How much unopened tackle do you have? 2024
Fishin' Fool reply :
Like the question says how much unopened tackle new in the package do you own? I think I have at least a $1000 worth. I probably should do a more precise inventory this winter, mostly soft plastics senkos, and other Yamamotos, some Strike King crank baits and the Lucky Craft collectables that I am afraid to turn into muskie chow.
Oh yah and I have 6 MTB pro boxes with all the tackle inside. Those alone are almost $300.
seyone reply :
It would be really hard for me to put a dollar amount on it. I have several boxes full of new hard baits and several boxes full of unopened soft plastics. One box is just strike king series 5 and 5 xd crankbaits, probably 50 or more. Another is various rapalas. I also have a pretty good amount of new without package stuff.
Yeajray231 reply :
So much it's ridiculous. I can't stop buying. I don't even use half of it. I probably use 1/8th of it.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Did the wives send you?
MassYak85 reply :
I don't have the self control to leave lures unopened when I get them but I also am not buying so many that I have 3 spares either haha
A-Jay reply :
I have a good bit, but I'll defend my somewhat silly admission by saying that most (though not all) consists of bags of assorted discontinued high quality soft baits as well as a certain unopen carton shipped from Ebay that may or may not contain 4 lines of the most sought after discontinued hard baits a bass head could ever hope to get his grubby little paws on .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Routinely they are kept in an undisclosed location - even to me, Securities tight, so I have to blindfold myself to locate and fish them.
Granna's all about it too , , , 
and there is serious consequences if you lose one of these most highly covered works of bass catching genius .. .. .. .. ..
A Tazer may be too good for you,
Things are getting a little weird all up in here . . . . . .
A-Jay
j bab reply :
I have a small shopping bag full of crankbaits and jigs that I grabbed on clearance from .88 to 2.88 a piece awhile back, that's about it for unopened stuff. I don't have room in my tackle backpack for any more crankbaits 
I have plenty of opened but never thrown baits in my tackle boxes though
ethan-333 reply :
right now. probabaly 100 different soft bait bags and crank baits.. some hooks, tungsten weights but after i organize everything and inventory it just about all the crank baits will be opened. and softplastics put in boxes still in the bags. but that doesnt mean ill use them lol.
S. Sass reply :
Too much but like others some is discontinued I stocked up on. Some is duplicates of lures I use a lot and want to have spares immediately accessible. And some were MTB or LTB stuff I immediately said not for me and tossed into a old large Plano 4 tray box. Its almost full by the way with all new lures as well as several of the Steril(sp) plastic bins around here.
Scott F reply :
I never leave new baits in their original packaging. When I get something new, I take it out of the package and move it to the correct Plano utility box unless it's some bait that might dry out or stink up the rest of my gear.
Catt reply :
With the exception of plastics none; spinnerbaits, crankbaits, buzzbaits I have 2 or 3 of each size & color in my tackle box.
Plastics I keep at least 100 of each proven producer!
Bill Kowalski reply :
My father passed this pass year and was an advid finesse fisherman. With his inheritance of plastics and my own I have some winter organization to do! Time for some more freezer bags.
bigturtle reply :
I always take baits out of their packaging, other than soft plastics. The packages takes up too much space, won't be able to hide everything under my bed 
Columbia Craw reply :
I can count the number of unopened packages on one hand...............to the 10th power.
Gundog reply :
A lot...I mean..really, a lot. More than I could count, mostly cause they are everywhere. In bags, big bags and small bags. Plastics, crankbaits, spinners both in-line and safety pin, jerkbaits. If you could see my sportsman's room, it looks like a bomb went off in there.
wdp reply :
Ok.... so...... like this whole thread needs to be removed because we don't even need to go there.
Raul reply :
Got more.
Spankey reply :
Outside of stuff I got for Christmas I would not say all that much. I'm not including some plastics because I have extra unopened bags of my go to plastics, why open it. But I have my share of Bass fishing tackle for sure. In season if I buy a crankbait, spinner bait or something I order one because I want just that bit of a color variation. It's getting used. I'm ready to throw it. It's not setting around.
