Used Soft Plastics Poll

[ACarbone624]

What do you guys do after a day of fishing with your soft plastics?

Do you think they are still good (if they aren't torn up) or should you toss them?

 

[Jim]

toss them!

 

[fish devil]

:twisted: Chuck them.

 

[slim357]

Depends on what im throwing, if im using power worms ill use them till I cant then toss em, as they dont melt down. If im using one of my plastics ill try to save them and melt them down later, but most times I loose them before I get the fish in. Swimbaits ill take a bic to and try to fix them up as best I can, before tossing them.

 

[Waterwings]

I use them until they will no longer stay on the hook when I t-rig them, then I toss 'em.

 

[Captain Ahab]

Send them to me = i remelt!

 

[Mattman]

I use them until they can't stay on the hook. Then I superglue them back together and keep using them.

At times a brand new one is all that works but I've found that most times I can fish a plastic bait until it is just flat out used up.

 

[poolie]

Depends. If I pull the worm off to change to something else, and it's in good shape I'll toss it back in a separate 'used' bag for possible later use wacky rigged, but if it's been chewed on or won't stay firmly rigged then it's gone. I at least do toss them in the bottom of my bag and dispose of them at home instead of just tossing them in the water.

 

[FishinsMyLife]

Glue them back. I've caught 20 something fish on one Ribbit Frog with 9 going over 4 pounds :lol: Esquired, I got a bag of old baits I don't feel like gluing back together that you can have to remelt if you want them.

 

[Captain Ahab]

Glue them back. I've caught 20 something fish on one Ribbit Frog with 9 going over 4 pounds :lol: Esquired, I got a bag of old baits I don't feel like gluing back together that you can have to remelt if you want them.

Send them to me and I will send you some "new" baits back

I have caught many, many, many fish on remelts -and I always get some cool new shades of colors

 

[Loggerhead Mike]

once mine get tore i throw them in the bottom of the boat to melt into a soft plastic glob as part of my next mod. i figure in time ill have a recycled plastic cushion floor :wink:

 

[Captain Ahab]

once mine get tore i throw them in the bottom of the boat to melt into a soft plastic glob as part of my next mod. i figure in time ill have a recycled plastic cushion floor :wink:

Heck man, maybe you can turn the boat into a giant Senko - imagine the size of the fish that would eat that

 

[poolie]

once mine get tore i throw them in the bottom of the boat to melt into a soft plastic glob as part of my next mod. i figure in time ill have a recycled plastic cushion floor :wink:

Heck man, maybe you can turn the boat into a giant Senko - imagine the size of the fish that would eat that

Ahab, you would be the one guy thinking about a fish eating a boat ;-)

 

[dyeguy1212]

once mine get tore i throw them in the bottom of the boat to melt into a soft plastic glob as part of my next mod. i figure in time ill have a recycled plastic cushion floor :wink:

Heck man, maybe you can turn the boat into a giant Senko - imagine the size of the fish that would eat that

:LMFAO:

 

[huntinfool]

For years I never fished plastics, but lately I have started using them and I'm doing well with them. I usually chunk the ones that the line has ripped through and those that are still good I rebag and reuse. I don't have a mold so I don't melt them down.

 

[Mac]

I repair almost all using a Wal Mart Automotive Pencil Soldering Iron, under 5 dollars and a piece of copper wire wrapped three times around the tip and sticking out 3/4 inch off the end. The wire is about the size of a pencil lead and when heated, does well in repairing tears and hook holes. Much cheaper than glue, but do be certain to exhaust fan the fumes. Also a good way of welding new profiles and lures.