what do you do with wet lures?

[thinkingredneck]

When you change lures, what do you do with the wet ones?  My bag has mesh pocket, but hooks hang up.  I have stuck them in a piece of  pool noodle, but then I hang up, especially on treble hooks.  I fish from a kayak with limited space.  So far the pool noodle seems my best answer, but still not ideal.  Sometimes they end up on the floor of the yak, between my legs--not good.

[Dens228]

I have few that I put in a tray on my kayak......but usually I just put them back in the plano box.  When I get home I open up any boxes that have wet lures and let them dry out. 

[CroakHunter]

I have never heard of people doing this with wet baits, until about 6 months ago. I put baits back in my tackle box. Never had a problem. 

[burrows]

I always open up my boxes when I get home l lay them out and let them dry i also use flambo boxes with zrust always. I protect my lures because I put a lot of money into them think about it each 3700 size box in may case can be worth 250 bucks so you leave wet hooks in there and alow your tackle to get rusty your out a good investment specialy your jig box you want to dry those out when you get home jigs can get rusty if you leave a wet trailer on the hook because of the moisture that is imbeded in the plastic, I remove wet trailer soft plastics from my jigs. I've got way to much invested in my tools I can't let them rust away. 

[Dtrombly]

Put the on top of my bag until they dry 

[BobP]

On my bass boat, I imbed a treble in the open nap boat carpeting just in front of the console.  Baits are secure but pull right out of the carpet with no damage when the’re dry.  Maybe glue a piece of similar carpeting somewhere out of the way on the kayak?

[Deleted account]

shake them and put them back in the box. The only time I'll set them aside to dry or rinse off is if fishing brackish or salt water. Also if you live near the ocean, don't store wet.

[keltonz]

I use hook bonnets and put them in the cupholder of my kayak until I am off the water, then throw them in an open box in my car to dry.

[The Bassman]

I use velcro lure wraps that are meant for lure management on rods. All my stuff is either in my vest or in my pockets.  Trebles get a little tangled in them but a quick shake and no problem.

[JustJames]

When I take my kayak out, I alway have my other box(day box) under my seat. This box would be all type of lures and plastics(pre-rig) that I plan to fish that day. I have all my lures box, plastic binder and tackle box separately. When I'm done with one lure I would throw into this box so on and so forth. At the end of the day, I would leave this box lid open to air dry in garage and store in its box after dry.

[Sam]

Put them in a safe place, like your tackle box, and when you get home open the box to air out everything.

 

After you know they are 100% dry sprinkle baby powder over them to keep them dry.

[tander]

Don't know if you could mount this in a Yak but it works great in my boat.

 

[Crankin4Bass]

I carry an empty Plano box to put wet lures in. When I get home, I open the box and let them dry.

[scaleface]

Mine usually end up in a cup holder .

[NHBull]

On a magnetic strip 

[Cgolf]

For the boat I toss rigged plastics in a couple of Rubbermaid shoe boxes with holes drilled in the bottom for water to drain out. Cranks I leave on deck in a place I don't walk. This works well for the plastics, I use slider heads, but don't see it working in a yak. 

 

In a Yak could put used baits in a Plano hydro flow box or drill some holes in one to make your own. 

[thinkingredneck]

The reason I brought this up is that I have had several hooks rust on jigs and hard baits.  Tried opening the boxes to dry, but this is a humid climate.  Thanks for your ideas.

[TOXIC]

Save the little packs of desiccant you get in various things and just drop them in your tackleboxes.  I have also used chunks of sidewalk chalk in the compartments of plano boxes.  I also coat all of my terminal tackle and jigs with a quick spray of WD 40.  Both as a general water repellent and rust inhibitor while stored.  Also on jigs, it keeps the skirts from sticking together.   

[thinkingredneck]

Interesting.  Some of the old Sturgeon guys illegally use WD40 as a fish attractant in the Northwest.

[TOXIC]

7 minutes ago, thinkingredneck said:

Interesting.  Some of the old Sturgeon guys illegally use WD40 as a fish attractant in the Northwest.

I heard of it being used as an attractant in the past before they changed the formula.  I believe it used to have fish oil as an ingredient.  

[J Francho]

I put them back in the Hydroflo box they came out of, and never worry about rust again. 

[bigbill]

I put my hardbaits in my tacklebox but when I get home my tacklebox is left open so everything that’s wet dries out. My older baits still look like brand new.

 

with my used plastics they go in a zip loc bag I keep the used plastics away from my used plastics.

 

i don’t put plastics in with my hardbaits. The salts in the plastics will rust the metal on the hardbaits. I use a seperate box or bag for plastics only.

[TxHawgs]

I would put a magnet strip somewhere and let them dry on it. When I'm co-angling in a boat I leave them in cup holders till they dry which doesn't take long in TX then put them back in box. 

[Bankbeater]

I shake the water off of the baits and then put them in the tackle box. If the sun is out I leave the box open to let the moisture dry out.