Russelure hooks were rusty after sitting in the off season
In getting ready for this year's offshore season, I was checking through my trolling lures and noticed some of the hooks were a little worse for wear with corrosion. I decided to change them out for some fresh new hooks. The front hook on the Russelure did not have a split ring and that threw me for a loop. Surely you can change out the hooks on this lure and it's not useless once the first hook corrodes! I sent an email to customer service at Russelure and Mike responded quickly to use a split ring. I went and bought some and got straight to work. Here's the steps I followed:
1. Clean up your Russelure and assemble all the tools you'll need.
3/0 Short Shank O'Shaughnessy Trebles match the originals. You can go bigger if you need to.
2. Remove the old rusty hooks
Use split ring pliers to remove the rear hook. Change the split ring also if its rusty!
Use the mini bolt cutters to remove the front hook
3. Install the new split rings and the new hooks
Use your split ring pliers to install the new split rings. You'll add one to the front part of the lure where the old hook was and you may or may not replace the rear one based on its original condition.
The finished product ready to catch fish!
4. Get out and catch some fish!
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My first Jack Crevalle from the jet ski on a 5" silver Russelure!
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