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I’ve seen some people taking their plastics and putting them in tackle trays. Should I? Or leave them in packs? I have plenty of open room in storage still on my boat so that’s not an issue. Just want to know what you all do
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I put some in tackle trays in the past. Over time some of them got gummy and stuck to the tray. Probably from the heat of being stored in the car trunk. I keep them in the pack and put the packs in a folio/flip folder type soft sided case. I just flip through the "pages" to find what I need. YMMV.
I leave them in the packs and use the Plano 3731 open container to store them.
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This bag is the bomb for crappie plastics storage but it is expensive. It is, however, good quality.Attachment 386991
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Never seen them. But will definitely look into them, thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by CocoLoco
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I use a 10$ option with clear sleeves from academy. I leave the bait in the original pack and slide that down in the clear sleeve. When I start fishing I look at the water get one of the bags that contain the three colors I'm gonna try first. Get one bait of each color out and put them back up. Never had a problem.
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zip-lock snack bags.
I use the trays with a few drops of Mineral oil in each slot, works great.
For wading I use the zip locks as well with a color/lure selection. At home storage once the bag is opened I put the bag in a zip lock for double sealing. Baits stay factory fresh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spoonminnow
Bob
For longer lures I find zip-locks allow them to stay nice and straight. If not right out of the bag, I put them in hot water for a minute to make sure.
Doesn't matter what the lure. If there's unwanted curves, no bait works IMO. Colors also stay unstained by other colored lures in the tackle box.
I leave some of mine in the bag only because when it comes time to restock I will know the exact color name and size
Some soft plastics will react with other plastics. I've had some melt into goo, some cheap plastic tackle boxes get melted a little, and so on. Some soft plastics will stain others around then. Some won't. Crappie Magnets seem really stable. They don't melt, bleed color, etc. I had a z-man TRD that turned to goo in a plano 3700 box. It didn't affect the box.
Because of the above, I suggest plastic containers that are made to resist such things. Whether it be the factory bags, "worm binder" bags, or whatever.
Remember that I'm old, and soft plastics have changed a lot over the years, but the z-man issue was recent. In their factory bag, they are fine. Most soft plastics I use don't bleed or melt or any of that nonsense. I tend to use Bobby Garland and Trout Magnet brand stuff right now. Beetle spins and bett's spin bodies also don't have issues.
Keep plastics and hair jigs apart. I've ruined many hair jigs over the years with soft plastics reacting and gumming the hair jigs up.
I use both. The fast movers get into a small compartmented Plano type box. Others stay in the pack and go into a bigger Plano that will accommodate the size of the bags. That’s mostly for my trolling stuff. I also use the Itty Bitty swimmers a lot. They’re just too small to keep the bags around and they go into a small double sided Plano box. If you have a place that you can keep some extra bags at home and not expose all you own, that works better. The Itty Bitty stuff has about a bag in each compartment and all the extras stay home. Makes life a lot easier. They may be small but they need to be straight when stored also.
I keep them in the packs they come in.....which is easy for me to do as I only use 2 different colored Trout Magnets for 99 percent of my fishing......Bison and Sow Bug.
Regards
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I keep mine in a tackle box in a black backpack inside with no problemsQuote:
Originally Posted by Thomas05133
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My ultra light box for bream . Like trypman I put a drop of mineral oil in each bag .There are multiple bags under each other . Attachment 387089
I prefer to keep plastics in the package they came in. Use large, think gallon size ziplock type, freezer bags as they are a bit thicker. Then I gather up bags by color or brand and stick one or 2 bags in a cheap tupperware style container. Grocery store brands work fine and cheaper. This becomes my day box. Store the rest in boat compartment. Got plenty of room for this so I do this with bass plastics and crappie plastics. But if storage is a bit of a problem I would store the bigger bags at home. Restock my day box as needed.
I keep them in the original bag they come in. Then I put those bags in quart ziplock bags sorted into color groups. I keep the most used colors in a compartment up front where I'm fishing for easy access.
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I put mine in a colored box from bass pro keeps sun out and easy to get to.
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