Worm Binder Problem

[BassFishingMachine]

Ok I have a small worm binder dedicated to stick baits such as senkos, dingers, etc. This small binder is pretty much packed. And what I have noticed is the yum dinger seems to be getting dented up a little. By this I mean some of them appear to be getting a flattish appearance to them . They are not unfishably flat but if you take a good look at them you can see the slight flatness. Im afraid over time, or until the winter passes they will be even more flat and turn to garbage :'(. Have any of you guys had a similiar problem like this? Or know a way of solving it? By the way this only appears to be happening to the yum dingers, I think its because there more on the bottom of the binder so they hold alot of the weight. I think switching them to the top though will just cause the worms I replace on the bottom to flatten also. Would you guys just take these yum dingers out of the binder? Or what would you do? Is it possible to overpack the binder?

[senko_77]

The Yum Dinger is packed with salt.  Any bait that has a high salt content will take on a different shape with pressure.  

Its probably best the ditch the worm binder, and take all your bags of plastic, vacuum the air out, rool them up, and stick them in a deep trayed tackle box.  

[The_Natural]

Like Senko77 recommended; I keep all my 'on deck' soft stickbaits in a 3700 style box, and my spares stay in their original bag in a deep 3700.  I do use worm binders, but stickbaits can become crooked or mishaped, and I prefer a box for them.  I may take my whole 3700 full of 10 different colors of Senkos when I am fun fishing or prefishing, but if I am fishing a tournament, I will usually just take a couple of ziplock bags with me loaded with the color(s) that I narrowed it down to in practice.

[BassFishingMachine]

Why should all the air be vacumed out of the bag?

[Bluecraw]

Listen to The_Natural!!!!  That guy has more tackle than the BPS!  And it is VERY organized! Search his posts and see for yourself...

[CK14]

i recently went to all boxes for my plastics, works really well  

[BassFishingMachine]

I don't know, I hear you should always keep the softbaits in their original package.

[Raul]

I don't know, I hear you should always keep the softbaits in their original package.

The reason why you ALWAYS hear us old farts to keep your baits in their original packages is so you don 't make the same stoopid mistake we did decades ago by taking the baits out of the original pack and storing them in boxes:

Certain colors BLEED THE COLOR out of the bait and stain everything it touches, how fast ? as fast as you can imagine, leave a red shad colored worm touching any bait for half an hour and you will see what I 'm talking about, do that under the heat and it will happen faster. Unless you want funky colors keep the baits in their original pack.

Oil from the baits gets thin with heat and seeps through the dividers and oozes from the box, you end up with a pretty darn "oily" tacklebox, which traps dust and dirt and turns into an excellent sandpaper.

Scented baits loose their scent ( if scent is important to you ) and stink everything inside the box, ever opened your tacklebox in the middle of the summer with a pack of Otters inside of it ? Catfish stink bait is a mild perfume compared to that.

Some Tboxes even though the manufacturer says are wormproof are not THAT wormproof, after prolonged exposure and contact with the soft plastic begin to deform.

Many baits will eventually dry out and become hard, others will become gummy.

KEEP THE BAITS IN THEIR ORIGINAL PACKAGE

[krisjack69]

I have a zip loc bag of worms and lizards and the rest is in the original packaging in the soft tackle box that I got free for a bassmasters magazine.It's about full.I need to get another one.I haven't bought a tackle box for so long and if anyone here that can recommend a tacklebox under maybe 50 bucks would be great.

[BassFishingMachine]

Hmm so when you shore fishermen go for a day of fishing do you bring ALL your hardlures/softbaits or do you select a specific amount for which you feel will work that day?

[BassBeat101]

I generally fish from the shore, and I have a small Wal-Mart FLW type shoulder tacklebag, the size of a small lunchbox - at home I have two larger Plano 7271 which are my boating tackleboxes, plus my tackle "hub".  I have enough room in my smaller bag for all the terminal stuff I need, I can slip in a few spinnerbaits, and slits on each end that hold about 4 bags of plastics a piece - I have to be a bit judicial in my decisions, true, but this just helps me focus as an angler.  It also helps me focus on a specific technique if need be.

Daryl

[senko_77]

Why should all the air be vacumed out of the bag?

It makes the package of worms smaller because the bag becomes skin tight.  If you take your bags and look closely, they will be packed with air.  Try cramming an air filled ziploc bag into a 3700 plano.  It doesn't work.  I vacuum the air out, and everytime I use the bag of baits, I roll it back up, squeezing out as much air as possible.  This saves so much space and will allow you to stack bags on top of bags.  

[extreme1018]

i use a stalker bag/backpac with two wormbanders instead of trays. when im not fishing i unzip the worm binder so it doesnt smash up my worms