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Alright..no matter what I do I always end up with somewhat rusty hooks. Most of the time they are not even used ! Is there something to bring them back to there original condition?
If it's light surface rust and not decay, do what Paddler suggests followed by sharpening the hell out of them. Replace the bad ones, and that'll give you an opportunity to dress them up with feathered or red trebles where you might not have otherwise gotten around to doing that.
Good point Bucketmouth,
Also, I learned to never store any hooks in the same tackle trays as I have my soft plastics.
Most of the soft plastics are loaded with salt = Rusty hooks
If it's light surface rust I just soak em in WD-40 and dry em off after. Cleans em right up.
I do find some cheaper lures have poopy hooks no matter what. I'll usually replace those with higher quality hooks.
The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span the hours spent in fishing
If it just surface rust quick shot with the file and on the line it goes when you pull in a few fish all the rust is gone I get it a bit on my jigs when I leave on the plastics and pulling it thru the weeds also removes the rust
Some tackleboxes are better than others at keeping rust off your hooks. Flambeau have an added chemical that prevents rust, which I have found work well. I also only take out a few hooks from each new package instead of removing all of them from. I still carry the remaining hooks on me but they seem to keep longer in original packaging.
Always discard hooks safely!
I honestly don't have that big of a problem with rusty hooks. All of my hard baits are stored in Plano 3771 and soft plastics are in binders. I could see issues as another has said with salted baits and hooks being stored together.
