didnt no but tru

Point of order,..
Save your used plastics, it's good for all.

PS. Try this one, take one of your plastics and maybe a hook, or jig head, put it in a jar of salt water and watch what happens. Over a period of days or weeks what do you observe? It will give you something to think about.

bodfish wrote:
Point of order,..
Save your used plastics, it's good for all.

PS. Try this one, take one of your plastics and maybe a hook, or jig head, put it in a jar of salt water and watch what happens. Over a period of days or weeks what do you observe? It will give you something to think about.

Ive seen it done. It is an eye opener.

bodfish wrote:
Point of order,..
Save your used plastics, it's good for all.

PS. Try this one, take one of your plastics and maybe a hook, or jig head, put it in a jar of salt water and watch what happens. Over a period of days or weeks what do you observe? It will give you something to think about.

I'm going to try this...

dont they just expand i no senkos do they expand like 3 times bigger then normal

Yes Plastisol does absorb as much as 50% of water by volume and particularly plastics with a high granular salt content, (senkos). The color dyes almost immediately blanch and dissolve out, but the plastic itself even though it becomes degraded (soft and gooey), disintegrates very, very, slowly. Some of the soft plastic lure companies recognize the potential environmental issue regarding this and have designed formulas that disintegrate in water. They unfortunately are more expensive and have issues with color, scent and structural integrity. ( they are REALLY soft, and do not store well. ) The future for soft plastic baits is already a talking point in many states and especially in Canada and California. There is the potential for banning if a satisfactory chemical biodegradable formula is not developed. There is also the issue that scents and especially pheromone additives make the discarded plastics an even more difficult problem as they continue to attract after they have been lost or disposed of in the environment. The issue of biodegradable lures is not a new one and may rear it's ugly head soon.

bodfish

^ Thats crazy....i honestly can't imagine having a Spotted bay bass fishery that can't be targeted with soft plastics....it's possible but very hard.

And the same with LMBA....I couldnt imagine not being able to throw a worm out there....

Obviously they will bust thei a$$es until they find the right formula, and the fisherman will once again suffer. Until then make sure you don't throw those extra pieces into the water. Personally, i save mine and at the end of each session they end up in the back of my truck lol.