Cleaning rusty spinners / lures

[Judo]

G'day folk,

Yes I'm that guy - the last fishing trip was down at the beach and I've left salt water in my tackle box...

All the metal parts of the spinners and lures sitting in the trays have got rust on them. What is a good way to clean it off? Should I be concerned with trace amounts of cleaning chemicals left on the tackle that the fish can smell?

Cheers.
- Justin

[Ged]

Been there myself, until I created two completely separate sets of tackle, reels and rods - one for fresh, one for salt. Saltwater is incredibly corrosive and does terrible things to most lightweight reels especially. Also, my experience with trout is that they have incredibly sensitive "smell". Do any research and you'll find the same opinion consistently from the experts. If you can clean your lures with non chemical abrasives it would be preferred. I found most of the corrosion was to the treble hooks. These can be purchased separately and replaced. Good luck.

[LandyAndy]

INOX is your friend.
People even spray plastic baits with it as a lure Im told.
Google it,its good stuff.
Andrew

[Aussie]

I'd chuck em to be honest. You may be able to clean the surface rust off but the 1st decent fish you get on will most likely break em and you'll be an unhappy chappy.

[Judo]

INOX is your friend.
People even spray plastic baits with it as a lure Im told.
Google it,its good stuff.
Andrew

I'll give this stuff a go on anything that isn't too rusted, and turf some of the longer term rust. Most stuff isn't too bad...

I assume this is what I'm after:

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[Chops]

INOX is your friend.
People even spray plastic baits with it as a lure Im told.
Google it,its good stuff.
Andrew

Really good stuff to use on your car too . Stops the corrosion happening in the first place.
Although its a natural product, I'm not sure how it would go on fishing gear.

[slug_burner]

Spinners and most fast movement lures are working on the fish's visual senses or vibration senses not smell. Use a bit of steel wool or plastic abrasive to get the shine back into your metal lures, if the hooks have had it replace them.

[Stuck]

For cleaning chrome, scrunch up a small ball of aluminium foil, pour a little bit of Coca Cola (don't scrimp on the cheap stuff, it doesn't work as good) on the foil and polish away.

[richard4u2]

they are designed to rust so when a fish is caught and the line breaks without them been landed the hook will rust away

[Chops]

Using stainless steel hooks seems to be a big "no no" for just that reason, rustin away, but the lures themselves are not "designed" to rust/perish away I don't think.