How Many Bags Of Soft Plastics Do You Have? 2024
slainempire reply :
seen this question asked on fb and had fun reading the responses. i imagine i fall in the middle of the pack with 47.
Maico1 reply :
Not bags, boxes....
aceman387 reply :
If i dumped out all my totes in the garage and started counting them now it would take me until this afternoon to gat back with a number for you. 
soft plastics and jigs are all i fish.
Maxximus Redneckus reply :
Enough too start a business and enough stock to hold me from now untill fall.im guessing 3000 bags ..
Trek reply :
Now that I started making my own plastics I would hate to even try to give that number. I guess the difference is now one bag might have 50 baits in it instead five bags with ten. When I use to fish Federation they gave us bags full of sample baits to try. Most of it I never used so when I would get home I had a box that I would pitch them in. Who knows why. I had a large box full of baits. So I separated all the colors and melted them down into baits I would use. The odd colors I just added black and made them black. It was free plastic and kept me busy this winter.
Jolly Green reply :
Um... more than I did yesterday at this time. C'mon, spring...
ww2farmer reply :
1000's................and that's all I am going to say
doyle8218 reply :
Way more than is practical.
Jrob78 reply :
It's easier to measure my plastics by the pound. I probably have 1000's of bags.
Grizzn N Bassin reply :
In not sure,i brought around 100 bags with me to college. I have a few shelves piled with plastics and 8 boxes filled with plastics
eyedabassman reply :
What I have would fill Bass Pro! 
daiwaguy reply :
peg boards and tackle bags full. probably around 800-1000. I really have no idea. So many that I haven used 3/4 of them.
WIGuide reply :
I've got enough to open a small tackle shop.
macmichael reply :
I probably have 50 bags. I thought that was a lot. I don't even come close.
Teal reply :
Probably 5 times what my wife thinks I have.
MarksHooked reply :
Just counted. I'm at 21 lol, and most of those are half full. Heading to the BPS Spring Classic sale tomorrow, so that number will change for sure! My wife thinks 21 is plenty lol, This will only be my second season fishing, I'm still trying to build my collection, but am often met with resistance. I need to continue showing her posts like these 
jhoffman reply :
Ive got entire boxes dedicated to categories of baits... swimbaits, worms, craws
I actually just told myself yesterday that I wont buy any bags anytime soon
Amarley reply :
Hundreds. I figured out it was cheaper to make my own, so that's what I've started doing. About a $200 upfront investment and you can make thousands of baits in any color you want.
jhoffman reply :
If youre anything like me, you will get to a point you have so many options that it can become impossible to focus on the details and start wingn everything thinking its a bait or color change away from glory.
5dollarsplash reply :
I'm going through and trying to clear out ones I don't or haven't used. Luckily, I've gotten to the point where I know what I like and what works for me. I'm sure there will be the occasional purchase outside of that but, BIG BUT, I'm going to try to stick with the winners.
Munkin reply :
I am not sure but I doubt they would all fit in the bed of a truck?
Allen
Alpha Male reply :
wow. I have MAYBE 100... and I thought i was gonna be in the middle of the pack 
BigMoneyGrip reply :
I have too many. But I need more. I have mine categorized by worms, swimbaits, creatures and craws. Probably 25lbs of each. But I saw a few more that I'll pick up next time.
Hooligan reply :
I'd have to guess it is somewhere close to the 4500 mark. Were I to measure it by weight volume, it's got to be somewhere around 1200lbs of plastic.
A-Jay reply :
On 2/28/2014 at 11:39 PM, Hooligan said:I'd have to guess it is somewhere close to the 4500 mark. Were I to measure it by weight volume, it's got to be somewhere around 1200lbs of plastic.
Thanks - I don't feel as bad about have what I have now - actually seems somewhat reasonable compared to your half a TON . . . .
