I actually walk in a store knowing I don't need anything. Still seem to come out w/ a couple sacks full.

You just now figuring that out???

I fished with a guy who had spent quite a few years fishing the BASS trail. We were throwing carolina rigs on Rayburn and I asked him how and when he decided on the color of lizard he would use. He opened up his storage box and must have had 200 Pumpkin Seed lizards. He said he just couldn't see that lizard passing in front of a big old bass and the fish thinking he would wait for a watermelon seed lizard to come by before biting. He said it was a color and bait that he felt confident would work on any lake anytime of year and kept him from worrying if he was using the right bait or color and wasting time changing. Made sense to me.

I've really started whittling it down to just a few styles and colors as well

when you are gettin ready for take off at a tournament don't fear the guy with a dozen rods on the deck. The guy with two rods on his deck is the one you have to worry about.

Same here.

I saw a pro say "keep it simple" with worm colors--redbug, junebug, and green pumpkin. I've kept black too. We'll see how it works.

I read an article in bass masters a couple of years ago about this exact topic. I don't remember the pro but he was talking about only using three primary colors for all of his soft plastics. He believed more in the size and shape of the bait rather than the color. It always cracked him up when is non boaters would bring bags full with 20 different colors and spend more time trying to decide what color to throw than actually fishing. That article really hit me and it is how I approach my soft plastic fishing. I've got a peg board full of all sorts of different styles of plastics but their are only 4 colors you'll find them in.

shad colors/white, green pumpkin/watermelon, black variations. Only colors I buy. I couldn't care less what color flake is in it.

That cause 2 rods is all I can afford.

Thought of this later on.

About 10-11 years ago I was with Marty Stone down at Eufaula. He was talking about jigs, how he had things organized to make something on the spur of the moment, etc. I asked what all he had.

He had a Plano Stowaway box of heads in different sizes, another box of football jig heads in different sizes, another box of shad-light colored skirts, another box of dark colored skirts, and more boxes with enough stuff to open Marty's Jig Store in his truck.

Then he said, "I have more in my truck at the ramp."

About 5-6 years later, I reminded him of that and asked if he'd pared his stuff. Box of jigheads, box of skirts. That's it.


Keep it simple and put it in the right spot.

Yeah,and if the two rods are MBR 783c GLXs with 103HLA Steez reels,you're in Real Trouble.

We all have bought waaaaay to many colors and baits!

I fish Lake P with just 2 colors of every bait & fish bite em!!! the other 87,000 baits just sit on a shelf in the closet

Who's the dummy here?

It is a confidence thing Mark.

My motto, whether cloths or fishing gear, if you have not touched it for 12 months, donate to good will or give to a kid.

As humans we tend to collect and not get rid of anything.