming it doesn't hurt
the
lures much.

Thanks John.


Now...

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John

As there was nothing in my post(s) to indicate otherwise I will ignore your
attempt to continue with this 'gay thing' and accept it as your allegiance
to that cause. When are you finally coming out of the closet John? ;-)

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John