Scents for tackle?

[Hauling the $]

Hey over the winter I bought boxes and boxes of spoons and some lures flashers flies plugs rods reels everything this guy had when he fished ontario I have approximately 700 spoons left. The only problem is they smell like the inside of a cow barn where he stored them. I have never salmon fished before and I want to give it a shot next week. A lot of them are optimizers some still brand new. Any suggestions on how to get rid of this smell?

Edited July 25, 2016 by Fishwiz

[Sk8man]

Maybe place them in a box and place a box of baking soda opened along with all your lures inside and close it up for awhile.  More work.....wash them in Dawn Ultra dish soap.

Edited July 25, 2016 by Sk8man

[Hauling the $]

I want to do it right and if cleaning them one by one is what I need to do its what I will do. I want to get at least 100 done by next week so I can go see what lake ontario is all about.

[lineman49]

   Maybe the fish will love the lures/scent as is!

[Xxx]

I had a paper bag full of Jplugs given to me buy my uncle that a older lady had she said her husband used to fish Oswego and she went through the whole story as why she wanted a fisherman to get them not someone that would throw them away. Well they smelled like a new box of moth balls.LOL anyway I put them in the dishwasher, I stuck them on the round things that stand up on the rack, the plugs fit on the wire uprights where the chain beads with the hooks go. I ran them on the fast cycle with detergent, then just the wash cycle with no detergent. Worked great and didn't smell at all. Then I sprayed a cardboard box with fish scent and now they smell just a tad fishey. That never bothered me before!! LOL you can put a shyt load of spoons in the dishwasher, I used cold and set it on the fragile mode.

[Hauling the $]

Sounds like a good idea I don't know if the Mrs would like that.

[whycanteye]

Just do it when she's not home, good luck!

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[PhlyanPan]

I've heard to wash with lemon dish soap.  I have some on the boat but haven't tried it yet.  I also have a couple of cans of anchovies to scent them with....again, haven't tried it.