How do you fix bent soft plastic baits?

[Uncleskippy]

I have done a seach w/o sucess. What is the best technique to straighten bends in soft plastic baits like worms?

Thanks

Uncleskippy

[squigster]

Uncle Skippy,

The best success I have had has been boiling the baits in salted water. You can only put them in for about 5 - 10 seconds or they will get mushy. I used to buy bags of 4" reject worms from a guy down south for next to nothing and do this. It works good if you do it right. The one thing I will tell you is that it will soften the baits. The longer you leave them in the softer they will get. I put them in for 5 to 10 seconds and pull them out with tongs and roll them in salt and make sure they are straight. Give it a try.

[fish devil]

I let them sit int he sun on the deck of my boat.

[bojon]

You can set them on a cookie sheet in a closed up car.The temp will get way up there.I guess you could pin them down on a piece of cardboard box.That would straiten things out.The temp out here,in a Colorado car, really gets hot.If I see a dog in a closed up car I have to fight the urge to go up to it to break the glass.It can kill babies,and pets.I just don't understand sometimes.Years ago my buddy used to make bows,and would laminate the different pieces of wood.This took a 180 degrees to do.He just placed the bow in a close up car while he went to work.I never dreamed it could get that hot.The bows worked,so I guess it was close.