Rowhunter Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 (edited) Hi I'm new to the site and I would like to start my own Custom Tackle company. I plan on buying cheap Chinese knock-off baits and putting my own paint job on them. I have a few questions for you guy's here who have put countless hours into your own efforts. It is a lot easier for me to just ask general questions than to search the great amount of information here, so. Where can I buy the cheapest baits? ( higher profit margin ) What kind of paint should I use, where can I buy it, and what colors should I get? What do you guy's use for a top coat, where can I buy it, and what is the procedure for application? How do you make a lure glide? How do you make a lure suspend? How can you estimate amount of ballast? Do I need to pay tax? That's it for now, I've got a bunch of orders to fill ! Thanks, Douglas Custom Sar cast-ic Bait Co. Edited March 26, 2015 by Rowhunter 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 (edited) This appears to be a cyclic event as I can recall having similar discussions (several times over the past 11 years) with guys about the new "lure" builder. Edited March 26, 2015 by Travis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeee Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 (edited) Oh no I feel a great TAX debate starting again! Rowhunter most if not all of your questions have been answered here before. Do a search in this forum on your questions and you will have days of reading fun. If you don't get the answers you need or enough info on a particular questions feel free to ask them again. Edited March 27, 2015 by Jdeee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21xdc Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohawkman Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Hi I'm new to the site and I would like to start my own Custom Tackle company. I plan on buying cheap Chinese knock-off baits and putting my own paint job on them. I have a few questions for you guy's here who have put countless hours into your own efforts. It is a lot easier for me to just ask general questions than to search the great amount of information here, so. Where can I buy the cheapest baits? ( higher profit margin ) What kind of paint should I use, where can I buy it, and what colors should I get? What do you guy's use for a top coat, where can I buy it, and what is the procedure for application? How do you make a lure glide? How do you make a lure suspend? How can you estimate amount of ballast? Do I need to pay tax? That's it for now, I've got a bunch of orders to fill ! Thanks, Douglas Custom Sar cast-ic Bait Co. Cheapest lures: unguarded tackleboxes Paint: Sherwin Williams Top coat: Not a necessity, just eats profits Making a lure glide: balsa wings Suspending lures: tape a sinker to it Estimating ballast: don't bother Paying taxes: just don't get caught. Change company name often 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRammit Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Don't buy Chinese crank baits... I heard the lips are sideways 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeee Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Unguarded tackleboxes LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barr5150 Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Thanks for the laugh first thing in the morning! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronBass Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 I did a search to all your questions, but the search brought me back to a thread here telling me to search the answers to your question. So I did and I ended up on this thread again. lol 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'l Robzilla Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Welcome to the fun house! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy G Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 (edited) Please tell me that this post is a joke. Edited March 27, 2015 by Tracy G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwfflipper Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Hi I'm new to the site and I would like to start my own Custom Tackle company. I plan on buying cheap Chinese knock-off baits and putting my own paint job on them. I have a few questions for you guy's here who have put countless hours into your own efforts. It is a lot easier for me to just ask general questions than to search the great amount of information here, so. Where can I buy the cheapest baits? ( higher profit margin ) What kind of paint should I use, where can I buy it, and what colors should I get? What do you guy's use for a top coat, where can I buy it, and what is the procedure for application? How do you make a lure glide? How do you make a lure suspend? How can you estimate amount of ballast? Do I need to pay tax? That's it for now, I've got a bunch of orders to fill ! Thanks, Douglas Custom Sar cast-ic Bait Co . I'm not trying to be a smart arse but Maybe you should try the search function as this has been asked a billion times in the last 6 months!! It's time for alot of you guys starting out to maybe learn the hard way as most of us that has been here since this website started. I understand that it is easier to ask than go through trial and error that many of us did but I think you will learn more about how things are done and what it took to get to where we are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnart Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Oh gosh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeee Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 (edited) How many days until the first of the month looF lirpA Edited March 28, 2015 by Jdeee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodkaman Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 I loved Rowhunter's post, very funny and a few of the recent novice posts have been a bit naive to say the least, but;JW - I disagree. I say ask away.It is difficult to search when you don't even know what you are searching for. Lure building is quite specialist and the subject is full of special words and phrases that are meaningless, confusing and difficult to comprehend.New member's point of view - Anyone who walks through the TU front door, has already made the decision that they are going to make lures. They are enthused, tried to read a bit but got nowhere. It takes a lot of