Leaving jig trailers on in your trays

[Bandersnatch]

I'll admit it seems like a big mistake and it most likely was. I got caught up in a boat rewiring project and didn't think too much about the fact that a lot of my jigs I left my trailers on and put them back in trays. A lot of jigs of all types including a bunch of jack hammers. Does anybody do this for ease of use next time? Unfortunately it appears some have started to rust. Using the flambeau rust proof boxes but I still have some. Does anybody have any opinions on how to clean them or is any rust a lost lure? 

[OnthePotomac]

I leave mine on and no problem.  There are certain skirts which will gum together from the trailer, but I have not had the problem in the last 4-5 years.  Prior to that sometimes it was oh, oh, new skirt.  Some plastics just do not like each other.  Never had a problem with a Yamamoto plastic.

[Mike L]

I take all plastics off after every outing. I use Trokar hooks almost exclusively and still do it. 
 

If it’s just surface rust on the shaft you can use a file  

Any place else I toss em. 
 

 

 

Mike

[Dens228]

I keep my trailers on, but I tend to use the same jig over and over.  If the trailer is tore up at the end of the day I toss it. 

I only use a couple different colors of a couple different jigs, so my extra's are obviously trailerless until I use it.  I'd say at any one time there's only 2 or 3 jigs stored with their trailers still on it. 

 

[A-Jay]

Trailers that contain salt will, at some point, cause problems.

Short term may be less problematic than long term storage with them attached.

A-Jay

[Cdn Angler]

I keep the trailers on, but I take the jig/trailer out of the tray when I get home and dry them out, either outside in nice weather or in my house on a paper towel. I do the same thing for any rigged soft plastic. Seems to be working fine. Probably simpler to take them off and chuck them, but I can't bring myself to tear up a perfectly good piece of plastic. 

[keagbassr]

I'm guilty of this often. A.little rust on the shank can be cleaned up with some steel wool but any rust at all near the point or barb and I toss it.

[fishwizzard]

I leave trailers on and have never noticed any rust. I do thoroughly dry my

jigs before putting them back in the box and load my boxes up with rust tabs. 

[Boomstick]

I have had some hooks rust out because I put it in a tray. My intent was to go home, open the tray but I forgot. Then this past season, I did the same with some jigs with trailers, I caught it when I sorted out new jigs I ordered for black friday, and surprisingly nothing rusted.

[Mobasser]

In another thread on rusty hooks, J Francho mentioned drilling holes through the lid, and bottom of your boxes. I drilled several 1/8" holes through my boxes that hold jigs, ball heads, hooks, or anything that's prone to rust. Let air circulate through them and it can help combat rust. It's worked for me so far

[Log Catcher]

47 minutes ago, Mobasser said:

In another thread on rusty hooks, J Francho mentioned drilling holes through the lid, and bottom of your boxes. I drilled several 1/8" holes through my boxes that hold jigs, ball heads, hooks, or anything that's prone to rust. Let air circulate through them and it can help combat rust. It's worked for me so far

Plano makes the hydro flo boxes loaded with small holes for air circulation. Anything I use fishing gets put in one of them to dry out before putting it back where I would normally keep it. I don't know if they make one set up for jig storage or not. I usually remove the trailers when I am done for the day.