So, I picked up some...well... a lot of the Berkley powerbait tubes and 7" shakey worms on sale a couple weeks ago. Right now they are in the bottom of the fridge. That's not going over well with the other half. I was thinking of puting them in a crush proof container, then vacuum sealing them. Has anyone done this before? I have to store them during hard water season, from November to opener next May.

OH OH be careful you may wind up with the worlds biggest collection of RIBBON WORMS

I bought a ton as well.

Why not just throw them in a shoebox like me lol.

Seriously I have never had any problems with Powerbait melting...shrinking...going bad....etc.

I still have two bags of 7" worms that I have owned for almost 6 years now. (Don't like the colors) and there still stinky and intact! Colors are a bit faded but there still fishable.

The issue is the odor. I found they attract Bass, and......cat's. If I just store them in the house anyplace, the cat's might try to get at them. If I put them outside, they will be subject to possible minus 20's temps. Not sure if that's good for them.

I bought a ton of Powerbait products earlier this year.  My girlfriend has a keen sense of smell and she complained.  I just put them in a freezer ziplock bag.  She smells them as soon as I leave the bag open so I am sure it keeps the smell in.  I am not sure if it will hide it from a cat though.  

The issue is the odor. I found they attract Bass, and......cat's. If I just store them in the house anyplace, the cat's might try to get at them. If I put them outside, they will be subject to possible minus 20's temps. Not sure if that's good for them.

Ah I see.

Mice also like them as well lol. I left a package out in my garage and found them a week later with 2 worms pulled out and chewed all to heck with a big pile of chewed worms sitting beside the bag.

Mice also like them as well lol. I left a package out in my garage and found them a week later with 2 worms pulled out and chewed all to heck with a big pile of chewed worms sitting beside the bag.

I've had this problem also. A Rubbermaid tote will solve that problem. Here in central Illinois we don't see minus 20 very often, but we do get to zero or a little below often enough. I've never had any plastics ruined by the cold. The mid summer heat is another story. I've lost quite a few packs of plastics to the heat. Storing Power Baits in the house is strictly verboten, so I loose some every year. Just the price of doing business.

Cheers,

GK

Well, I ended up getting some cheap throw away containers and filling them with the bait. I bagged them up, then sealed them up, and left them on the counter. No cat problems, no smell. 8-)