I was messing around with an old red eye shad which had rust on it's hooks and as i was putting it away my lucky craft sammy slid out of its box.  I was admiring the sammy so i tested out the hooks to see if they would grab my finger.  it turns out they were sharp but the problem is i was testing my red eye shad's hooks right before that.  could the rust spread from the strike king red eye shad's hooks to the lucky craft sammy's hooks?

I don't think rust is contagious!  

If you're really concerned about rust with the Sammy, (and with a lure like that, who wouldn't!) Bull frog makes a rust block, that you my want to get!

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is this a serious question?

yeah, I was just wondering.  they never taught us anything about rust in school all I know is that rust is caused by oxygen.  and i'm in advanced science.

I don't think rust is contagious!

Nothing to worry about, just take better care of that sammy so it doesnt end up like the red eye

yeah, the sammy is great on schooling bass. It would be a shame for it to rust.  

Rust may be or may be not "contagious", it depends, put a rusty hook in extended contact to a non rusted hook and the non rusted will rust with time.

But the important thing here is not if rust is contagious or not, what is important is why the rust appears, and rust appears when the object in question remains for an extended period of time in an environment that promotes rusting, like humidity; leave you baits in a moist t-box and they will rust, toss them inside the box without allowing them to dry thoroughly and they will rust, leave them imbeded in a salted bait and they will rust ( and they rust in a matter of hours ).

In order to keep your hooks from rusting you must be shure they are not in a moisty environment, a couple of packs of silica gel ( moist absorber ) in you t-box keeps the moisture inside the box in low levels.

Raul is right on this one.  Keeping your tackle boxes/bags dry is the key.  Also a good trick is to spray your baits with KVD Line & Lure Conditioner.  It has corrosion inhibiters in it that really do the job of keeping oxidation down... spray it on, let air dry and your done.  

Rust may be or may be not "contagious", it depends, put a rusty hook in extended contact to a non rusted hook and the non rusted will rust with time.

But the important thing here is not if rust is contagious or not, what is important is why the rust appears, and rust appears when the object in question remains for an extended period of time in an environment that promotes rusting, like humidity; leave you baits in a moist t-box and they will rust, toss them inside the box without allowing them to dry thoroughly and they will rust, leave them imbeded in a salted bait and they will rust ( and they rust in a matter of hours ).

In order to keep your hooks from rusting you must be shure they are not in a moisty environment, a couple of packs of silica gel ( moist absorber ) in you t-box keeps the moisture inside the box in low levels.

I also have put silica packs from shoe boxes in my tackle box for years.....No rust in my box!

Just think of how many of those packs you have pitched into the trash,Now you might just have a use for them