What do you use to store your plastics in?

  • bigpike
    Posts: 6259
    March 24, 2011 at 4:59 pm #1238348

    As of now I am using zip loc bags and a tupperware container. There has to be some better options. I like to be able to see what I am grabbing from the outside. Also I like having one for K-grubs, one for paddle tails etc. etc. I also have pouches that zip with individual bags inside for each color – probably the best option I have found. Just wondering what other ideas are out there. Thank You for any input.

    walleyejgr
    Posts: 281
    March 24, 2011 at 5:26 pm #950381

    I got a couple of those 8×10 2 ring binders that have the velcro tounge and extra bags to store mine in.They are zip-loc bags with metal eyelets.BPS Cabelas Scheels carries them.7-8 dollars for the binder with 10 bags and the extra bags are like 2.10 for 10 bags

    jeff_jensen
    cassville ,wis
    Posts: 3053
    March 24, 2011 at 5:44 pm #950390

    I’ve found the less I touch my gear, the easier it is to stay organized. Keep it all in the original bags then store in a labeled, soft tackle bag

    roottwo
    Posts: 72
    March 24, 2011 at 6:36 pm #950399

    I like small plastic tubs, you can buy them just about anywhere. About the width of a bag of plastics, you can stick about 30-40 bags in each and easily stack the containers. They fit nicely in boat storage compartments. Take a sharpie to the top and you can easily identify what sits in each one. I think I a box each for creature baits, super flukes, lizards, frogs, regular worms and so on.

    I got sick of guessing which worm wrap I needed. The tipping point came when I left the wrong wrap at home…

    john23
    St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 2578
    March 24, 2011 at 6:43 pm #950401

    I use 3700 boxes (lots of them) and they work great.

    Tom P.
    Whitehall Wi.
    Posts: 3518
    March 24, 2011 at 6:59 pm #950403

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    I was thinking about getting one of these…
    Plano Elite Speedbag

    That looks pretty interesting….

    Only problem I see it ONLY HOLDS 40 Bags, that takes up a considerable amount of space for that few.

    I separate ringworm’s, paddle tails etc into bigger ziplocks then store in kitty litter box. Has to hold at least 200 bags of plastics.

    raapala
    Eau Claire, WI
    Posts: 184
    March 24, 2011 at 6:59 pm #950404

    I have been using the Plano Liqua Bait Locker/Wallet and I have been happy with it. The plastics fit in there upright and I can fit quite a few packages. You can see through it to know what you have in the box and I can seperate my gulp into one of these and not have to worry about stink/juice accidentally leaking out.

    Plano Liqua Locker

    Mocha
    Park Rapids
    Posts: 1452
    March 24, 2011 at 7:54 pm #950408

    I have seen where you store the plastics in the original re-sealable bag and then they are clipped onto some sort of storage devise that is attached to the bottom side of a boat compartment lid. When you want a bait you lift the compartment lid and they are right in front of you. For the life of me I can not find them. Anyone else ever see these?

    85lund
    Menomonie, WI
    Posts: 2317
    March 24, 2011 at 8:15 pm #950413

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    I was thinking about getting one of these…
    Plano Elite Speedbag

    That looks pretty interesting….

    I just picked up a few at Gander in E.C. They were on sale. Got them both for around $22. All the plastics are in them now and then I just clip them to my main box and I’m off to the lake.

    John Schultz
    Inactive
    Portage, WI
    Posts: 3309
    March 24, 2011 at 9:18 pm #950432

    I have tried a lot of different things, and keep ending up back at keeping them in the original bags and storing the bags in tupperware type containers. I get the size that is just wide enough and tall enough to fit the bags standing up. They fit in boat storage well and I can keep at least one bag of every color of every plastic that BFT makes in two tupperware containers.

    Mike W
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 13294
    March 24, 2011 at 9:20 pm #950434

    Quote:

    I like small plastic tubs, you can buy them just about anywhere. About the width of a bag of plastics, you can stick about 30-40 bags in each and easily stack the containers. They fit nicely in boat storage compartments. Take a sharpie to the top and you can easily identify what sits in each one. I think I a box each for creature baits, super flukes, lizards, frogs, regular worms and so on.

    I got sick of guessing which worm wrap I needed. The tipping point came when I left the wrong wrap at home…

    This is what I do to. Dont really care for soft side tackle bags. The zippers seem to warp and fail on them. They also dont seem to be as water proof as a container. Let your plastics get wet and sit in water for a week and they will be shot.

    kris_brantner
    My river
    Posts: 1678
    March 24, 2011 at 11:57 pm #950472

    wal mart sells this plastic tubs i believe they mark as shoe boxes. they have green handles that snap down and some of them i bet i have 50 bags of plastics in. they are a whole whopping 2.50. i have 6-8 of them in my boat

    sliderfishn
    Blaine, MN
    Posts: 5432
    March 25, 2011 at 1:21 am #950499

    Quote:

    I have seen where you store the plastics in the original re-sealable bag and then they are clipped onto some sort of storage devise that is attached to the bottom side of a boat compartment lid. When you want a bait you lift the compartment lid and they are right in front of you. For the life of me I can not find them. Anyone else ever see these?

    You have to be talking about the Cook’s Tackle system
    http://www.cookstacklesystems.com/

    Ron

    tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    March 25, 2011 at 2:16 am #950507

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    I use 3700 boxes (lots of them) and they work great.

    Amen! I’ve tried all the others shown above…I get 9 sections of about 24 of any of the BFT plastics per Plano box. They fit perfectly in my Crestliner storage bins…1 box each of 216 light plastics and 216 dark plastic colors (X) Ringies, Paddle tails, K Grubs, SuperDoos, Blades, H20 jigs and Dean’s secret stuff (Drag Queens) etc… I have about 20 Walleye Planos and 20 Bass Planos…They all fit nicely in storage racks next to my boat in the garage.

    bigpike
    Posts: 6259
    March 25, 2011 at 1:33 pm #950594

    Thanks everyone for there ideas

    Whiskerkev
    Madison
    Posts: 3835
    March 25, 2011 at 6:47 pm #950686

    After smashing my last two tupperwears, I put mine in gallon freezer bags. I have 4, light ringies, dark ringies, paddle tails, and moxies. You can see through the bags and I have not had trouble locating what I want yet. Cheap and you can stuff them in places a bin won’t fit in.

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