I will pick up items during the winter to have for spring. I keep a short list of colors, compare different manufacture similar style (ex. Rapala vs. Baker), Maybe pick up proven crankbaits in a shallower and deeper running version. But they will not be in an unopened package long. I know I don't impulse buy tackle, What I do buy generally works.
tholmes reply :
Probably a couple dozen crankbaits, a few packs of worm hooks and weights and a few packs of soft plastics.
Tom
DogBone_384 reply :
A few bags of soft plastics and tungsten jig hooks I picked up this past holiday sale season. That's about it.
whitwolf reply :
Maybe more than I should or maybe not. In the end If I want it, within reason, I buy it. I have not gotten to fish as much the last two years and that has led to many a purchase. I don't worry about it that much because at this stage of my life I have the ability to buy what I need and evidently that has been aplenty. 
Unopened..... Hmmmm.... Perhaps the question, for me anyway, should be I have no clue because If I bought It I needed it? LOL Yes, we'll go with that. 
Heron reply :
None
Fishin' Fool reply :
On 1/1/2017 at 12:24 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Did the wives send you?
Is this you?
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 1/2/2017 at 12:44 AM, Fishin' Fool said:
Is this you?
I've spent almost $700 just in terminal tackle for making baits the last 2 weeks, so yeah that would be me.
blckshirt98 reply :
Easy five figures of stuff that has never touched water...
ww2farmer reply :
More than I need, but less than I want.....................or just in case my wife looks at this forum......I am out of everything and need to buy more, now, all of of the things.
wdp reply :
On 1/1/2017 at 2:59 PM, Gundog said:A lot...I mean..really, a lot. More than I could count, mostly cause they are everywhere. In bags, big bags and small bags. Plastics, crankbaits, spinners both in-line and safety pin, jerkbaits. If you could see my sportsman's room, it looks like a bomb went off in there.
Same here, except it's in one half of my garage.
blongfishing reply :
Not nearly enough.
But seriously, I have probably ~500 (give or take a little) packs of plastics, lures and weights.
Jaderose reply :
The only unopened bags I have are just duplicates of stuff I throw all the time. I've started to limit my purchases because I have what I need and then some
Bankbeater reply :
I keep about 20 or so unopened jigs in my tackle bag that are different sizes and colors. Just in case I start loosing them around cover. Other than that everything has been opened up.
snake95 reply :
Several large boxes full. I'm not proud of it, but might as well admit it. I consider collecting baits when at deep discount to be a hobby of it's own.
The DOE may have the strategic petroleum reserve, but I have stepped up to assemble and maintain the strategic Rapala Crankin' Rap reserve.
Gundog reply :
On 1/2/2017 at 11:52 AM, snake95 said:
The DOE may have the strategic petroleum reserve, but I have stepped up to assemble and maintain the strategic Rapala Crankin' Rap reserve.
Glad to know just in case we ever get in a war with Finland. 
Last_Cast reply :
I open all my stuff and put it in the boxes. Most of em never seen water...yet.
ranger392xt reply :
I leave as many cranks as possible in package until used, there's so many I can't remember what depth they dive to or wobble or not wobble or suspend or float or... At lease in package it has info on it. Now storing that is another topic...
bagofdonuts reply :
Tons of plastics. I tried to not buy any for awhile and use what i have, but i'm an addict. Just today I bought five packs of christie claws cause they were on clearance rack at academy. Like I needed another plastic craw.
RoLo reply :
"How much unopened tackle do you have?"
NONE
Now, if you asked me how much "unused" tackle I have,
I would shrivel in sheer embarrassment 
Roger
mllrtm79 reply :
just a few (20ish) bags of plastics... and January LTB. Oh, and a couple of those jigs I saw for cheap...
roadwarrior reply :
On 1/27/2017 at 6:49 AM, RoLo said:"How much unopened tackle do you have?"
NONE
Now, if you asked me how much "unused" tackle I have,
I would shrivel in sheer embarrassment
Roger
Same here.
Dfosterf reply :
If I left tackle in the packages, my wife would cut my allowance, as she's a practicing amateur fishing tackle detective.
I "incorporate" alleged new items into the existing mix, thereby creating plausible deniability.
Ratherbfishing reply :
On 1/1/2017 at 12:24 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Did the wives send you?
