I bought a bunch of rage toads and shads and they are in a hard plastic mold but horny toads aren't and I'm wondering if I can lose some rigidity in my money bag by just sticking the toads in the bag loose?

I use a bunch of Rage baits.

Including but perhaps not limited to Craws, Bugs, Menace, Toads and swimmers.  A few of the less used colors are stored in the original pack, but the vast majority of them I remove and store in qt size zip lock freezer bags; which are grouped by type in Plano speed bags.

(Swimmers go in a plano 3700 box that's stored flat.)  Multiple packs of baits/colors used the most, fit nicely.   Never have a problem with them running caddywompus.  Can't tell the difference between baits stored either way.

A-Jay 

 

7 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Never have a problem with them running caddywompus.

This made my day...

And everyone that reads this statement knows the exact definition of that word in how it applies to how a plastic sometimes runs. Well said, A-Jay. 

 

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I got lots of swimbaits with crooked tails and non-SKRT worms and creatures of bled colors and whacked, creased shapes.  But the Rage Stuff can be balled up in a pocket for weeks, or mashed between trays and crates and still fish like a champ.

I keep all my RageTails in their original packaging. A Flambeau Half Satchel holds the ones I keep in the boat with me and the others have a place on my pegboard. I'll take a couple in a plastic bag for a quick trip to a pond, however.

Steve had a fit when StrikeKing packaged the first run of RageTails in a plastic bag and went as far as paying for the tooling of plastic packaging for them.  I figured if he's that fanatical about the packaging, I'll follow his lead.

Keeping the baits in their packaging will assure you of perfect

baits, the way they were designed.

I keep mine in the original packaging too.

I keep mine in the original packages. Probably doesn't matter, but why take the chance.

I take the chance because I use a variety of SKRT baits, and I can carry a much bigger selection (variety) in my kayak in ziplocs than I could if I tried to keep them all in their original packaging.   Toads are a great example.  I carry a couple toads using about a tenth of the space I would if felt I had to always keep them in the clam shells.  Same with Rage Swimmers, Bugs, and Rage craws.

I figured the clamshell had a specific reason if they went through all the trouble to make it but it is a bit annoying having a bunch of these in my money bag. I removed the clamshell from one of my rage toads bags and will see if it has any effect over time. Just a bit curious though why the rage brand would need it but the horny toads doesn't?

I keep all my Ragetail baits in the clam shell.  Those all go in a speed bag.