How many?? - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

DJ Muller · 04-09-2008, 05:09 PM

How many plug bags do each of you usualy have loaded ready to go?
Going through my stuff I noticed that I have four different plug bags loaded and ready, each loaded with carefully picked lures all meant for different times and places that I fish locally throughout the season.

cow tamer · 04-09-2008, 05:16 PM

I've got (7). All specialized and ready to go.

Adam_777 · 04-09-2008, 05:24 PM

I have one bag I fill before I take the walk.Depending on tide,bait and location.Man you guys have alot of stuff.Hope I don't ever get that bad.

tattoobob · 04-09-2008, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Adam_777

I have one bag I fill before I take the walk.Depending on tide,bait and location.Man you guys have alot of stuff.Hope I don't ever get that bad.

Must be a Union thing

I have 1 I load as I need.

And a Eel bag

big popper · 04-09-2008, 06:11 PM

i have 3.A 12-tube,6-tube,3-tube.

Backbeach Jake · 04-09-2008, 06:13 PM

I think four or five. Letssee; 1.Light plug, day. 2.Light plug, night. 3.Heavy plug, day. 4.Heavy plug, night. 5.Bait. 6.Canal. And a general possibilities bag with line, snaps, swiverls, tools, some rubber, eelrigs, etc.

wrikerjr · 04-09-2008, 06:34 PM

dj 1 bag - try to keep it simple.

billy

BigFish · 04-09-2008, 06:55 PM

3 bags! ! medium Skinz' bag loaded with a little of everything and I wear 2 small bags on my wader belt and I load plugs back and forth from the medium bag for days or nights......gonna buy a large bag soon!

numbskull · 04-09-2008, 07:06 PM

I load a bag specifically for each trip. I consider it part of the challenge to pick the right plugs for a given night, spot, and conditions. I try to limit myself to a 3 tube bag though often I break down and carry a 5 tube bag .

Adam_777 · 04-09-2008, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by tattoobob

Must be a Union thing

I have 1 I load as I need.

And a Eel bag

Must be....

Adam_777 · 04-09-2008, 07:26 PM

DJ after SWE show I had you pinned as a hardcore bait guy.You have bait soaking while plugging also ?

ilovetwofish · 04-09-2008, 07:44 PM

1 bag with 3 trays loaded with a assorment of stuff. Now when im on the boat the big bag comes out flies,plugs,swimmers,metal,plastic,and so on and so on.

Rob Rockcrawler · 04-09-2008, 07:46 PM

I keep a huge rubber maid rigged with slots for all my plugs in my truck.Then pick and choose what i need for a trip. 6 tube bag with way to much crap crammed in it.

spence · 04-09-2008, 07:53 PM

Two...

I keep my med Skinz bag loaded with what I need for the evening and the large skinz bag in the car with extra stuff.

If I'm headed say, to BI for the weekend, say, I leave both of them in the trunk and fish with a handfull of Scuds and ho'd plugs for the week

-spence

Bronko · 04-09-2008, 08:14 PM

I am generally throwing eels.... but I do have a couple plug bags. If I am in a plugging mode I generally use the same bag, a 10 tube Cayon bag, that I will fill with what I think I'll need before I leave the house.

DJ Muller · 04-09-2008, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Adam_777

DJ after SWE show I had you pinned as a hardcore bait guy.You have bait soaking while plugging also ?

Adam-
Hardcore bait guy???

Somebody wasn't listening!!

Seriously, I said I chunk only when the chunking iron is red-hot for large (small window). It is the most reliable way to take big bass, a technique over looked by most.
To answer your question I only chunk when I chunk (despite what an upcoming article might say

), absolutely no plugging. Chunking offers you a shot at a (very) large so being 40 yards down the beach when you rod goes off is...ummm

...not something you want to do.

Cranium · 04-10-2008, 07:30 AM

I have three, one big old school sail cloth bag, I fill with big plugs. two smaller ones that I fill with smaller plugs, plastic. I also put a locked box of plugs in my suv when I go fishing to change/exchange plugs if the conditions are different when I get to the location

EarnedStripes44 · 04-10-2008, 12:04 PM

1 plug.... for I switch to cut pogie as soon it thaws

LeCounts1099 · 04-10-2008, 02:04 PM

I keep it to "only" two filled bags... but that's because I rotate inserts (Surfcaster large bags...)

Slots set up for "day/ light"... "day/ heavy"... "night light"... & "night/ heavy"... (Light or heavy meaning conditions/ water/ gear...)

THEN I switch out certain plugs or colors depending upon the spot/ night/ conditions...

LeCounts1099 · 04-10-2008, 02:07 PM

Back Beach · 04-11-2008, 07:04 AM

I have one small skinz bag with three tubes. It holds three or four 7" plugs and a few sluggos. Even if I still plugged alot I can't believe one would possibly need more than that.
For the canal, I have a canvas bag that's got half a dozen storms stacked in it like flapjacks and a little hardware.

RIROCKHOUND · 04-10-2008, 02:17 PM

Some of those look familiar

LeCounts1099 · 04-10-2008, 05:51 PM

The two Gibbs Blue rewired & reswiveled Dannys you did (eyes too) are still in my heavy bag at all times B... right next to my BMs & TMs & Fixters! Thanks again-- you had a hand in some nice Bass on them in the 2 years since!

Time & a place for each plug... esp. if they have swivels you can trust!

I don't know how I would possibly manage my plug selection & spot- to- spot & time- to- time changes needed... without the insert system! (& then one big plug box/ organizer to draw from situationally, in the vehicle at all times!) Even my bucktail stash carried slides in & out of these inserts easily too... via that Surfcaster genius lexan card/ holder (gets 8- 10 bucks 1- 3 oz. for me, in one slot of my 10!)

Surfkid · 04-10-2008, 06:20 PM

I have 8 plug bags and use every plug in a different situation... they are all awsome

Stewie · 04-10-2008, 06:32 PM

I just bought a second, but the thought of having two scares me a bit. Maybe I'll load the new one with plugs I don't like and keep it under the seat for when the bluefish are thick.

Nebe · 04-10-2008, 06:33 PM

I got a few...

This is how Nebe rolls...
The deep inlet bag-(lots of lead and heavy shads and some plugs
The shallow inlet bag(some lighter lead, darters, swimmers and metal lips
heavy to medium surf bag- needles needles and more needles and a few metal lips.
calm surf bag- soft plastics galore..

Slingah · 04-10-2008, 06:37 PM

don't need em'....I got no plugs

Zeno · 04-10-2008, 06:54 PM

I guess I am an aberration ......but I only use one bag,a massive Hunter "man purse"

I cant see have a bag loaded days before the trip as I usually like to thinker with styles a plugs I will use depending ion water condition.Just metal lips ,pikes,surfsters,slope heads,Danny's,jointed pikes,juniors,eel skins or rattlers will only be picked after I take wind/wave/current/bait/light in consideration.I cant see how I could do this ahead of time.So no ,I am never a first guy to the beach.....

.....,but I get there eventually

RIROCKHOUND · 04-11-2008, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Nebe

I got a few...

This is how Nebe rolls...
The deep inlet bag-(lots of lead and heavy shads and some plugs
The shallow inlet bag(some lighter lead, darters, swimmers and metal lips
heavy to medium surf bag- needles needles and more needles and a few metal lips.
calm surf bag- soft plastics galore..

Well if thats how Nebe rolls, then we all should roll like that I suppose....

Nebe · 04-11-2008, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND

Well if thats how Nebe rolls, then we all should roll like that I suppose....

not if your tossing eels and riggies most of the time.