I think I have a Tackle Addiction

[Marque]

Originally Posted by CustomRod

I'm honestly impressed . . . I thought I had a lot of tackle, but you have more in your boat than I have both in the boat and at home!

The sad part is that's not all of it, its just all of it that I can find. God forbid I get the chance to go fishing with someone else and don't get a chance to run by my boat. Well, I sure as hell am not going to trust that the person I am fishing with is going to have what I need. To most of my friends dead shrimp on the bottom or under a cork is a perfectly acceptable way to catch a fish. There's nothing wrong with that if it floats your boat, it just doesn't excite me all that much. Fishing with market bait makes me feel like I hunting cattle in a feedlot. So I will no doubt drop 40 or 50 bucks on the minimum amount of artificial bait for me to convince myself I am properly equipped. I got issues.

[Clampy]

If you guys would like to start a support group. I would join.

[Bdub]

I have the same problem although I've been learning to control the addiction. There are really only so many baits you NEED. Soft plastic, suspending, and topwater. Pic 3 different colors for each style and maybe a couple different variances and you're golden. Spend more time fishing and less time worrying about what they wanna eat...Those confidence baits are a killer..

[eman]

Originally Posted by Gottogo49

Sounds like Patrick McManus logic.

I do have a couple of wraps stuffed with freshwater worms of all sorts, didn't realize that they are called wraps.

One of the fishing show hosts once said that a man should have a least one rod and reel for every pair of shoes that his wife has.
Even so it is wise not to make a big show about it.
Just let it be our own private mantra.

They were called worm bags when they came out 20 years ago.

[Trout rivers]

I've been told I need an intervention :-/ ha

[tngbmt]

you need multiply that addiction by a few digits to compensate for my offshore gears .. the equipment is outrageous (stella & synit can put you in the dog house and i have a collection issue), poppers or swim bait starts at $40 and my jig box is at least 120lbs of lead.

and then i have inshore gears addiction like we all suffer

[Marque]

Originally Posted by tngbmt

you need multiply that addiction by a few digits to compensate for my offshore gears .. the equipment is outrageous (stella & synit can put you in the dog house and i have a collection issue), poppers or swim bait starts at $40 and my jig box is at least 120lbs of lead.

and then i have inshore gears addiction like we all suffer

I haven't been bit by the by that bug but I have a feeling its coming. I have a few cobia jigs, but nothing too out of control. The chronarchs I use for trout and reds are more than the Takota's I use for snapper/aj. I use a Curado EJ for cobia. I don't know how people fish with flippy floppys (spinning reels) much less drop a grand on one. If you have a Stella Collection, my mirror on the wall tells me you are the sickest of us all.

["W"]

Baits catch more people than people catch fish

That is fact

I catch from 4000 -5000 fish a year on two types of plastic and two types of hard baits and that's it ,

[Marque]

Originally Posted by "W"

Baits catch more people than people catch fish

That is fact

I catch from 4000 -5000 fish a year on two types of plastic and two types of hard baits and that's it ,

But your the chosen one W.

[Trout rivers]

Originally Posted by Marque

But your the chosen one W.

I was thinking the same thing! Haha

[bobo23]

Dude. I need those broken back corkys. How much? 😊

[Marque]

I dont have any broke back, just bend the tail down. Never seen a broke back.

[LPfishnTIM]

I use to buy tons of crap, I have two big rubbermaid containers full of baits one is bass baits and the other is saltwater tackle. I have probably bought less than $50 of tackle in the last two years. I got to the point where if I can't catch fish on the baits I have then they're not biting! I could probably of bought a nice boat with the money I use to spend on fishing gear.

[bobo23]

That's an impressive collection of baits. All in one boat, at one time.

[jpeff31787]

looks like us.. except we just have academy bags full of different baits stashed throughout the boat

[RichWentFishing504]

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Amazon.com : Plano FTO Elite Worm File Medium : Fishing Tackle Storage Bags : Sports & Outdoors
Amazon.com : Plano FTO Elite Worm File Medium : Fishing Tackle Storage Bags : Sports & Outdoors

I use these bags. Just chunk the plastics bag in here. No need to pull stuff out and organize. The large one first two rows of 6 comfortably and I've been known to cram more in.