BPS brand plastics

[Cory20]

Picked up a pack of their tender tubes over the weekend and I am not pleased.  

My BPS had a very limited brand variety and colors so I had to go with BPS brand to get the right size/color.  

The skirts have many strands that aren't cut and they smell like toxic plastic chemicals.  I took one out to see if I could disguise the smell with anise oil and even that couldn't cover it up.  

Has anyone else run into this with BPS brand plastics?  Is that toxic plastic smell intended to be beneficial?  

I'm thinking I'll be going to the customer service desk on my next trip.

[Jig Man]

Have you poured your own plastics?  That toxic smell is melted plastisol.  My garage smells like that a lot.  

I can make my own tubes but don't want the bother.  I usually buy my tubes from Ztackle.com and they aren't all cut either.  

If you want a different smell, spray something on them.  It might make you feel better but the fish won't care one way or the other.

[Triton9]

i use BPS's version of the senko, they work pretty well for me, and they dont have the scent problem either.

[basspro48]

Like T9 said, I've done very good on the BPS Stik-O's and they are much more cost effective than any other senko type bait IMO. $4 for a pack of 25 8-)

[Jake.]

I tried the Stick-Os and didn't like them. The plastic seemed a little stiff. Maybe I just got a bad batch. :-/

[Raul]

I tried the Stick-Os and didn't like them. The plastic seemed a little stiff. Maybe I just got a bad batch. :-/

You didn 't get a bad batch, they are stiff, on the other hand ..... caught 12 fish with one Stik O, could have caught more but it died in the line of duty when it hung up and I couldn 't save it.  ;D

[Terry_]

Just went into my tackle room and smelled my BPS ripple tail worms. They stink, but I don't smell no chemicals. LOL ;D ;D

[Cory20]

So that's how plastisol smells?  Are you sure it doesn't offend fish?  

I guess I won't return them just yet   :-/

My nose and I were just so shocked when I opened the bag.  

Not like catfish bait shocked...more like this is what made the teenage mutant ninja turtles.

[Tpayneful]

Many baits can have a plastic smell but they will taste like salt if they are salt impregnanted.  Just give it a lick and you will see

[basser89]

I'm not a fan of the tender tubes, but I do use their Magnum Flippin tubes. I have a lot of success with them!

[flippin]

im not a fan of bps plastics because of that fact never really tried them because was always told not too i did see a 6lbder caught on a tender tube at the ohio river actually the biggest fish ive ever seen caught out of the river but i dont have confidence in bps brand just my 2cents

[SENKOSAM]

Plastisol (soft plastic) usually doesn't have an odor and is easily scented by using scented oils, Mega Stike grease or garlic powder in the bag. The plastic baits I pour have zero odor after a few days unless the plastic was overheated. BPS plastics, in general, have no odor and their salted baits taste like salt and nothing else. Can't say I'm a fan of the Tender Tube, having found better from a variety of sources.  I like bulkier 4" salted tube.

[Cory20]

I went with the tender because I've been fishing a heavily pressured, clear water reservoir and my normal "bulkier" bates haven't been cutting it, i.e. 4" senkos instead of 5".  Not a big change, but enough.

I tried leaving one in a bag with some anise oil and it didn't last longer than a few seconds.  

So I'm thinking I might have gotten a bad batch?  I'm going again this thursday and will open some other bags, give a smell, and report back.  

Thanks for all of the insight everyone.

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

Just an FYI- MANY of these baits are made in the same factory as many of our name brand favorites.

[Cory20]

LBH

I am going to give *** tubes a try, don't you worry!  

However, I wasn't thinking ahead and "needed" a certain color.

[Raul]

So I'm thinking I might have gotten a bad batch?

You didn 't get a bad batch, that 's how they smell always.

[SENKOSAM]

LBH

I am going to give *** tubes a try, don't you worry!

Good Tubes - unique ribbing!

BigBiteBaits.com have similar tubes and their ribbed grub is phenomenal! (I order 100 grubs at a time and split the bag with a friend. Much cheaper that way.)

[mawilson]

bps baits are from southern plastics in Eufaula Al plastisil stinks if over heated

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

bps baits are from southern plastics in Eufaula Al plastisil stinks if over heated

Not all of them, but yes, many.  Many also come fro D&J in Ga.

[Cory20]

I exchanged them today for store credit.  No hassle to it at all.  I smelled some of the other packages and I guess that's just how they all smell.  

I don't like it, I don't know if the fish can smell it.  I don't have confidence and that's the biggest thing.

My roommate has a few bags of BPS brand worms, curly tail, paddle tail...etc.  They smell like a normal worm.  Maybe the tubes are just funky.

Thanks again.

[SENKOSAM]

BTW *** are the best Senko k/o made (other than my own) and at the best price.

Where can you get a stick of consistent quality for 20 cents or less and that is durable? (Just wish they made a green pumpkin/ chartreuse laminate similar to the watermelon/chart. lam.)

The Vibratube sells for a lot more and I hooked my friend up to *** tubes. First time out he caught bass. I didn't think the ridges would make a difference, but I chose lures with interesting textures and profiles vs. matching prey species, so it made sense immediately. This is his second year of using various lure (under my tutelage) and the first time using a tube. (He used it with no wt., swimming it over shallow weeds.)

[HPBB]

BPS Flippin tube and tender tubes are the ONLY tubes I use and have no problems with them. I have tried many other tubes and I always go back to my good old BPS tubes they work and work well. I will use them over ony tube out there. I do use the flippin tube 99% of the time. But they are good tubes. I can catch a fish almost anywhere any time with a BPS tube.

However they are the only BPS soft plastic I like.

PS my tubes never smell bad.