Fishing Rod Rack

ok guys i started sport fishing about 3 years ago and i love it ive probably invested about $2000 in tackle and rods and reels.i just bought a 17ft fish/ski boat and invested God knows how much in that at least 3000 and im only 18. i got all types of baits like cranks, jigs, top-water, broke back minnows, rooster tails, spoons, spinners. and a crap load of plastic baits and that’s the only thing i can catch a fish on i have never caught a fish on anything but plastic worms. i don’t know if its just because i don’t try long enough with other bait. but is there any tips with these baits. and any tips on winter fishing.

Now is the time of the year where I make my occasional forray in to Bass fishing. I guess you can say I’m “old school” because I don’t use plastic worms, I do use the following and catch my share of nice fish.

1. Lazy Ike
2. Mirro-Lure
3. Jitterbug / Hula-Popper
4. Rebel Crayfish
5. Mister Twister (original) 3″ yellow and black

I went with a friend of mine who is a serious tournament angler
and he laughed his tail off when I took my little tackle box and
hanful of lures. I caught as many as he did. My question is that do any of you use some of these “old school” lures during a tournament, and if so, how do they perform ?
“so long as you fish them right on an ugly stik rod with a Penn reel…”

What else would I use ? LOL

I only have a small 2 tray tackle box but this is what is in it.

(Top tray.)

Rebel Pop-R, Tiny Rat-L-Trap, two 1/8oz. rooster tails, Strike king mini spinnerbait, 1/8 oz. kastmaster, Rapala Original Minnow, 1/4 oz. Beetle Spin, Two 1/16 oz. jig-heads, one 1/4 oz. silver jig-head, bait-holder hooks(carp and catfish.), panfish hooks, plastic worm hooks, removable split-shot sinkers, and non-removable split-shot sinkers.

(Bottom tray)

2 weighted torpedo shaped bobbers, 2 mini-soft crayfish, 2 sassy shads, two 3″ curly tailed grubs in white w/ red tail, 1/4 oz. gitzit small fry spinner, 2 round weighted bobbers, some 2″ grubs in white, yellow, black w/ chartreuse tail, and light chartreuse w/ white flake, some 1″ grubs in chartreuse, milktreuse, and green, some pre-rigged 1/16 oz. chartreuse w/ yellow flake grubs, purple crappie jig, and a green crappie jig.

(Bottom of tackle - box)

Scissors, Pliers, Stringer, Fish scale, tape measurer, small plastic tackle box, and some 4″ plastic worms.

That’s my whole tackle box. So, anyone have any ideas on what else i could put in it, that would catch bass or bluegill? And some types of tackle for carp?

Thx for all answers.