Worm Storage? Bag Or Box?

[Fishes in trees]

The correct answer is "all of the above"  Keep soft plastics in their original packaging, unless that packaging is broke, then, for the most part quart sized zip lock freezer bags work.  Keep similar styles of soft plastics grouped together in gallon size zip lock bags.   You may have to go to sub categories here.   For instance, in the category of "finesse worms" there is a separate gallon zip lock for Trick worms, another for 5" paddle tail worms, another for Brewer Slider worms, another for off-brand 4" to 6" straight tail finesse worms.   Zoom finesse worms rate their own bag and so forth.

 

Spare and overflow soft plastics are kept in plastic shoe boxes ( available at Walmart for around a buck each )   Now, however many different categories of soft plastics you think you need, these go into a canvas bag or a duffle bag.  My boat has a minimal amount of storage, so I just throw the bag on the boat floor and try not to trip over it.

 

Please be mindful that there isn't any perfect soft plastic storage method, and for me at least, everything is subject to change and re-organization.

[Bankbeater]

I keep them in their bags. Then I fold the bags and put them in a 370 box. I have a box for creatures, worms, and soft jerkbaits.

[JT Bagwell]

I leave all of my soft plastics in whatever bags Yamamoto ships them in. Sometimes it is the 10 count bags and sometimes it

is the 100 count bulk bags. It just depends what it is.

[Joedodge]

Thanks for all the great replys everyone. It's awesome to see the different opinions

[MichiganBass80]

BPS has them listed at $24.99

 

 

Thats the Terminal tackle satchel.  Basically the same thing as the one I have, but it comes with 8 boxes that you store inside of the bigger box. Thus the $25 price tag.  I noticed they had the same thing on TW, along wit the one I posted.

[corn-on-the-rob]

I used to keep everything in original bags, then put same types together in a large freezer bag, It is great for space efficiency but it was always a pain for me to find the item I needed.

 

I switched this year to plano boxes (3700) and each can hold a good amount of plastics. For example just pick up my drop shot box, and I can readily see and take anything I have in there without sorting through stuff, just grab, open, pick, close, done. Now that I have voiced this as a great option, there are two down sides:

 

Space efficiency - Although organized and clean the boxes take up a rigid space that is larger than using plastic bags. In a boat this can work but as a co-angler it may not be possible to lug around a ton of boxes if you needed them.

 

Capacity - The 3700 boxes I have will hold 9 different plastics around 15-20 in each slot. This is decent but for many fisherman 9 different worms in a "worm" box would not even come close to cutting it so you would need multiple boxes for just one style of plastic.

 

That being said the limited capacity works really well for me. It makes me limit what I carry so I have to slim down and only put in what I consider essential items. I have a box of each of these plastics: drop shot, worm/grub, fluke/paddletails, craw/tube, creature/beaver. For example in the drop shot box I have 3 colors of powerbait minnows both in 3'' and 4'', 3 colors of small drop shot tubes, and 3 colors roboworm. It is a simple selection but I feel in almost any conditions that the selection would work sufficiently. I also like it a lot because when I have fewer selections I don't constantly second guess myself during a tournament.

[Hyrule Bass]

in the original packaging, always. may combine one or two baits from one bag into another new bag of the same exact plastic to save on space...

[tnbassfisher]

Thats the Terminal tackle satchel.  Basically the same thing as the one I have, but it comes with 8 boxes that you store inside of the bigger box. Thus the $25 price tag.  I noticed they had the same thing on TW, along wit the one I posted.

Ahh. My mistake