Soft Plastic Organization Tips?

[Kevinator1]

Here is how I do mine. i just take the bags I will be using with me that day.

 

 

[Teal]

A few years ago I found Bob Scott's Easy View Tackle System for organizing my bagged soft plastics in my bass boat. Like everyone I also use a lot of plastic boxes and tackle bags, however when you need a soft plastic quickly, this system works for me.

Tom

Im a zip lock guy. But i just did a search for the Easy View because i hadnt seen one. Definitely looks like a good way to store plastics. You can also store spinnerbaits, jigs, and cranks but, im more interested in soft plastic storage. But i guess the crankbait hangers can be good for temporary storage while fishing until you get back home.

For some of you boaters that havent seen the easy view system, just google it and take a look. Im probably gonna buy it and use it but im sure ill still keep some stuff in ziplock bags too.

Thanks for sharing Tom!! Tom, is the anything I should know about it before i buy one?

[michaelcsalyer]

I keep my soft plastics in the bags they came in then throw them in a deep plano box.

[flipin4bass]

I tend to use Tupperware shoe box size boxes to store at home...I only carry about 20 bags of plastics when I'm out so they go in the side pocket of my tackle bag.

I use the Rubbermaid Roughnecks to keep my plastics organized at home, they are about the same size. I fish out of kayak most of the time so I use a small plano soft bag to carry what I need for day trips. The Tupperware or Rubbermaid boxes are excellent for keeping the factory bags organized at the house.

[Big Bassman]

In the old days we used mostly divided plastic boxes and had to replace them every so often as the well juiced worms would break them down. When Plano came out with the water tite boxes I tried those and liked them because they give a real good seal. Now I use them strictly for worms, lizards and some variables. For craws and swim baits I have gone to the new speed bags which I believe some of you already use. I have one big one in orange color for the craw type baits and one in blue for the fluke and swim type baits. They each hold a minimum of 20-24 bags each. This way I can tell at a glance which bag I want to get into. It allows me to leave the baits in the resealbale bags that they come in which with different scents etc. works best. It also allows me to pick and choose when going with someone else in their boat without disrupting my setup too much.

[flipin4bass]

 

Here is how I do mine. i just take the bags I will be using with me that day.

 

 

I wish I could use a peg board. My garage gets way to hot in the summer here in OK so my tackle has to be stored in the man cave in the house. The wife is still boss as far as what I put on the walls.

[Basseditor]

I too like the waterproof Plano boxes and I leave the baits in their bags. I use the waterproof bags in case I dont close a bag tightly. It helps hold in the scent.

For bulkier plastics like 7" senkos and magnum flukes, I leave them in their bags, but I put those bags in zipperd meshed laundry bags from Walmart. (About $1a bg,) one laundry bag for each type of bait,

[whitwolf]

I'll post a picture when  I get home as I can't figure out how to use the paste feature on a laptop without a mouse.

 

Edit:  Like Kevinator I simply take what I'm going to use that day and some. lol

 

 

[hooah212002]

I'll post a picture when  I get home as I can't figure out how to use the paste feature on a laptop without a mouse.

 

Ctrl + V is the keyboard shortcut for paste (assuming you are using Windows, that is)

[Grizzn N Bassin]

Ziploc at home

. Then ill bring a 2 planos out with me.. nothing fancy but does the job

[BuckMaxx]

I try and leave them in original packages so I can reorder when I get low. I use the clear box and gallon ziplock system

[Felix77]

x2

 

I use gallon ziploc bags with labels on both sides. 

I've broken my soft plastics into 6 catagories and dedicate 1 ziploc to each: Worms, Creatures/Frogs, Swim, Pitch, Senko, and Fluke/Ika/Swimming Senko/Misc.

I pack 8-10 bags of soft plastics in each ziploc.

 

At home I keep my soft plastics in tupperware bins.

 

Same here ... I'm up to 4 bins ... LOL

[xbacksideslider]

There's a major sub-heading - floating and sinking.

You could even add a third category - neutral buoyancy.

Makes a difference of course, depending on presentation technique.

[Bankbeater]

I keep an individual box for creatures, worms, soft jerkbaits, tackle, trailers, and jigs.  I sort my hardbaits by lipless, shallow runner, deep divers, mid range, and topwater. 

[Skeeter Driver]

I found very inexpensive bags at Walmart ... Made by Spiderwire if you believe that. 9 dollars as I recall. They hold 10 zip bags on O-Rings. I sort gear by type vs brand. All flukes in one bag, 5in worms in another, etc. I use those small tags they sell at the key cutting counter of Lowes or Home Depot to mark each case. I have about 15 of see in my boat at any one time and the tags make it easy to find what I need,

[RAMBLER]

Gallon zip locks, too.  Sorted by type, i.e., stick worms, craws, curly tails, creatures, etc.

[hooah212002]

I found very inexpensive bags at Walmart ... Made by Spiderwire if you believe that. 9 dollars as I recall. They hold 10 zip bags on O-Rings. I sort gear by type vs brand. All flukes in one bag, 5in worms in another, etc. I use those small tags they sell at the key cutting counter of Lowes or Home Depot to mark each case. I have about 15 of see in my boat at any one time and the tags make it easy to find what I need,

 

The colors don't bleed together? Or do you use them soon enough as to not matter?

[Highhawk1948]

I too use zip lock bags.  May dump a couple of packs of the same plastics in it and store  them in my boat tackle locker.  I use maybe 3 to 4 colors and can put a handful of them in seperate smaller ziplock bags and drop them in with my rods in my rod locker so they are handy. 

[Skeeter Driver]

The colors don't bleed together? Or do you use them soon enough as to not matter?

I only carry what I need and store the rest in my garage so bleeding had never been a problem.

Let me pass along the actualy name of the bag: Spiderwire Bait Binder. Spiderwire's part number for it is SPA017SPWR-008. The bar code skew # is 20968 58412 1.

Hope that helps.