I, too, suspect a mole.
gulfcaptain reply :
Unopned....probably a dozen baits. Now if we are talking unfished and in a tacklebox.....well that's a whole different story all together and probably a different thread too.
MIbassyaker reply :
I can't not open up something new when I get it home -- I always want to have a close look at wires, line-ties, paint jobs, snaps, split rings, hooks, skirts, blades, swivels, and other critical components right away. And then I want to replace, fix, or otherwise tweak anything that looks like it needs tweaking...and then I want to find it a nice home in one of my boxes.
Stingray23 reply :
According to some-too much. According to me-just the beginning. Its a full blown addiction. And I love it.
.ghoti. reply :
Uh, I'll take the Fifth on this one.
Paul Roberts reply :
Unopened? None. How much doesn't get the time it deserves? Too much.
the reel ess reply :
Some bags of soft plastics. I have to open bags and boxes of most things I get to play with them or smell them. I'm weird like that. My buddy has boxes of unopened spares in his boat, but I use a kayak when I'm alone.
Jeff H reply :
Wow! Some of you bass heads have a real problem! 
Fishin' Fool reply :
My one buddy has a real problem with Xcalibur XR50's but since they are scarce I'd say he's probably okay for a few....decades...
king fisher reply :
I have a bad addiction, buying vintage tackle lots on Ebay. I see one or two lures I want, and buy the whole lot. Never know what I might need. I have had dozens of boxes delivered to my mothers house in Eastern WA. I will only be there for three weeks in May. If I did nothing but tie on different lures the whole time I'm there, I doubt I would be able to fish them all. I'm sure before I leave I will make a Tackle Warehouse order to make sure I have all the latest and greatest. All I really will need, is some Vibrax no 3 spinners, a black single Colorado spinner bait, a few floating Rapalas, and some buck tail jigs. Every year I try about half of what I order, then catch all my fish on these few baits. My only excuse, is I haven't found a 12 step lure buying program in my area. Maybe the government should start requiring tackle manufactures to print pictures of tackle hoarders stashes on the package, just like the ones they put on cigarettes. Technically these baits have been opened by previous owners, just repacked to ship. Does that count? Maybe I don't have a problem at all.
Mad Scientist reply :
I'm actually trying to thin out my collection. There was a moment before I really knew what I needed when I was just snatching up anything I saw on sale. But now I have a much more focused approach to my tackle stash, so I'm able to eliminate much of the stuff I don't really need. I do, however, still like to have backups of the stuff I use. But I try to limit that to a reasonable amount, too. So any soft plastic, jig, crank or other lure in my bag has 2-5 backups in the basement. I guess that would amount to "dozens" of unopened items. I don't think I've reached the "hundreds" level... yet.
Darren. reply :
I don't have much at all other than extra bags
of my favorite Yammy Shad Shape Worms because
they go quickly on the drop shot. Same for some of
my fav wacky worm colors, but that's about it...
I think.
JT Bagwell reply :
After being sponsored by Yamamoto for 15+ years and Lucky Craft for several years, I have enough unopened
tackle that I could stock a few shops without any trouble.
Good thing my kids like to fish.
Fishin' Fool reply :
On 2/7/2017 at 12:50 PM, JT Bagwell said:After being sponsored by Yamamoto for 15+ years and Lucky Craft for several years, I have enough unopened
tackle that I could stock a few shops without any trouble.
Good thing my kids like to fish.
Are you looking to adopt any "kids"? I can help you test your products on Lake St Clair.
WIGuide reply :
I don't keep all that much overstock, but there are a few discontinued baits that I have stockpiled, as well as extra soft plastics and terminal tackle. All in all, it pretty much fits into one of those under bed containers.
ChrisD46 reply :
Reading your replies makes me feel better about myself - I got such a lecture by the wife that I was beginning to think I had a problem ... There is no problem here !
snake95 reply :
On 2/8/2017 at 5:11 AM, ChrisD46 said:Reading your replies makes me feel better about myself - I got such a lecture by the wife that I was beginning to think I had a problem ... There is no problem here !
My wife told me that she thinks I literally have more tackle than our local Dicks has in stock at any one time. And I am primarily a bank fisherman! And I'm OK with that. You are not alone.
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