I still consider myself a newbie fisherman.  I started fishing for bass back in early spring.  I've been bank fishing and I use plastic worms 99% of the time.  

 

  My collection of plastic worms is growing.  One of the reasons I love throwing them is because they are basically cheap.  I can afford a four dollar or so back of plastic worms twice a week.  

 

  Anyway, with my collection growing the weight is growing too.  I'm wondering what do you all do when it comes to your large collections of plastic worms?  Do you try to take them all or leave 

some at home? 

 

 I'm at the point where I might take out all my hard baits (a few jigs, a few spinner baits, two crank baits) and replace them with more plastic worms.  Basically, only carry plastic lures - worms and lizards and cray fish lures along with hooks and bullet sinkers and that's it.  Are any of you total plastic worm/lizard fisherman and don't take anything else along?  

 

I recently joined a chapter fo the Izaak Walton League that has a couple of nice sized ponds/lakes and smaller ponds.  I can't wait to get the canoe out try my jigs and spinner baits and crank baits from the canoe on those lakes. I'm really interested to see if these non plastic worms will actually work in good ponds that have good sized bass.  Or will find out what I think is going to happen - my plastic worms will still out catch all other lures I have.  

My worm bag weighs 35#

I carry a smaller "attack" bag filled with my goto plastics along with 2 or 3 newbies.

My worm bag weighs 35#

 

 

 

  Thirty five pounds?  Wow.  

  I still consider myself a newbie fisherman.  I started fishing for bass back in early spring.  I've been bank fishing and I use plastic worms 99% of the time.  

 

  My collection of plastic worms is growing.  One of the reasons I love throwing them is because they are basically cheap.  I can afford a four dollar or so back of plastic worms twice a week.  

 

  Anyway, with my collection growing the weight is growing too.  I'm wondering what do you all do when it comes to your large collections of plastic worms?  Do you try to take them all or leave 

some at home? 

 

 I'm at the point where I might take out all my hard baits (a few jigs, a few spinner baits, two crank baits) and replace them with more plastic worms.  Basically, only carry plastic lures - worms and lizards and cray fish lures along with hooks and bullet sinkers and that's it.  Are any of you total plastic worm/lizard fisherman and don't take anything else along?  

 

I recently joined a chapter fo the Izaak Walton League that has a couple of nice sized ponds/lakes and smaller ponds.  I can't wait to get the canoe out try my jigs and spinner baits and crank baits from the canoe on those lakes. I'm really interested to see if these non plastic worms will actually work in good ponds that have good sized bass.  Or will find out what I think is going to happen - my plastic worms will still out catch all other lures I have.  

 

Over the years I've found that some soft plastics out catch others, some by a significant margin. So I've narrowed down to carry those colors which do best on particular waters.

 

That sort of thing takes time to determine. There are staple colors I always have with me no matter what, others don't make the trip. In fact, "others" wind up on the shelf at home.

 

But there will always be "others". New colors are fun to experiment with. And like you said, not too expensive.

The simpler the better IMO. I usually carry a couple cranks,a couple spinner baits, a couple jigs and trailers, a couple types of worms,and a few other plastics depending on what I'm doing. I'm the type that if I bring everything I own I'll spend the day switching baits and not really doing much fishing, and the bag is way to heavy with everything in it. For example I'm going out on my kayak this weekend to flip some docks and weeds in a slough near our fishing camp.Ill only pack things that I need for flipping. I consider myself a noob as well so I try to focus on one aspect at a time for the time being. Those Spider wire binders hold alot of plastics and doesn't take up alot of space. I use one....... I'm not a 100% plastics guy but I am most confident fishing plastics. Right now my focus is on becoming proficient with the jig.

My worm bag weighs 35#

I carry a smaller "attack" bag filled with my goto plastics along with 2 or 3 newbies.

Let me clairfy, my "plastics" bag weighs 35#.

