Slimy YUM baits

[Fishin Dad]

I know a lot of you like to fish YUM baits as do I.   I just can’t get over how slimy and oily they are.  It is often hard to hold onto to rig them.   I assume it is because they are made with a petroleum base.   Has anyone figured out a way to make them less slimy or an easy way to rig them?   I use many other baits, more than I use YUM, and haven’t noticed any as slimy as these.  

[schplurg]

Could probably rinse them off with water. They don't stay slimy once I'm using them. Talking about YUM Dingers.

[Cgolf]

Before boxing oily baits I rinse them in the sink and let them air dry. Also do this with baits with lots of salt. 

[Bluegillslayer]

you can move the baits out of the original bag into another bag and leave the bag open, the stuff will probably dry. 

[Fishin Dad]

Thanks guys.  I am going to try giving some a rinse and paper towel drying them.   I am going to just set some in another box and see if they dry a little.  These are the only baits I find this oily and I have a bunch of Yum baits.  Not sure I will buy more of these.  Like the design and price of some of their baits, but I have found Many others I like and over purchased lately with that Midway USA sale. 

[Cgolf]

1 hour ago, Fishin Dad said:

Thanks guys.  I am going to try giving some a rinse and paper towel drying them.   I am going to just set some in another box and see if they dry a little.  These are the only baits I find this oily and I have a bunch of Yum baits.  Not sure I will buy more of these.  Like the design and price of some of their baits, but I have found Many others I like and over purchased lately with that Midway USA sale. 

Zoom is another brand. Some bags will be dry as a bone and other are like that water filled kids toy that keeps slipping out of your had lol

 

[waymont]

2 hours ago, Fishin Dad said:

paper towel

You can bypass the wetting part, and just dry them with paper towels. It will soak up the goop.

[galyonj]

2 hours ago, cgolf said:

Zoom is another brand. Some bags will be dry as a bone and other are like that water filled kids toy that keeps slipping out of your had lol

 

I haven't had many issues like that with Zoom, but I'll throw out that the BPS soft plastics are the slimiest baits I've ever handled. They're so covered in oil/mold lube/whatever that it's hard to hold on to them to rig the hook sometimes.

[Cgolf]

18 minutes ago, galyonj said:

I haven't had many issues like that with Zoom, but I'll throw out that the BPS soft plastics are the slimiest baits I've ever handled. They're so covered in oil/mold lube/whatever that it's hard to hold on to them to rig the hook sometimes.

It hasn't been all zoom, just some bags have been. This was a few years ago though, and was an issue with mostly some finesse worms.

[NavyVet1204]

This topic literally made me go check the three bags of finesse worms I have from YUM and all three look like they have a couple ounces of oil in the bags lol I don’t remember that when I bought them a few months ago. My 20+ bags of Zoom finesse/trick/curly tail worms and all bags of craws do not have any oil in them.

[DitchPanda]

Was gonna say that Yum is notoriously bad for this. I use a ton of zoom stuff and I've never noticed it.

[Fishin Dad]

Thanks guys.  That is why I was checking.   I was trying to rig a craw and it was literally hard to hold well enough to get it straight.  I rig a lot of baits, so it shouldn’t be difficult.  I am going to pat them with paper towels and put them back in their packages and see what happens.  I still like some of their designs and costs for sure.  I don’t “need” to use them, I have totes of others plastics.  Just found it strange and wanted to make sure it wasn’t just something I did or I got a bad batch.  

[NavyVet1204]

I think it’s hit or miss possibly.

[Bazoo]

I noticed that Yum baits are slimier than that Zoom. Neither stay that way very long though.