how do you guys organize your soft plastics?

[reeetep]

i have about 12 bags of soft plastics and i dont know how to organize them. should i leave them in the bag bc i heard that it keeps the sent in.

[roadwarrior]

Leave them in the bag and keep

the bags in a Plano type plastic box.

8-)

[Grey Wolf]

Leave them in the bag and keep

the bags in a Plano type plastic box.

8-)

X2

[J Francho]

FTO Speed bags work great for me.  I use a carbiner to clip them to my tackle bag.

[Jig Man]

I put mine in labeled clear boxes by bait type: craws, jig trailers, swim jig trailers, beavers, brush hogs, shaky worms, drop shot, etc.

[Hammer 4]

Leave em in the bags and toss them into my 3700 storage boxes..For the used plastic's, I get the ziplock bags, after dipping them in JJ's Magic, I then sort them by color..And yes, my tackle boxes do smell..lol

[moby bass]

I have mine in their original bags. I store those in a fairly large plastic storage box, like you find at Wal-Mart. It's about 16"x14" by about 6' deep. When I go fishing, I frequently put that whole box into the car, then I can make a decision about what I want to use when I get there. I take out whatever packages of plastics I want and put them in my tackle box, pockets, or some other small

carry bag. If I change my mind about something, I can go back to the car and get a new package.

Maybe not the most efficient but it works for me.

[Hammer 4]

That's why I carry a backpack...you can get a lot of plastic's in there...

[aarogb]

With only 12 bags I would go with the FTO bags like J Francho said.

If you keep fishing for awhile you will probably accumulate a lot more plastics.  Once that happens I suggest you get a duffle bag and put one type of plastics like "straight tail worms" in a Zip-Loc bag and label it "straight tail worms." 

After you label all of your Zip-Loc bags throw them in the duffle bag and you are ready to go.

[grimlin]

FTO Speed bags work great for me. I use a carbiner to clip them to my tackle bag.

I use the one from BPS and another one from Plano(from dick's sporting goods)...I like the Plano binders much,much better.You can get about 20-24 packages of baits in any one of those binders.I leave mine in the bags.

[hawgwalker]

With only 12 bags I would go with the FTO bags like J Francho said.

If you keep fishing for awhile you will probably accumulate a lot more plastics. Once that happens I suggest you get a duffle bag and put one type of plastics like "straight tail worms" in a Zip-Loc bag and label it "straight tail worms."

After you label all of your Zip-Loc bags throw them in the duffle bag and you are ready to go.

Works for me. I use gallon sized freezer bags and a sharpie. I have one each for senkos, tubes, lizards, drop shot and worms.

[NewKidInTown]

Leave them in the bag and keep

the bags in a Plano type plastic box.

8-)

What he said

[okiefisher8]

I use the plastics bag from bps

[I.rar]

i take out 3-5 of whatever plastics and put them in a sandwich bag in the backpack. so instead of carrying around 20 count bags of plastics , i only carry what i need for that outing.

[ib_of_the_damned]

I use worm binders like these from bass pro:

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_37107_100011010_100000000_100011000_100-11-10

I put in about 5-10 worms per bag in the binder. It works rather well for me. I use two, one for 3-5in worms, the other for larger 6"+. Just toss em into a backpack with a plano type tackle box and your set. You have everything you could possibly need for that trip, without taking the whole pack.

[Stasher1]

If I plan on carrying several packs of soft plastics with me, I sometimes stick them in an el cheapo insulated lunch box like this...

It can easily hold a dozen bags, has a smaller external pocket for my used plastics, and has a shoulder strap for easy transport.

[fishfordollars]

Leave them in the original package. I then throw them into a used plastic bag from Walmart. Just dig through them for what I want.

[fmoore]

Here's my system:

I have one binder for craws, one for Senkos, one for soft swimbaits, etc

[K_Mac]

I use this bag. It keeps things in their place, making inventory a lot easier. It has plenty of outside pocket room to keep "active" and used baits. Everything remains in the original package.

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_37109_100011010_100000000_100011000?cmCat=CROSSSELL_PRODUCT

I have the double bag.

[BriBass]

With only 12 bags I would go with the FTO bags like J Francho said.

If you keep fishing for awhile you will probably accumulate a lot more plastics. Once that happens I suggest you get a duffle bag and put one type of plastics like "straight tail worms" in a Zip-Loc bag and label it "straight tail worms."

After you label all of your Zip-Loc bags throw them in the duffle bag and you are ready to go.

Works for me. I use gallon sized freezer bags and a sharpie. I have one each for senkos, tubes, lizards, drop shot and worms.

This is EXACTLY what i do too.. works great for me 8-)

[Munkin]

Keep the baits in the original bags then but all bags of each type of bait into a 1 gallon freeze bag. Next I fill up one whole rod locker with the 15 freezer bags of plastics I just have to have.

Allen

[flippin and pitchin]

Take a look at the clear plasic shoe boxes at most discount stores. They have a snap on lid. I put my bags in by brand, leaving the baits in the original ziplock bags most manufactures package in these days. I label the top of the lid so if I choose to put one of the boxes in the boat, I can look straight down at the lid and grab the box I need. If I run with another buddy's boat I grab the bag of what I need and it goes in one of my soft tackle bags.

Organization is good until the cost of organizing becomes more than the value of what you are organizing.

[bassin is addicting]

i take out 3-5 of whatever plastics and put them in a sandwich bag in the backpack. so instead of carrying around 20 count bags of plastics , i only carry what i need for that outing.

X2

[knap]

i have a big tackle box that i keep them in but keep them in there bags

[Danny1991]

I leave all my plastics in there original bags which I put in gallon zip-lock bags by type (trick worms, craws, finesse, exc.) Then put all those into a soft sided cooler and into one of the compartments in the boat.