Storing Fishing Gear in a Car?

[seyone]

i have kept soft plastics in my car, and for the most part didn't have too many problems. The big exception is with zman, they all melt together.

[fishwizzard]

19 minutes ago, seyone said:

i have kept soft plastics in my car, and for the most part didn't have too many problems. The big exception is with zman, they all melt together.

 

This is been my experience too. I discovered this when my well-meaning wife picked up a package for me containing about eight packs of the new TRD tubes. I was out of town for work and she ended up leaving it in her car for about a week. In early August, in Maryland, where it regularly gets in the high 80s to high 90s. The tubes definitely ended up rectangular rather than round, but with a little massaging they still fish just as well as some other ones I picked up at the store a few months later.  

 

  I found if I remove a few baits from the pack so they are not crammed in tightly they do perfectly fine.  I also always make a conscious effort to park in the shade, even if I have to hoof it bit further to get where I'm going.  

 

[Raul]

7 hours ago, Bunnielab said:

 

This is been my experience too. I discovered this when my well-meaning wife picked up a package for me containing about eight packs of the new TRD tubes. I was out of town for work and she ended up leaving it in her car for about a week. In early August, in Maryland, where it regularly gets in the high 80s to high 90s. The tubes definitely ended up rectangular rather than round, but with a little massaging they still fish just as well as some other ones I picked up at the store a few months later.  

 

  I found if I remove a few baits from the pack so they are not crammed in tightly they do perfectly fine.  I also always make a conscious effort to park in the shade, even if I have to hoof it bit further to get where I'm going.  

 

 

High 90's .......omg ----> 

it gets THAT HOT here in the middle of the winter...... 

[fishwizzard]

1 hour ago, Raul said:

 

High 90's .......omg ----> 

it gets THAT HOT here in the middle of the winter...... 

 

I think this is why there are divergent opinions about keeping stuff in cars.  A temp of 100f will make the news around here and even an inch or two of show will cause schools to close.  The mid-atlantic is very very temperate most of the time.  

[TX-Deluxe]

You guys think all this stuff is stored in climate controlled distribution warehouses? Lol 

[RMax]

I keep all of my stuff at home in the basement where the temperature fluctuates the least (at least in my house) and remove it if I know that there is a chance at being able to fish.