A-Jay
NathanW reply :
I get a little sad when I inventory my soft plastics. So many of them I would love to use but don't have enough time to. And I am probably only sitting in the 150-200 bag range. Nice to hear that my problem is insignificant compared to a few of you.
NathanW reply :
On 2/28/2014 at 11:10 PM, jhoffman said:Ive got entire boxes dedicated to categories of baits... swimbaits, worms, craws
I actually just told myself yesterday that I wont buy any bags anytime soon
I told myself the same thing earlier this week...I mean, I manage to delude myself into thinking it will work and it never does.
But it might work this time!
SPEEDBEAD. reply :
Are you my wife? Is this some sort of trick? 
BenB54 reply :
On 2/28/2014 at 9:00 PM, doyle8218 said:Way more than is practical.
x2 on this, I use maybe 5% of what I have on a regular basis. Luckily getting a new boat made me clean out a lot of stuff that I'm just go to donate to a high school fishing club.
papajoe222 reply :
I keep the majority of mine in my 17.5ft tackle box. I don't count the bags, just the total weight. If I take anyone fishing with me, I need to remove 100lb. of plastics so I don't go over the recommended max. weight of my boat.
Raul reply :
Dude, you don´t have enough soft plastics when you count bags, you know you have enough plastics when you measure your plastics by pounds.
Nuff said !!!
Catt reply :
More than I can use in a day!
McAlpine reply :
oooonnnnneeeee biiiiillllllliiiiooooonnnn.
well, it feels like it.
plumworm reply :
At least one year at a Ivy League college worth.
tritondriver reply :
I have four full racks in the reefer in the garage packed full and that don't count the ones in the boat..hey ya gotta spend the coin on something...
Raul reply :
So after all, the question is:
Do you "need" all those baits ?
The answer is simple:
NOPE !
But it sure feels nice to have all of them !
aceman387 reply :
I always thought there should be warning on here when you first enter the site that should say something like "warning! entering this site may possibly have a negative impact on your bank account and possibly your marital relationship".
lmbfisherman reply :
Whew, thought I had too much (100 bags). But thanks to everyone else I feel much better that I don't have that much...oh wait, or do I not have enough now? Hrm.
Talonman reply :
46 Bags total... 
tholmes reply :
I'm not gonna count 'em because If I knew, I couldn't honestly tell my wife "I don't know".
Tom
Jar11591 reply :
Let's put it this way; If I never bought another bag of soft plastics, I would have more than enough to last me the rest of my life. Will I buy more? Absolutely.
Missourifishin reply :
76
TheSmilingSwordsman reply :
3... I'm just getting started. 1 brush hog, 1 shim-e stick, 1 finesse worm.
Looks like I may have started down a long and expensive road.
Wbeadlescomb reply :
Mine and my dad's stuff combined with a lot off hard baits mixed in. 3 walls of a 18x26 building floor to ceiling.assorted totes my closet in the spare bed room at my house if full. Boat storage full. Most of it will never see the light of day. I've got a tackle bag that holds 4 Plano boxes and about 40 bags of plastics. Mostly swimming flukes,money minnows, ultravibe speed craws,finesse worms,beavers, and seismic frogs. Couple of bags of slider worms and zoom finesse worms. One old dummy grenade just to be funny
Darren. reply :
Too many? Can I say that here?
kadas reply :
On 2/28/2014 at 8:34 PM, ww2farmer said:1000's................and that's all I am going to say
X2
flippin and pitchin reply :
Watch the next episode of Hoarders and find out.
Bankbeater reply :
I have taken the boxes out of two tackle bags and have filled them up with plastics. Tbat was the only way I could get everything organized
Maxximus Redneckus reply :
Ok yall .....OLLIES bargain outlet. Has zooms for 1.99 yup all diff kinds ol monsters,brush hogs,shakies,flukes,lizards etc go. Get um
Alpha Male reply :
On 2/28/2014 at 11:29 PM, Alpha Male said:wow. I have MAYBE 100... and I thought i was gonna be in the middle of the pack
and....after another visit to tackle warehouse I now have 125!
