The fishing season is winding down and I'm staring at the mess on my
workbench in the basement. Lures, packages, bags, boxes ... scattered all
over the place -- and I'm dreading the unavoidable "organizing and putting
away" that is coming ......

For a couple years now, I've been keeping my soft plastics in 2 different
ways - both in utility boxes and just keeping them in their original
packaging and carrying them loose in a small duffel bag onboard. I find the
latter way saves alot of space, but isn't always as easy to find what I'm
looking for when I'm in the boat.

I want an organization technique that 1) keeps me organized with things easy
to find but 2) gives me the maximum amount of space onboard.

Other than the space thing in the boat, putting soft plastics in utility
boxes I've found causes other drawbacks -- 1) loss of scent, 2) you end up
with 1 or 2 plastics in each divider as you use them up and end up wasting
alot of space in the box, 3) color transfer if I mix them within a divider
4) I end up taking a box of lizards, a box of senkos, a box of tubes, a box
of jig trailer, a box of spinnerbaits, a box of topwater, a box of diving
cranks .... etc etc each time I go fishing, but end up using one or 2 types
of lures and within each type, only one or two actual baits .... and then I
get home that night and as I'm unloading the boat I think "Why the hell did
I bring all that other crap ?" or worse "Why the hell did I BUY all that
other crap ???!!" ..............

Anyways, I'd really like to see a thread here from people on what everyone's
each unique individual organization technique is. Is everyone else out
there like me, with crap scattered all over, or you're lugging too much
stuff around with you each time ? Or have people come up with innovative
ways of saving space and just taking what you need ?

Shawn