Skin plugs and rusty stains.

[pbadad]

I rinse the plug after fishing and place the plug w/hooks off the bed of kosher salt to minimize the rust effect. I store my skin plugs in a tupperware container with a bed of salt on my shelf in the garage. No frige or freezer. Skins always supple and ready to go. About 1/2" of salt along the bottom. Lay the plugs after rolling in salt then put the hook on the plug top, off the salt. I does help for awhile. Still they eventually rust. Cut hooks are the biggest culprit. I know of some who hook their plugs when they go out. Then remove after. Split rings for sure. I do some needles w/splits but prefer my atom style swimmer w/o splits. Anyhow the rusted polka dots looks a little like a odd wonderbread option.