5fishlimit reply :
On 2/28/2014 at 7:11 PM, Maico1 said:Not bags, boxes....
X2
Raul reply :
On 3/1/2014 at 2:37 AM, lmbfisherman said:Whew, thought I had too much (100 bags). But thanks to everyone else I feel much better that I don't have that much...oh wait, or do I not have enough now? Hrm.
My man, I don´t even remember when I had 100 bags.
SudburyBasser reply :
Nowhere near as many as some of you addicts...I'd probably say a little over 150 bags.
FlipnLimits reply :
Not many in comparison to some of you guys. Possibly around 500 but 2 baits makeup the bulk of that. My favorite 2 were discontinued and I collected them from everywhere I could for the following year. I have a fair amount of hardbaits, not that many. Also a couple hundred of my favorite frog. Had tons of rods too, but sold some and gave some away.
FL
fishguy613 reply :
post photos!
Munkin reply :
On 3/1/2014 at 2:37 AM, lmbfisherman said:Whew, thought I had too much (100 bags). But thanks to everyone else I feel much better that I don't have that much...oh wait, or do I not have enough now? Hrm.
I have 140 bags here in my living room I need to sell just to make some room. So far this year I have sold about $400 worth of tackle and didn't make a dent.
Allen
mjseverson24 reply :
I just went through my plastics the other day, I would say I have about 120 lbs of plastics that I bring with on the boat. i have found about 11 plastics that really produce for me, and I have about 6 colors that I use, so I have been able to reduce the total amount of plastics I carry over the last few years, but my productivity has increased dramatically since condensing. Cant wait for open water...
Mitch
tomustang reply :
Too many, and never enough
Munkin reply :
On 3/2/2014 at 4:04 PM, mjseverson24 said:I just went through my plastics the other day, I would say I have about 120 lbs of plastics that I bring with on the boat. i have found about 11 plastics that really produce for me, and I have about 6 colors that I use, so I have been able to reduce the total amount of plastics I carry over the last few years, but my productivity has increased dramatically since condensing. Cant wait for open water...
Mitch
Plastics weigh a lot once you start to carry enough of them. I start out the season with minimal tackle but going into the fall it has doubled.
Allen
BuckMaxx reply :
5,318 some may be in wrong packages.
tommiller76 reply :
Wow there are a lot of guys on here with small tackle shops in their homes or garages! I always keep the top four or five colors of all the top plastics out, craws, tubes, senkos, etc. so that way I can manage my tackle in the limited space I have to keep my gear. Anything over that I give to the local kids.
Good luck and be safe...
McAlpine reply :
So I sorted out my soft plastics this weekend to determine what would go in the boat and what would be "spares". Also, it was cold and crappy outside so we had a fire going and I did this in the living room floor. So there I am with piles of bags of soft plastics. Filled a large 18x16x5 plastic storage box with craw trailers and flipping craw/creature baits to go in the boat. Then proceeded to fill 3 of the double deep 3700's with senko's, tubes, shakey head worms. Then fill a normal 3700 with lizards. Then fill a small box with drop shot baits. Then fill another large 18x16x15 storage box with soft jerkbaits, grubs and a few ancillary baits. Felt like a million pounds.
That left a large Bass Pro plastic bag full of "spares" that went back upstairs for storage. Ugh, really, I have this much?
At the time I was thinking "wow, this is a bit rediculous". Then I see here...."thousands" and "about 3 thousand" and "a storage room full".
Ok, thanks guys. Now I know the monkey isn't on my back as bad as he could be.
stratoliner92 reply :
So many i count the pounds. I have so many duffle bags in my bedroom its not funny and i just bought more at BPS sunday....sad but true
jon janecek reply :
On 2/28/2014 at 10:55 PM, macmichael said:I probably have 50 bags. I thought that was a lot. I don't even come close.
me too
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