Lure Addiction Confession

[bassin]

Back in the day, when the 100 count bags down at Berkley were more availabe, I used to make many trips down there. The result is a giant plastic container of "reserve" 100 count bags of powerbait that I never tap into anymore. It weighs in at 136.4lbs!!!

I use to find a bait I liked , then buy every color they had thinking I would use them all. But every time I would only use the same three colors....Black, pumpkinseed, and some sort of watermelon.

[backlash 1]

My mechanical room is pretty good size, and i bet you'd swear you're walking into a sporting goods store if you saw it! I've got enough stuff to last a lifetime for sure and every year I just keep adding to it. Big problem is like bassin said, once I get out and start actually fishing I only use the things that have been producers in the past and all my plans for expirmenting pretty much goes out the window.

[FishorDie]

Im a lure-aholic Crankbaits spinners hooks and jigs my tackle bag got so heavy last fall I lifted it up and the whole top ripped of the tackle bag : ( How many who knows but I need more baits and more tackle boxes obviously

[BassProAddict]

Do any of you label your lures INDIVIDUALLY?

[cjac]

Labels no, but if I do think of it at the time I tear off the hang tag part of the crankbait package that says DT4, or DT6, or whatever and put in that compartment. Helps with knowing which are floaters, suspending, countdown, etc (think Husky J's and all the variations). With jigs it helps tell what the weight is, sometimes hard to tell a 1/4 from a 3/8 or 3/16 in hand when that extra little/less weight may help.

Also helps with night-time walleye fishing in the Fall, lots easier than trying to read the imprint on the clear plastic lip of a crank at night with cold hands.

[Shango]

Scum Frogs! I have 19 different frogs. The poppers, original, bigfoot, trophy series, etc. I can't stop!

[rockman]

 Originally Posted By: BassProAddict

Do any of you label your lures INDIVIDUALLY?

Are you serious? I would never get any sleep if I did that,because it would take all of my free time to git 'er done.Oh, where do I begin to answer the original question.I am a tackle fanatic.Lots of lures for bass,pike, and muskie,but mostly bass.Lots of plastics- the list is very long.What's a guy to do?

[Deitz Dittrich]

 Originally Posted By: BassProAddict

Do any of you label your lures INDIVIDUALLY?

BPA- I have at times, taken a sharpie marker and wrote on a bill of a crank exactly how deep the lure ran on a long cast with 10 lb test line. But beyond that, I know which color each of my boxes are and I know where they are in my boat, I have cranks by diving depth and color. Plastics by style.

[BassProAddict]

My Plano's are labelled such that one is labeled "Cranks and Divers",another "Jerkbaits",another "Poppers and Topwater" and "Tackle".

I am thinking of arranging them according to sky/water conditions but I can't push myself hard enough to organize yet.

I also have a "daytripper" box with a combo of hardbaits and worms/senkos.

I dread the day when I've gotten down to organizing my scents and attractants!!!

[Deitz Dittrich]

I see where you are getting at BPA

I do have my somewhat labeled as I said... I have a box of -4 foot cranks, a box of 4-8, a box of 8-12 and a box of 12 +... I do not have my cranks by color... I probably should.

[BassProAddict]

Or maybe I can label them as "successful lures" and "potentially successful lures" hahaha!

[TonkaBass]

I label my 3700's with punch style label maker:

shallow crankbaits

medium crankbaits

medium crankbaits

deep crankbaits

then if I have a bunch of one lure I give them there own box and label it with what lure is in it. Like Magwarts and Down Deep Rattln' Fat Raps

[BassProAddict]

Y'all lube or anti-rust your hooks?

[evinrude19]

i am addicted to plastics!!! i really need to stop i have over 250 bags of senkos,jerkbaits,jig trailors and others but i can control my self on the cranks and i only have about 50 of those hahhaa

[hanson]

I know this is bad, but for my walleye cranks, I have one specific lure style (various colors) per Plano box.

Smithwick Super Rogues, Smithwick Pro Rogues, Rapala Husky jerk-baits (one of 14s and one for 12s), Rapala Original Floaters (one for F13s & one for F11s), Rapala X-Rap box (haven't got enough to split them off into sizes yet!), another Plano box for Storm Thundersticks, 'nother for Rapala Shad Raps, and one for Shallow Shad Raps, couple boxes for different size Minnow Raps. Haven't got into pulling Reef Runners yet or that will be a few more boxes.

You can seriously make it as sick as you want to. But in my opinion, keeping them organized and protected and in a way that keeps you efficient on the water is the most important aspect!

[BassProAddict]

In all honesty, who of you have more lures than fish EVER CAUGHT? Hahaha

[Bigeye30"]

What a topic, I just finished putting all my cranks in boxes according to diving depths, well just before that I ran and bought 8 more boxes as I was a little unorganized and figured I would need the extra space, ya I used all but three of them, plus the five from before, so good news is I know have three extra boxes that I can fill up, but walking into Gander tonight I was thinking I must be addicted to these things, I wonder if anyone else has this issue, oh I just laugh when I log on here and right at the top is this post. Well I counted my cranks to be at 117. The worst part is everytime I walk into a store I see about another hundred or two that I don't even have and think they would work. Guess I'll just keep on buying lol. Know I got to get the jigs done,

[HeIsLegend]

Just bought a 150 of these within the past year. Different color, size and brands of course

[Ray Esboldt]

Are you guys serious? I just throw them in an open slot that fits. Though I do try to segregate shallow cranks and deep cranks. And, I have a bit of an informal organization system for plastics. But, I honestly don't invest time in it. You guys really are addicted!

[Fever]

Just curious Bigeye30, how big is that eye in your avitar? It looks huge.

[Bigeye30"]

28" no idea on weight, wished I would have gotten a girth measurement but didn't, seemed to be a little fatter than most. that one was from Jan of this year, CPR.

[TonkaBass]

Nobody has posted pics yet so I thought I would of my hard baits. Not as many as many, but it gets me by.

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Here is how I label them so I know whats in each box in my boat.

And here is my big floating tackle box.

[TonkaBass]

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[Craig Plummer]

wow!

[tanman]

man we would get along just fine!