how do you guys organize your soft plastics?

[simplejoe]

I'm with RW, I keep them in the original package then put' em in a plano box. I have all of the plano boxs marked worms, craws, ect.,ect.

[.ghoti.]

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.

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I have the double bag.

I use these too. The double sided version.

One bag has Senkos on one side and Ikas on the other.

One bag has flukes on one side and tubes on the other.

One bag has straight tail worms on one side and curl tail worms on the other.

One bag has all "creature baits; Space Monkeys, Lobsters, craws, power hawgs, hula grubs, etc.

One bag I use for short trips and bank walking, and has a little bit of everything.

I label the bags on each side with a Sharpie.

[Team9nine]

I usually only carry about a dozen bags or less of plastics with me, and they're mostly just trailers for jigs. Easiest thing I've found is to just toss them 'as is' into a small worm binder bag (I use a Plano one) as has already been posted (see fmoore, ib_of_the_damned, etc.). If you want to get a little fancy just take a paper hole punch and put one or two holes in the original bags to fit your rings. No sense wasting time swapping out your plastics into some generic zipper bags and having to relabel everything, IMO. Just keep them in their originally labeled bags as long as they're resealable (most are now days).

If you ever start building your collection of plastics into the 'dozens of bags' category (or more), then you'll need a larger and probably more organized system. Until then don't waste too much time worrying about it.

-T9

[rondef]

I use Rage Tail baits and I leave them in the plastic clam shells inside the bags.  I take what ever ones I am going to use for a fishing trip and put them in the side pocket in my tacklebox.  I have two big plastic storage boxes in a closet to store all of the other bags of baits that I am not using.  I got a great deal at Boaters Warehouse when they went out of business and I bought approximately 150 bags of baits so I have a good supply to choose from.

[mozy]

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.

When you acquire more plastics, which will happen, I agree with this.

[tnbassfisher]

Nothing special. The baits just stay in their original packaging, and I throw them into my tackle bag. I need to invest in a binder as I am getting too many to wade through every time I want a new bait.