How Many Lures Do You Have?

[Josh Smith]

My name is Josh and I'm a lure addict.

 

OK, so maybe not.  I like to have a selection. 

 

Throughout my life, I've had ever-larger tackle boxes.  I now have three of them.  Two were given to me by grandpa, with one being a super-organized live bait dedicated box that he inherited from a friend.  I will not ever want for hooks again if I live to be 100.

 

My lures are mostly contained in one of those big FLW boxes.  It's overflowing.  I also have a shoulder bag that's also overflowing.

 

It seems that each lure I have, I have to have two different sizes of that lure, with every color variation that I can get.

 

There are lures in there I justify owning because I once caught bass on each of them.  Maybe it was five years ago and the bass was 10".  It doesn't matter; it stays!

 

Am I alone in this type of thing?  This tackle box weighs as much as a car battery... And I consider a light load for walking around a lake to be three or four rods (MH or two MH, M, and UL) and that heavy shoulder bag.

 

I take the boat out, I'm loaded down even more.

 

Anyone else?

 

Josh

[Catch and Grease]

If I had boatloads of money I would have boatloads of lures.

But I'm not rich so I only have enough tackle to fill up a tackle box I got from academy.

[gulfcaptain]

Lets just say I need more storage for what I have.....I have gottern rid of the bait monkey, but then found this bait gorilla that I adopted.  Are we counting the lures we have, or the ones on order I haven't recieved as well as the pre-order baits that haven't arrived yet but already have an order for also?  

[Maxximus Redneckus]

I have enough soft plastics and topwater to start a business

[Primus]

    I have no idea, it would be a project to count them . 

[tomustang]

There is no solution, get a bigger bag or bigger boat and you inherent the same problem, you stuff more in.

It's a never ending process

[Maico1]

It is all just part of the program.....

[PersicoTrotaVA]

I have 2 cardboard boxes from TW that are full of plastics. I have a big Plano tacklebox that has more plastics, spinnerbaits, and 2 3700s filled with crankbaits.  My tacklebag has more stuff in it too.  Stocking stuffers are a plenty though.

[tholmes]

Hi! I'm Tom and I'm a lureaholic. It would probably take me a week to count them, and that;s just the crankbaits. Suffice it to say, the total number would be in the thousands.

 

Tom

[fishballer06]

I suppose it's getting bad whenever you have a box for:

 

Squarebills

Jerkbaits

DT4-6's

DT 10-16's

Shad Raps and assorted crankbaits

1/4oz lipless cranks

1/2oz lipless cranks

Musky/Striper lures

Sinkers

Hooks

2 Topwater boxes

Spinnerbait box

Buzzbait box

Jig box

And then a bag full of about 50 plastics...

[gulfcaptain]

No, you're organized.....it's only a problem when your friends come over and want to shop through your collection because the local tacklestores don't have the same selection you do.

[iabass8]

It would be easier to list the baits we don't have

[Zach Dunham]

I have at LEAST one individual box for each specific type of lure and I have multiple shoulder bags full of soft plastics. It never ends. The more you learn the more you need that you didn't know you needed! BAIT MONKEY!

[kikstand454]

Hi, I'm David and I'm a lureaholic.

I have an embarrassing amount of tackle. Like. ... 6 Tupperware totes full to capacity that I haven't used in 5 years. Plus my everyday load out, plus my kayak specific stuff, plus the small bag in my jeep, and then there's the stack of season specific boxes that I rotate into my everyday load out. I'm pushing 20 something bass rods.

I'm not even counting my inshore/ saltwater stuff.

I have a problem .

I told the Mrs I need to have a yardsale or open a flea market booth to sell some of this great bass stuff that our local stores don't have.

She said that'd be great because then I could spend that money on NEW tackle.

She smiled dryly.

She gets me.

[benthinkin]

Well we all know that what we have is never enough!

[wisconsin heat]

Hi, I'm Chris and I have spent more money on lures than on my car

[buzzed bait]

i'm actually to the point of realization that i had so many un-fished lures i needed to get rid of some.  i've been "purging" lately, but really only freeing up more room and funds for the things i'm really using right now (siebert jigs, trailers for said jigs)

but every time i go to walmart, dick's, bass pro, cabela's, whatever it is at least one lure seems to make its way into the bag and into the car.....

