How quickly do you go through plastics?

[thedilettantedad]

I fish them until I can no longer rig it, or I lose it. I even have a couple senkos that have lasted a few fish and a couple trips.

[Cgolf]

1 hour ago, WRB said:

Looking at the op's 2 containers of used soft plastics with hooks in them gathered over a 3 year period clearly indicates he is catching very few bass. Leaving hooks in soft plastics is a poor habit, the hooks rust and they are not being kept sharp.

There are only a few reasons to keep a torn soft plastic would be to mend it because you can't get it anymore or need that day because you ran of that particular soft plastic or want it for a jig trailer.

I like to catch more the 1 bass per soft plastic and sometimes can turn it over and reuse it, sometimes I go through several without catching a bass. I have unused soft plastics decades old and keep hundreds if not thousands in my boat year around. Used soft plastic are discarded in my trash can when I get home and never leave a hook in them.

Tom

That is so untrue it is not even funny. I tend to use baits I can catch 5 fish easily on, and 10 or more on many. I also have very few rust issues now that I use higher quality hooks instead of the standard slider head. That box has baits from just this year, but I do have some in planos that have been rigged longer. Hooks are sharp, baits catch fish just fine. I generally fish plastics on bottom so very rarely will a bait get torn by fish. 

 

Always respected your posts, not sure why you chose to attack my bass catching abilities based on how I store my baits. Since I use the slider heads I use a snap, for a reason, which also allows me to switch out baits quickly too without having to take off a plastic. If a hook point is thrashed the hook is replaced. On the first page had a menace that got me 23 fish in around 2 hours and went through 3 packs in a week with each bait averaging 8-10 fish! Nough said!

[WRB]

39 minutes ago, cgolf said:

That is so untrue it is not even funny. I tend to use baits I can catch 5 fish easily on, and 10 or more on many. I also have very few rust issues now that I use higher quality hooks instead of the standard slider head. That box has baits from just this year, but I do have some in planos that have been rigged longer. Hooks are sharp, baits catch fish just fine. I generally fish plastics on bottom so very rarely will a bait get torn by fish. 

 

Always respected your posts, not sure why you chose to attack my bass catching abilities based on how I store my baits. Since I use the slider heads I use a snap, for a reason, which also allows me to switch out baits quickly too without having to take off a plastic. If a hook point is thrashed the hook is replaced. On the first page had a menace that got me 23 fish in around 2 hours and went through 3 packs in a week with each bait averaging 8-10 fish! Nough said!

Just responded to you said the plastics in the bins represent baits up to 3 years. The soft plastics clearly have jig heads. 

I use hand pours that tear very easily, more then 1 bass is rare. As for leaving hooks rigged with soft plastic for days can dulls hook points from corrosion from thecimpregnated salt content and moisture.

You asked and question and that's my reply, sorry if upset you.

Tom

[Cgolf]

15 minutes ago, WRB said:

Just responded to you said the plastics in the bins represent baits up to 3 years. The soft plastics clearly have jig heads. 

I use hand pours that tear very easily, more then 1 bass is rare. As for leaving hooks rigged with soft plastic for days can dulls hook points from corrosion from thecimpregnated salt content and moisture.

You asked and question and that's my reply, sorry if upset you.

Tom

Just the few bass comment. WI bass are not as picky, steady diet of tubes, grubs, and ugly otters. If I have to finesse them it is the old Netbait slimshake or zoom swamp crawler. Have never owned a handpoured bait. 

 

To be fair i do unrig most of the baits in those boxes at the end of the season, but still have my river bag rigged and ready to go especially if we have a warm winter and the river is open (shore fishing), and some other plastics stashed in a box ready to hit the river if I can sneak out. Only baits rigged from last year are a couple of the swimjigs and swimbaits. When I un rig them I do save the plastic and rerig it the next year. I should really not be so careful with my plastics, they take up too much space in storage. I also like to try new brands and styles every year.