In this bag is my goto plastics which I buy by the 100s. For instances there are 4 bags of 100 ea Camo ring worms. This bag will be in the camp, hotel room, or truck.

My "attack" bag is what I carry in the boat, besides plastics there are hooks, weights, jigs, & a half bottle of anise oil.

Sounds similar to me, considering I just started fishing this year aswell. Plastic baits are great because of their price and ability to catch bass. Im trying to become better at using hard baits now like cranks, spinners, and jigs but at $5.00+ per lure, its hard to aquire a collection with limited funds.

 

Try new baits and lures to see what produces for your particular water. Expiriment with new colors and weights and with time, you will find and catch more fish. A fews years of practice will go along way.

i used to carry a lot go plastics with me but now i bring what i know what i need and few bags of stuff i want to try...  

, & a half bottle of anise oil.

Where'd the other half go?   Brings back memories of the early 70's. Any Alka-Seltzer in the arsenal?

I carry some senkos, worms, bushogs, swimbaits, frogs, spinnerbaits etc. A little of everything in a small tackle box I call my fast fish box. I have three 9606 stuffed with everything. But I use these most of the time. I have a gutted tackle box with a door inside the roof with a latch so I can store plastics inside the top and bottom. I was carrying 5 tackle boxes at one time. It's a tough choice what to bring or leave home.

My fast fish tackle box,

Crankbaits, in red, Brown, green, chartreuse, firetiger

Spinnerbaits, 1/4oz white, 1/4oz chartreuse

Inline spinner mepps Anglia silver blade Brown cocktail

Spin fly Joe's fly 1/4oz bass size black gnat,glo tiger,firetiger apache

Worms, red shad, black shad, electric blue, green shad.a few of each in zip loc bag.

Senkos a few in a zip loc bag.

Extra carolina rigs. A mixed bag of plastic hooks too

Weedless lures, a few.

Topwater, walk your dog stuff, 5 different colors.

My worm bag weighs 35#

I carry a smaller "attack" bag filled with my goto plastics along with 2 or 3 newbies.

 

35 pounds....I am impressed!

 

If you are in such a situation where you have too many you have to cut down. For general purposes make sure you have your go to baits on board. Its a must for me to have natural colors on deck and also my favorite unnatural colors. If you are going to a clear lake, plan colors for that lake. If it is murky you may want to bring those that fish well in those waters.

 

Planos "worm file" is a convenient way to bring plastics. Also, you mentioned only being able to afford $4 a week in worms so maybe you are on a budget. If so, freezer bags work well and keep the worms in their initial packaging. Then place the freezer bag with the plastics in a duffle bag or backpack, whatever you have handy. 

 

I always end up bringing MUCH more plastics then I ever need for the day. However, I never know when I will need that one color or type that just seems right in a certain situation.

 

On a side note, if you are a worm addict and have not given them a shot yet, Jackall and Roboworm make some great products for finesse purposes.

"If you are in such a situation where you have to many you have to cut down."

Nah! Aint gonna happen

That 35#s of plastics is all goto baits, worms, craw worms, lizards, creatures, jig trailers ect.

If I know some thing works I buy in bulk when possible, my "hot" bait right not is Zoom's Trick worm watermelon neon so I buy 100 at a time.

I buy most bullet weights by the 100s, hooks by the 100s.

 I'm wondering what do you all do when it comes to your large collections of plastic worms?  Do you try to take them all or leave 

some at home? 

 

 

 

I've gotten to where I only fish Senkos.  No weights so all I need are hooks.  I don't care much about colors.  I take dark and light.  People like the black and blue (#198 I think) and I have some of those and a pack of white.  I have packs and packs of worms but I could take them all out because I just don't trust them.

 

In my boat, I have lots of lures but if I am banking I only take a pack of each and a couple spinnerbaits (always white or white/chartreuse), and what ever else I want to mess with.  Like I just got a frog and want to play around with it. 

 

I always have one topwater, usually a jitterbug.