04-12-2016, 01:43 AM
At the International Sportsman's Exposition seminars, one of the professional fishermen says he uses dish detergent and warm water.
I suggest the unscented laundry detergent that is sold for hunting clothing since odd scents are undesirable in hunting.
But, like wyoguy, I also put the scents on the dodger and not the soft plastics of lures, so I've never had a need to clean the soft plastics.
For the rest (dodgers and hard lures), I use isopropyl alcohol. Though that has a strong chemical scent, it will completely evaporate and be gone long before I fish with the lure again. I like putting away my lures clean.
For occasional scent on soft plastics, I tip the hook with a Gulp maggot if not wax worms or earthworm while ice fishing, so no need to clean.
Rare exceptions have been using krill oil soaked tiny plastics, but I keep them dedicated to that and keep them soaking in a tiny vial, so no need to clean them and the tiny container is clean on the outside and scent free and clean in my fishing lure trays.
I also carry Gulp soft lures in individual glass vials as pictured in this one example.
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I suggest the unscented laundry detergent that is sold for hunting clothing since odd scents are undesirable in hunting.
But, like wyoguy, I also put the scents on the dodger and not the soft plastics of lures, so I've never had a need to clean the soft plastics.
For the rest (dodgers and hard lures), I use isopropyl alcohol. Though that has a strong chemical scent, it will completely evaporate and be gone long before I fish with the lure again. I like putting away my lures clean.
For occasional scent on soft plastics, I tip the hook with a Gulp maggot if not wax worms or earthworm while ice fishing, so no need to clean.
Rare exceptions have been using krill oil soaked tiny plastics, but I keep them dedicated to that and keep them soaking in a tiny vial, so no need to clean them and the tiny container is clean on the outside and scent free and clean in my fishing lure trays.
I also carry Gulp soft lures in individual glass vials as pictured in this one example.
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