I ordered a bunch of rage plastics....craws,hawgs and space monkey,s. My question is....is it neccesary to store them in their original clamshell packaging? I don't think they'll fit in binder pages, especially the rage hawg.

Nope, I have more than a few lizards, craws, ect that I have rolled up in a ziplock baggie..I coat them with Megastrike to keep them soft...some are about 6 mos old..and stll work like new. I should mention, I do keep the toads in their orginal package.

If you want to make sure that the baits provide you with the best possible action, the answer would have to be YES. Big O had the baits put into plastic clam shells to make sure that we get the best action out of each an every bait every time we pull one out and fish with it.