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Author:
DV
Date:
May 31, 2010
Subject:
How do YOU store your soft plastics?
Message:
For years I have been storing my jerk shads, creature baits, worms and senkos in skinny full size plano's and just recently noticed that some baits that have been in the box for 3-4 years are much more faded than spares I left in the original bags. Tonight I sorted my 4 boxes of plastics into ziplocks and put drops of fish oil for scent & lube and while they seem new again, only problem is "out of sight out of mind". Now I have a zillion bags that look the same, I don't want to ruin my assortment of baits but I also want to be able to quickly glace at what I have available. How do you guys store your plastics, esp the tourney crowd seeing as you need to flip through rather fast and have lots of $ in baits? Also anyone else notice senkos getting "water logged" the ones that have been fished turn a different color and are much more pliable? Tiki sticks do the same thing while yum dingers seem to be fine. Does the salt just dissolve away?
Author:
PECo
Date:
May 31, 2010
Message:
I keep mine in the original bags and store them vertically in a soft-sided insulated kids lunchbag I bought at Walmart. There's an external zipper pocket in which I keep a few different kinds of hooks. I don't have all the options that you keep on hand all of the time, but I have everything I need to fish wacky-rigged or weightless Texas-rigged. Of course, my little kayak doesn't have the hauling capacity of your canoe. . . .
Author:
Stratos17
Date:
May 31, 2010
Message:
I usually buy a bag or two for a specific trip, sometimes more. What I have left opened I store in a plano box. I'm guessing I have 5 boxes of soft plastics in my boat by the season end.. It's also a good way to build a good assortment of sizes and colors. There's nothing worse when you are on a good bite not to have any soft plastics on board. At the end of the season I give to my buddys kid what I wont use again. I couldnt imagine not be able to carry enough. God bless the non-boaters and the guys in small crafts. Seems everytime I drive by Dick's or Cabelas I'm in there buying something that goes in the boat
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