information to build your first successful lure and they need all that information now.Old member's point of view - I opened up TU, pressed new content to catch up on the day's threads and it was just full of SOS (Same Old Sh..). It's not fair, what am I not paying my money for! I want something interesting to read, something that I can get my teeth into. I want a whole page of interesting, virgin (never been asked before) questions that I know the answers to.Well, on a good day, there might be two or even three threads that grab my interest, or I may go a week of nothing. It is certainly not because I know everything, in fact, more than half of the day's threads are subjects that I know very little about and I am just not in the mood for taking on new knowledge today.After skipping past the painting threads, topcoat threads, Knock-off threads, sales threads, powder and spinner threads, mold problem threads, I am down to threads that I have already read, which means don't bother scrolling any further. So I scroll back up to see if I missed anything - nope.I decide to check out the new guy threads, to make sure they are being serviced and maybe throw a bone, but they are well covered with good advice. The one thread that is under serviced and tempts me to answer, has asked such a broad question that I could spend two days answering and I only wanted to donate half an hour.Note to new guys - write down on a piece of paper, everything you don't understand or don't know. Break it down into small, individual questions. Try a search, but if you get nowhere or don't understand, then post a new thread with your SINGLE question. This will only take a member a couple of minutes to answer and you should get at least half a dozen answers to choose from.From the special words and phrases used in the answers, you should be able to go back to the search function and be more specific in your searches and glean a lot more information.Note to old guys - If someone asks for the world on a plate, don't just tell them to do a search or go away and learn it the hard way, that is just inconsiderate, unfriendly, not helpful and rude. I got enough of that attitude when I joined.Pick a small part of the question and give a short answer. Do a quick search yourself and post a couple of links to the same answer to show that the information is out there. Giving the search words that you used to get the information is a powerful way to help.If everyone was forced to go away and search and learn the hard way, we would have NOTHING to read!Dave 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crankbaits Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 Great post Rowhunter,thanks Mohawkman for getting it.Unguarded tackleboxes and side ways lips. Great stuff. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 I about spit Pepsi all over my IPhone...thanks for the laugh..Nathan... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnart Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 Great post Vodkaman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowhunter Posted March 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 Thanks for all the replies guy's, you almost all got it. YES , this was a little vent about those "Silver Platter"wide open questions. Please don't take it wrong, questions keep this place alive. And the youthful exuberance of the beginning lure builder keeps it fresh, however, some of those initial questions are easily answered with a quick search. I think Vodkamans "Note to new guys" response hits the nail on the head and should be made into a sticky at the top of the page of ALL forums. I know this place is full of good people ,willing to share ideas and offer various options for different phases of building, painting, top coating, weighting and all else that have been discussed ad nauseam. Do a little research, it's almost all here! Thanks guy's, Douglas 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 Maybe a good newbie question should include, "Can I find this through the search feature?" That way, we could help them narrow their search, so they don't wind up drowning in past stuff, trying to find their answer. Myself, I don't mind answering a question again that's been asked before. This site is about learning and sharing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwfflipper Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 I never said don't ask as it is the quickest way to get a answer. I did when I first joined and have one every now and then. It's just the same questions thread after thread, all it takes is to scroll down through the posts and see the same ones being asked and answered that's all I'm saying. And I'm in Menopause and having hot flashes. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeeter Posted March 29, 2015 Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 "Hi I'm new to the site and I would like to start my own Custom Tackle company. I plan on buying cheap Chinese knock-off baits and putting my own paint job on them. Where can I buy the cheapest baits? ( higher profit margin )" Finally someone that understands what we stand for on this site. Yep, sell some un-suspecting sucker some cheap crap and load your pockets in the process. Guys like you are a real credit to the craft. Your customers should be very happy. I am sure that you will do well. Don't be shy guys.... jump in and answer his questions. I am sure that his work will boost the reputation of the craft that we love so much. Skeeter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowhunter Posted March 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 Simmer down Skeeter and read ALL of the post!!! Douglas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodkaman Posted March 29, 2015 Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 JW - I do agree that there is a problem and as I indicated in my post, I get frustrated with it too. Rowhunter's suggestion of a new member sticky is a good idea. It will catch some of the problem, but not the kind of person who signs up, fires his question and then disappears with his answer. You can call him selfish, lazy, call him what you like, but he won't hear you. Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeee Posted March 29, 2015 Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 Skeeter Rowhunter has over 100 posts, he is no newbie, it's a joke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
