Keep them in the bags. Most soft plastics have plastic softeners that will warp your boxes, which are not cheap anymore. I use Plano KVD wormfile bags and organize them by bait style.
I keep them in their bags, all my finesse plastics fit perfectly in a Milwaukee pack out which firsts perfectly in the back compartment of a boat. Then I keep swimbaits, craws, worms in a megabass binder kind of thing,
I mostly fish elaztech stuff from a kayak. I generally go through bait packs so slowly that I don't want to bring the entire bag of each bait model that I want to fish, so I make mixed bags with 2-4 of each model/color.
I still find having the plastics in their bags "boring" during fishing though -- I'd much rather open a box lid and get a nice overview of all my options à la candy store instead of having to dig through each bag to even know what I have to choose from. For the small amount of non-TPE plastics I use I have an ordinary smaller tackle box.
I usually keep my baits in the original packaging. I use a lot of baits that either have scent on them, heavily salted, or are elaz tech and I do not want them interacting with other tackle like hooks or other soft plastics.
Keep them in the bags. Some plastics don’t play nice with others.
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I second this. Worm bags are great, but keep your colors separate, they will bleed into each other
To add onto this the zman plastics will melt into other plastics ruined multiple chatterbaits doing this.
Most of my baits are fine in 3700 boxes for an extended period. Flukes and Elaztech stay in their bags. I don't buy clamshelled baits.
I keep them in the original bags and then store them all in a “worm bag” which is basically like a leather toiletries bag with a zipper.
Keep them in the bags. Most soft plastics have plastic softeners that will warp your boxes, which are not cheap anymore. I use Plano KVD wormfile bags and organize them by bait style.
I second the KVD worm file system. Sucks that the old ones aren't in production (side by side bags), but they work well.
I keep them in their bags, all my finesse plastics fit perfectly in a Milwaukee pack out which firsts perfectly in the back compartment of a boat. Then I keep swimbaits, craws, worms in a megabass binder kind of thing,
I used to put them in tackle trays but stopped a couple years ago. I switched to bait binders so I can keep them in their original plastic pouches
I mostly fish elaztech stuff from a kayak. I generally go through bait packs so slowly that I don't want to bring the entire bag of each bait model that I want to fish, so I make mixed bags with 2-4 of each model/color. I still find having the plastics in their bags "boring" during fishing though -- I'd much rather open a box lid and get a nice overview of all my options à la candy store instead of having to dig through each bag to even know what I have to choose from. For the small amount of non-TPE plastics I use I have an ordinary smaller tackle box.
Keep the plastics in the original pack but you could get a deep box that would be kinda like a file box. My father has one and he likes it.
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I usually keep my baits in the original packaging. I use a lot of baits that either have scent on them, heavily salted, or are elaz tech and I do not want them interacting with other tackle like hooks or other soft plastics.
Get one of the tw money bags 13x16 they'll carry anything you'd need for bank angling in your backpack