plastics - storage ?

[reelemin]

ok so I'm getting more and more into using plastics for ice fishing, and even open water.

My question is storage?

what I do now is:

* I put most plastis that aren't in some form of a liguid into a plastic tackle containter.

* the stuff in jars and bags that have liquid I just keep in the pag or jar.

Question - is what I'm doing ok - can the liquid stuff also go in the tackle containers ( so out of the liquid packageing ) - can they be intermixed in the tackle container, will the sents get screwed up ??????????

what I would like to do - is put everything in tackle containers and have NO jars or bags, is this a possible?

What do all you do ???

[Deitz Dittrich]

Reele---I do pretty much as you do.. I have a tackle box that is only for plastics. Keep the seperated as much as possible as colors will fade. Try and keep them flast as they can pick up a kink as well.. I myself dont buy the stuff that is in liquid.. as then I dont have to deal with that.. LOL.. call me lazy!

[Lisa Almquist]

I leave all my plastics in their original ziploc bags. Are they ok to store them like that?

[Deitz Dittrich]

Yeppers! But often times not as easy to sort though quickly... I sort mne by in the tackle box by color and style.

[JP Z]

Lisa,

That is also what I do. I figured if they weren't meant to be stored in their own bags than why did the mfg put them there in the first place.

Reele,

As for the baits in the liquids, I assume you would be talking Gulp. That stuff needs to stay in a sealed container as it will dry out.........and then becomes unusable.

[reelemin]

jpz - thats what I assumed, I've had the spill and came back to find them all dried out.

DD - I sort the same way you do So then you don't use any of the liquidy stuff huh ? other stuff work just as well ?

Lisa - I started out keeping everything in its original wrapping but that was apain in the rear so took a chance on the tackle containers, much easier!!!!!

[reelemin]

another question

can you reuse and reuse most plastics, until they are totally taddered or do they lose there "magic" after awhile ?

[Deitz Dittrich]

TJ- I think with some like Gulp and the such they are pretty much one use plastics.. Others as long as you can get them off the hook without much trouble.. I dont think there is any "magic" to them.. go ahead and re-use if possible.

[reelemin]

Ahhh Deitz - no ones called me TJ since high school - I kinda like it

thanks for the info. I usally do use most plastics until they can't stay on the hook any longer. So just wondering if that was ok.

[Northlander]

I will take my gulp products and toss them into the gulp "alive" liquid container and they have been fine using them over and over. One thing is dont let the liquid freeze. Take gulp products inside when it real cold. Otherwise they will freeze solid and the Alive liquid will freeze up and crystalize. I found this out the hard way at Burntside. Had to get the Alive container hanging over my heater to thaw it out.

Yes the Burntsied lakers like the Alive Smelt. I hooked 5 on them. Walleyes also like them. I dont know if its any better than the Power Baits because I catch fish on both but I sure do like the scent it gives off.

Lets face it confidence goes a long long way in fishing. I have caught fish (gaining confidence)on the Gulp Alive and power baits so it gets on my hooks often. If you have confidnce in a bait it will be on your hooks more often and you will catch more fish on it.

Plastics have imporoved my fishing. At times I will "piggy back" plastics and live baits. Adding more scent, bigger profile and being able to slow the drop rate can often times put more fish on your hooks.

Play around, catch a few fish and get some confidence and you to will be using more plastics. Hard and Soft water.

[delmuts]

just to add another $.02 !

as i don't have tons of plastics,( this is open water only !) i keep mine in zip loc snack size storage bags. i only carry 10-20 pc of each type. these bags fold and store so much easier than most of the plastic bags they come in. then i keep these in a plano box/boxes. only don't mix colors! and don't mix brands either!( i did this and ended up with a BIG gummy mess! )

i use plastics til they aren't useable any more. this may be for one fish, or several. del

[NCLaker]

Flambeau makes a great tackle box for your micro jigs & plastics. Checkout the Blue Ribbon Fly boxes. The model I have - half it can be used for holding your jigs securely, the other side has small compartments for holding your small plastics. Keeps things very organized in a small container. Works much better then having to dig through a bunch of plastic bags. They have pictures on their HSOforum - and at Dick's.

[Craig Plummer]

GUlp definately drys, I found out cause I left a [PoorWordUsage] shad on my hook and once it dried I couldn't even get it off of my hook

[CALVINIST]

Recently I put my Little Atom plastics in very small Ziploc bags (you can find these at craft stores). Then I organized all the small plastic bags into a bigger one(not really big). Hoping to expand on this idea in the future. The idea is to have one bag for Little Atom plastics, another for Custom Jigs and Spins plastics, another for Maki plastics, etc.

[Jim Hudson]

I store most all my plastics in Plano trays.. Carrying a variety in a tray each time on the ice.. But this is mainly for back-up.. For my main supply, I use Tackle Pouches from Todays Tackle.. I put a few of my main colors of each type of plastic into seperate pouches.. These are then thrown into an upper pocket of my Ice Armor Jacket.. Slick way to stay light and mobile while hole hoping.. If you run out, just go to the plano tray and re-stock..

[CALVINIST]

Never heard of those, Jim. Look pretty slick.

[reelemin]

yea - I've thought about those, may have to revisit that idea.

[Azrael]

I’ve done the same thing. I found that if you soak them in a bucket of water, they’ll soften back up.