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Nailed it on that one, brother. LOL I'm actually enjoying the fishing part of it now.

Agreed. I haven't made a bait in years and I had a burning desire to make an order!

Guys I just called and the girl was very nice on the phone. This is their new website..... https://www.m-fmanufacturing.com/ Phone number is 817-281-9488 She did say that ordering off some portions of the new site might be difficult as they are working out kinks, so she recommended calling if you have any problems. Good luck!

Best of luck, brother!

I remember as a kid buying those pre Rapala Wiggle Warts at drug stores for 99 cents each. I'd go in with a fiver, get 4 lures, and still have enough money left over for an ice cream! I don't know if anyone has looked at the prices of those old school baits now, but it's shocking!! Here's an example of a seller on Ebay. The dude wants anywhere from 18 to 70 bucks a piece, depending on condition. Sure wish I would have kept all those lures!! https://www.ebay.com/itm/314433098376?hash=item4935ac5288:g:BMQAAOSwZrFj~q32&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA8MkoZkCJGSRL0n8NHVvGGaAxHaBOatogKhHq7AH0yJFDttl%2Bcp2mBJYI5KWKFyANhKoQtIBNtrzt0Y%2B%2Fd1rOHYQFj%2BAV1r04T%2B3TvFAFxLbAPMqalIpIcMkfYg8W8JDI67iEvHai9ufeLSCscg4eUK7bDuGkohcm8EryHR4nKp%2Fn%2F3u9nkxP3JQnRiOTiN7bdR9VcKq1bzWT5QtsEDFwITPy6PD1kxgtyVx%2FnWrDRgTyglofY9wDbxVLJd%2B4NfX58o%2FE6Mhv52aTvva0inFI3v%2BzI4NiYNDF2y0znEoRLQRyl4YYfe0PZpeD4oukJQ0oJA%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR4ahnfzoYQ

At this point, with the plastic being so old, I'd be very careful with heat stabilizer. That stuff can yellow new plastic. Use it in very small amounts, but sadly it sounds like this batch is done.

Okay I'll bite...... Great info, BUT........personally, I would never use live bait when fishing for bass. I have never had to fish to eat and bass would be the LAST species I would eat if I had to. Therefore, it's all about the sport to me. Kills me to see stringers of nice bass taken. As you said, CATCH AND RELEASE!! Tightest of lines! Chris

That's a really good idea and as a pest control guy, I've had plenty of chances at those through the years and never thought of it!! All those restaurants I've serviced I could have picked up thousands. DOH!! Oh and welcome to TU :-)

Yeah pumpkin, amber, amber-orange, etc. All good calls. Should keep him busy for awhile.

This is a color that I wish was around when I poured because it's deadly!! Looks to be 2 different laminate colors and possibly the flake is making it look orange/brown? I would start with a very light green pumpkin over a very light watermelon and add your flake from there. Hope I didn't screw you up too bad!! LOL

I'm sorry, brother. I just now caught this! I just searched "fish hook removing tool" on Amazon and came up with a bunch of stuff. I'm sure none of them look like those from the 70's or 80's, though. lol

I'm sure the injection guys will chime in, but the few I had I would inject slower and at higher temps. Hope this helps :-)

Nailed it! Also a neat little trick I learned with hi-lites is I had much better luck when adding the powder to cold plastic. Seemed to separate better that way and not as clumpy. Good luck!

As soon as I get one, I'll be happy to pass it along!

Thank you for sharing that!!

Tomato punched me too. Cool red and pumpkin mix. Nice color, for sure!

What a nice new run THAT one was!! All deleted and all banned. Peace :-)

+1. Always worked for me!

Welcome aboard!! You're a bigger man than me because I WILL drink your beer!! Enjoy your stay!

I'm not a hard bait guy in any way, but I'd sure like to know this as well. I see all these different woods and wonder what the difference is? Very confusing to me!

My son is always telling me about Youtube fishin' channels. His go-to is "The Hook Up Tackle" out of Arizona. I need to take a minute and look at a few of these vids. Tight lines!

+1 Good stuff.......thanks for sharing!!

Welcome to TU, T!! Hey that sounded pretty cool. LOL Enjoy your stay, brother :-)

Sure could be. My old eyes, man. lol

Very VERY light smoke up top is what I'm seeing. Don't know how you do your mixtures, but I worked in 4 ounces. That's about a half drop of black in 4 ounces of plastic. Start there and see what you think. Good luck!