Looking after chemically sharpened hooks.

[Dean1]

Anybody got some tips on how to look after chemically sharpened hooks from saltwater?? I store mine in plano organisers but saltwater/always seems to win :-[

I know my old man used to put them in a jar of powder. They are expensive and not the sort of thing you we can afford to throw away after a few trips :-?

[brisbane_boy]

tuna oil is good mate and if they do get rusty try a diamond file, i can get a good edge on older hooks using mine where other files have failed.

[Astro]

If they are ganged or single pre rigged with trace and swivel, we usually have them wrapped up in a thick paper towel and zipped up in an air locked plastic bag. We always wash them with fresh water after use and wrap them up again and into the plastic bag, never had any issues with any hooks doing it this way. Use a thicker paper towel or alternative so it doesn’t rip easy if it gets a little bit wet and the hooks won’t get caught on it to often.

[charleville]

I have learnt not to take hooks out of the plastic container, bag or box, that they come in.

Mine last a lot longer when I leave them in their containers rather than sorting them into the Plano tray compartments.



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[Noelm]

I tend to also keep hooks in their packaging, and only take enough out to use for the trip I am on, that way salty fingers and spray is never in contact with them, I use a good sized tackle box that stays in the console, and has everything I will ever need, and a small plastic compartment container thing (about $10 at a tackle store) and in there is sinkers, hooks and odds and ends for a full trip out, if I run short, I may need to go to the big tackle box to replenish the small "day trip" one, seems to work OK for me.

[four_button_arnie]

I leave them in the box's and then put the hook boxes into one of those ?cliplock? plastic containers from coles/woolies. The ones with a blue soft strip around the top and clips on the side because it is waterproof, you will never get water into it. Plus there are cheap $5/10.

And I never put used hooks back into the new box (even post washing, they go into a separate container)


Josh

[Dean1]

Great advice guys thanks, at least now i dont have to worry about working on the boat after trips, i have more time to spend on my tackle/gear 8-)

[GBC]

Craig Tomkinson's trick is to store used hooks in a jar of vegetable oil. I've started doing it also - just keep it onboard and throw them in at the end of the day and they're the same next time you want them.