[Raul]

I refuse to answer the question because my answer may incriminate me.

 

Also, I´m really too lazy to actually count them, I ceased counting crankbaits when I got to 600, spinnerbaits when I reached 100 and soft plastics when I stopped counting bags and started by pounds,

 

An example:

 

 

BTW, these are spares, and got another 5 boxes more like those at my business.

[FlipSide]

More than enough, however.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Its still not enough. The bait monkey has ahold of my brain. I keep telling myself to stop buying because I have plenty and its not even winter yet.

 

But still every week I find myself receiving at least one new box filled with tackle. I have a problem.

[Munkin]

Let me state that the first step is recognizing that there is a problem! I have been slowly culling tackle into bins to get rid of over the winter.

 

That being said I have 66quart tubs from Wal-Mart sitting on a wooden pallet in my basement full of lures. There is no way I will ever use 20% of this stuff so it will be sold over this winter. Terminal tackle, line, and maybe some flick shake worms is all I plan on buying in the next 12 months.

 

Allen

[SPEEDBEAD.]

Let me state that the first step is recognizing that there is a problem! I have been slowly culling tackle into bins to get rid of over the winter.

 

That being said I have 66quart tubs from Wal-Mart sitting on a wooden pallet in my basement full of lures. There is no way I will ever use 20% of this stuff so it will be sold over this winter. Terminal tackle, line, and maybe some flick shake worms is all I plan on buying in the next 12 months.

 

Allen

 

I've seen it and he's not kidding. LOL

[Raul]

Let me state that the first step is recognizing that there is a problem!

 

 

 

The only "problem" is having enough room to store all the stuff.

[Brian6428]

I get overwhelmed by having too many types of lures I don't know how to use, and I don't have too much money to drop on lures. 

 

Crankbaits/lipless crankbaits: 8-10 total

Jigs-10 total

Jerkbaits: 5 suspending, 4 rapala countdown

Topwater: 12-14

Terminal: one 3600 3/4 full

Soft plastics: I have a big bin full. Probably between 40 and 60 bags of all sorts

 

I'm definitely still building my tackle collection, but I feel like right now I am limited more by my knowledge than my lack of lures, so I feel pretty good where I am now. I buy lures 2 or 3 at a time, based on what I think will be working on my next trip. 

[OntarioFishingGuy]

I refuse to answer the question because my answer may incriminate me.

 

Also, I´m really too lazy to actually count them, I ceased counting crankbaits when I got to 600, spinnerbaits when I reached 100 and soft plastics when I stopped counting bags and started by pounds,

 

An example:

 

 

BTW, these are spares, and got another 5 boxes more like those at my business.

Oh gosh, I'm a sucker for NIB Rapalas.

[Heron]

Zoiks....I must be the only one here who is able to fight off this, bait monkey, and keep him at bay.   I probably only have between 40-50 baits TOTAL, and even then, I am at the point of needing to purge my collection.  Im no longer interested in trying this, and trying that.  Time to reduce my small collection even further to include only those baits and rigs that work best.  Simplification is a virtue. 

 

(I currently have 28 bags of soft plastics for sale, posted on the flea market)

 

I am a shore angler, and just started fishing again late last summer, after not having fished for about 18 years.  So I entered into this new venture with a few points of understanding..

 

> Im on foot, so pack light.  No need to take anything that wont fit in my knapsack.  The fish will always be there. 

> Baits are made catch fisherman, moreso than fish

> What baits work? all of them do.

> My collection of which baits works best, will already be limited by the shorelines in which I fish in.

> Dont go chasing colors.  If the fish are not liking the colors Im using that day - they will like them another day. 

> Its not the bait that catches the fish - its the fisherman.

> Learn the fish first - then learn TO fish

> I only get to fish for about 2-3 hours at a time.  Not enough time to warrant a giant bait collection.

> My goal for fishing is to obtain the ability to assess the conditions of the day, and then be able reach into my knapsack, and pull out, the right bait to use. 

> If I didnt catch anything, then either I was doing it wrong, or the fish were not there.  It was no fault of the bait. 

> Catching more fish comes with gaining more knowledge and experience - not from buying more stuff.

> Your mind is a better tacklebox, 

 

This mindset has served me well to keep the bait monkey away, without any loss of fish, or enjoyment.

 

But thats just me.