Some of my older stored zonker jigs with bronze & red hooks had some nasty rust spots especially on the shank under the hide. Tossed the worse ones, but two that looked borderline useable actually broke on battles with must have been record fish! Just got a new batch of zonker strips and chanced a taste test and found the hide salty! A good rinse in warm fresh water seems to have leached out most of the salt. Anyone else have a similar problem?