Plastic Storage

[loadmaster]

Now that I am realy getting into this bass thing with Plastic I have found a problem. How in the heck do you keep all of this seperated? I tried a Plano soft sided plastic holder with the plastic sleeves Rip Off. Tried freezer bags in a tool bag, just can not seem to get a good system going any help?>>>later the load

[delmuts]

seems like you have tried several of the options; i just keep mine in the resealable bags they come in and store them in a soft sided bag and keep this in the boat. several of the guys ( that buy thier plasics in bulk) store the extra ones some where dark so they keep, and then place the ones they want to use in the plastic boxes where you can keep all the styles,colors seperate for fishing.these can be stored in a boat, or placed in a soft sided tackle bag for fishing.

[Deitz Dittrich]

I keep mine in plano 3700 boxes... I keep all the tubes in one box, worms in another, hawg baits in another.. then when I am going I brign the boxes I think I'll use.

[Wayne Ek]

I use the same box as Deitz. For plastic's I use 19 boxes and for hard baits (jigs,hooks,cranks) I have 14 boxes. I also have a small plastic box, that looks like a miniture laundry basket, that sits in the front locker, I keep all the bags of loose plastics that I'm fishing with that day in it, it's just more convenient than digging into one of the plano's.

[Coach Dog]

I store mine in Plano 3700's as well. One for tubes, one for worms, one for trailers & grups, and one for lizards & craws. The last one has all my terminal tackle (jigs, weights, hooks, etc. All fit in a Bass Pro Shops storage bag made for the Plano boxes. It has a shoulder strap so it carries like a duffle bag and I love it. I tried the soft binders with the zip-lock bags in them once, and they are a mess! Everything turns greasy.

[buzzin for bass]

When you put the plastic in the plano boxes do you take them out of the packages they came in or just fold up the bag and stuff it in the slots of the plano? If you take the baits out of their original bags do you have problems with them "drying out"?

[Wayne Ek]

B for B: I usually take all my plastics out and place them in the boxes. Some of my go to plastics I purchase by 100 count and they sit in the little basket. Also, I have 3 half/gallon plastic screw top jars, I put my jig trailers and brush hogs and senko knock offs in these jars and pour the cheapest fish scent I can find over them.

[Deitz Dittrich]

BFB- I have two 4 foot tall storage units(with drawers, kinda like a dresser) that I keep all my 100 packs, from there I trasfer the plastics to the 3700 boxes when needed...

[Vman]

I like the idea of using plano boxes. I will try it out this season. My concern, however, is that the plastics will not store as well in the boxes as they do in the original ziplock package they came in. Do you guys notice any loss of quality?

[Deitz Dittrich]

V-man.. the only plastic I would think you couldnt' do it with is Gulp.. that stuff would dry up and go bad in a hurry.

[RobertELee]

The only problem I've had with using plano boxes is after about 2 years of them in it, the boxes start to warp and change color. I have one I used for tube baits and the lid on it is so warped that it hardly closes. I tried it and now im going back to the bags and putting them in the Falcon worm bags. Just a heads up.

[delmuts]

if you use any of the chompers brand plastics, i would leave those in the bag also.

[Crank It Up Pro]

If you are worried about baits drying out or bleeding togather get some Plano 3730's they are twice as deep than the 3700's so you can keep your baits in their original zip bags and still organize everything,those are what I use.

p.s.(they have the yellow flip latches.

[NEANGLER]

I just bought Falcons plastics bags at Cabelas yesterday. You can get 40 bags in each bag and they seem very durable.Have zippers and a carry handle, made of the same material as the soft sided tackle boxes. They have them in their fishing catalog. They were about $11 a bag, the smaller bag was about $8.