plastics storage

[set_the_hook]

How do you like to store soft plastics in your boat? i have most in binders and some in plano boxes out of their original bags.

[midnighthrasher]

I keep all plastics in their original plastic bags and then i sort the into modified bps 370 boxes

[Fishes in trees]

I try to keep plastics in their original bags as much as possible.  Same styles, different colors are kept together in gallon zip lock bags.  Gallon bags are stored in larger nylon or canvas tackle bags.  I don't keep any gear in my boat, due to a theft issue I experienced several years ago.  Because my boat has no lockable storage, anything stolen out of my boat isn't covered.  If I lock it in my SUV it is covered.  That point has been fully researched by my insurance agent.   Since I started this system I haven't had anything stolen, even though the back of my SUV looks like a tackle store.  (windows are smoked, it isn't easy to see inside)

That goes for all my baits and rods too.  Cranks & spinnerbaits are all in utility boxes which get transfered into the SUV at the end of the day.  Rods go into overhead  storage.  I can fit 2 dozen rods/reels into my rod rack.

It sounds like a pain in the butt, and it is, but my insurance agent is happy with it and he's got a current inventory (relatively)  of all my gear in my file in his office.  So, if anything bad happens again, this time I'm covered.

Loading/unloading takes 15 minutes if you hit it, 30 or so if you take your time.

The next time I upgrade boats, my plan is buy a boat with smarter storage and put locker bars on all compartments.  That is a ways away for me right now.

[Brian B]

Same as Fishes In Trees, I keep mine sorted by type in 2 gallon bags.  I don't bring a ton of plastics with me, so this usually does the trick.

[BucketBuster]

I actually use one of those little plactic storage bins that you can buy at Walmart or Target. My soft plastics fit perfectly in it, and I am able to keep the plastics in the original bags. Also, I use dividers to seperate curly tail worms, finesse worms, craws, tubes, etc and it doesn't take up much space and fits everything pefectly.

[Eternal Angler]

I second keeping them in plastic bags. When I was younger I use to put them in plastic cartridges in the bottom of my Plano box. Had a few melt downs.

I think they stay cooler in plastic bags, I could be wrong though.

[bassfisherjk]

I keep all my plastic's in the bag they came in.Those are kept in a xtra large baggie inside my tackle bag.When I get the bag out I can see what I want to get quickly.

[A-Rob]

I fish out of different boats so I just keep all my gear in my browning soft tackle bag, in the 370 boxes. I keep enough of every lure in each slab that I can fish all day.

I don't actually own multiple boats haha I just fish out of different peoples, or my tin boat.

[A-Rob]

oh ya sorry, and the left overs stay in the original packaging or a ziplock baggie, and leave it in my dresser....definitely don't need it for clothes!

[bunkerbstr]

Here's what I do:

-I have 3700 boxes filled with each of the plastics I use (tubes, craws, senkos, lizards).  I keep the 3700 boxes full/in the boat and have back-up inventory left at home.  Like others mentioned, I store the back-ups in the Rubbermaid storage containers (shoe box size) at the house. 

The only soft plastics I keep in the packs (onboard) are Powerbait items and of course the Gulp stuff.  Otherwise, they get thrown in a 3700 box which gives me the quanity & variety I need.

[Hot Rod]

I buy the deeper, single section (no dividers) 3700 type boxes.  They are about twice as deep as the regrlar boxes.  I leave all my plastics in their original pouches then file the pouches in the 3700's.  They hold them in two rows side by side, standing up and facing foward.  Therefore I can flip though the bags to get the color, length, brand, model, etc I need. 

they fit perfectly in my boats compartment when stacked on their back edge.

I have a 3700 for each type of bait (one for tubes, one for finnese worms, etc.).  I make a label for each so I can easily ID them and pull them out of the boat compartment when needed.

Its really like haveing a "library" of baits at my fingertips.

Since I've been doing it like this all the baits keep there shape better and when I'm running low on a bait it is easy to know what to replace/buy since I still have them in the original bag.  I used to take them out of the bags and put them in compartmental boxes.  But they'd get bent/balled up and sometimes I wasn't sure what the color or exact length the bait was when it came time to re-order.

The system I use now works much better for me.

I keep two more of these type of 3700 with assorted extras of my favorite baits.  Beyond that if I need to keep a few extra bags of a "hot" plastic baits in the boat, then I just put the pouches in a one gallon zip lock bag and keetp it in the back of one my boat's compartments.

[bass or bass ?]

I use a 3 ring notebook binder with the large rings. Then I fill it with the plastic sleeves for protecting papers, and load the sleeves with the baits in their original bags. Easy to find what you want, well organized.

[Ineedanewscreenname20170204]

BPS Finesse binder - works well for me but I miss not having original package...

[Big Bait Fishing]

browning jumbo binder , in the binder i keep baits in the original bag , yup , my binder is stufffed

[bilgerat]

I have plastics from the 80's that are like new in texture and smell. Experiment with mixing a few. You will come up with swirl patterns that no one else will have.

Don't sweat it if they don't look like anything that swims in the water, does anything in our tackle boxes look like anything in the water ?