I fished a lot in my younger years then life got in the way. Trying to get back into it and found my old tackle box, going through to see what’s salvageable. It’s sat in a closet in the house for 10+ years and I had several packs of soft baits that were hardly touched. A few greasy pouches from leaks but otherwise the baits still seem good. They’re not dried out or sticking together. Are these still okay to fish or is it best practice to dump and replace after so many years?
Side note, I also had a few brand new spools of fluoro and mono line. I figured the mono is shot and cheap to replace, but can fluoro still be okay after that long or will it have bad memory issues? Only other thing that really needs replacing is my box of weights which were corroded.
Posted by WY228
6 Comments
i got powerbait older than that i still use.
If it still feels and looks okay I would use it, why waste them
Should be good to go
Don’t waste them man they should still be good
They’re fine. I’ve got that old stuff in use today.
Zoom baits aren’t properly seasoned until they sit in a box for at least 5 years