Quietleap

I keep a small box in my car for days when the creek calls on my way home from work. Have always been a crappie guy and happily my jigs don't care about weather. Learning how to play with bass and obviously the pastics/rubber lures don't like the Texas heat anymore than the fish and I do. How do I keep them from melting in my car? Am I just expecting too much or is it (probably) just the type of worms I'm getting? Fall can't come soon enough! :)

TexDanm Loc: East Texas

I carry all sorts of plastic worms, grubs, and flukes along with plastic hard baits and spinner baits behind the seat in my black truck and never have any problem. I live near Lake Livinston in Texas too.

EasternOZ Loc: Kansas City Metro

Under the seat lid open

ShortorderCook62 Loc: Grand Junction, Colorado

I used to have melting plastic problems also. Lately haven't noticed it so much. May have something to do with the newer plastics and the salt/flavor infusion or oils in the plastic. Hey Texdanm, you know anything about Lake Conroe? Fishing there first weekend of October and never been there. Bass tournament. Any tips would be appreciated.

TexDanm Loc: East Texas

The lake is sort of divided into three pieces by two bridges that cross the lake. The North end is where I usually fish. It is the part above the 1375 bridge. There is a lot of wood and the deep channels are easy to find and work. The middle section is more open and I pretty much have only fished it for crappie around the 1097 bridge. I avoid the South part of the lake. I've had a couple of close calls with crazy people in boats that are crazy fast and stupid for a small lake like Conroe. I'm talking boats that are 25+ footers with three 300 hp black max Mercs hanging on their transom and some with huge twin-engine inboards. ???

One bit of warning about the lake. Watch the clouds. Conroe can get wildly rough in a hurry. There have been a lot of people get in trouble there during tournaments when a cloud pops up and swamps a lot of boats. I've seen it go from calm to 5 to 6 foot waves in like 15 minutes.

I mostly fish Conroe for cats and crappie there so am not a lot of help for bass.

ShortorderCook62 Loc: Grand Junction, Colorado

Thanks for the tips. I will let you know how it goes and will be safe.