Picked up a vintage taclebox recently and inside was a few jars of pork trailers. This stuff is old...the lids have flaking paint and there are no labels. The brine solution is still there though.

Having trouble getting the bottles open to see just what kind of trailers I have.

Do pork trailers and the brine solution they sit in have a shelf life? Is there any reason why, if the stuff is still soft and pliable, that it wouldn't work. Could the brine solution go bad and become a deterrent to fish?

I have used old rusted lid jars myself with no issues.  I would say as long as the product is still soft you should be good to go.

Give it a taste...

I used some old Uncle Josh successfully this weekend; probably 25 years old.

Lasts along long time!! You'l***ine to use it

I have used old rusted lid jars myself with no issues.  I would say as long as the product is still soft you should be good to go.

 

X2,  As long as the jars are closed tight they're usually good.  I've had old Uncle Josh jars with rusted lids that disintegrated when I tried to unscrew them with a pair of channel-locks, the contents were just fine.

Lol this post made me laugh. I was putting a new floor in my old boat a few years ago and found a bottle of black uncle josh pork frogs that had probably been in the bottom of the boat for a good 15 years. Rusted lid, oily label, and gooey contents on the inside. I opened the jar though and found the trailers to be fine! I put them in my tackle bag and the next trip out caught a 4 lber with one on the back of a jig. It made my day knowing that old school stuff will still catch em.

if the jars have not been sitting out in sun, they pork should still be soft. if it happens to be a bit tuff, sometimes a bit of glycerin will soften them back up.

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just remember to keep them wet after you take them out of the jar.  I don't know how many pork trailers I've had dry out on me because I thought they were all the way in the water.

In case anyone is interested, Overstockbait has Uncle Josh pork trailers on sale for $1.99 a jar right now. That Rage Tail selection is in the 1.99 section as well. Anacondas, Lobsters, Shad, Frog, and Craws all for 1.99 a package. STEAAAAAAAAAAAAAL.