My wife, like many women, can't pass up a yard sale. Usually on Friday afternoon, we'll hit a couple of yard sales on the way home.                   I very seldom if ever, find anything that's of any interest to a fisherman. I have over the years, bought a couple of useable reels, some older minnow buckets, a net, and a few hard baits. Most of the time, I can make a quick walkthrough, and realize that there's not any good fishing stuff.                                              Friday was different. I found another fisherman, whose wife was having this sale. Looking around, I spotted a large box, 24" x 24", stocked full of bags of older soft plastic bass baits. Names like Alron, Creme, Charlie's Worms, Riverside, Chompers,Culprit, and Manns.                                                    I asked the guy about buying the whole box, and, when he said 10.00, I couldn't pass it up.                               Worms of all styles and lenghts, craws, creatures, grubs, and a few things I didn't remember, an example being Mann's Mosquito Hawk, kind of a craw looking bait.                                    Even though these are older baits, they're all still useable. Some are unopened, and most are in they're original bags.Many have dried out over the years.                                                       My question with all this is, what can I add to these bags of plastics to make them slick, so they don't stick together? I know many folks don't recommend adding scent products directly to the bags. I have used Anise oil extract in the past, without any harm. Is there a better option to to make them slick and slippery again? 40 bags of various soft plastic baits for 10 bucks.                                 It was a deal I couldn't refuse. What's the best thing to add to these bags, to restore them?

Looks like you made a good haul.i think with the baits mentioned you’ll be fine with anise oil.

You can add glycerin to lubricate soft plastics and add a few drops of pure 100% anise oil for scent.

If any of soft plastics are stiff or taken a set you can boil them a few minutes and lay them out straight to cool.

Tom 

Looks like you made a good haul.i think with the baits mentioned you’ll be fine with anise oil.

Sadly I can't chime in on a suggestion to help the plastic restoration, but I'd sure love to see a pic or two of some of those older plastics if you feel like posting one! Good luck @Mobasser

yes, we need pics!

I was gonna suggest glycerin

Hell vegetable oil would likely work