Hey, guys.
I had some questions regarding the people on here with custom bait companies. I used to own a small company a few years back but took a haitus due to some things I had going on. I simply couldn't keep up by myself. However, I'm getting married next year and my fiance really wants to get it going again and work at it with me. I had been trying to create a plan but keep wondering about the same thing.
Like a lot of you on here, the molds I used for my baits were purchased from Del-Mart and Basstackle and such. All of the molds I had were common ones and I didn't have anything specially designed. I was wondering if there's any problems in the fact that multiple companies are producing baits from the same molds. I mean, I understand that the exact shape of a lizard is quite irrelevant in terms of the bait's quality, but it seems odd that it's okay for so many companies to have the exact same worms.
I'm not saying I expect my business to ever get huge or anything, but since I'm starting fresh, I wanted to make sure everything was done right, especially since I learned a lot from when I was pouring a few years ago--mostly in terms of what not to do.
I wasn't sure if I should have all of my molds tweaked a bit to make them original or not. Obviously, this could get fairly expensive. And I also know that there's not a lot you can do to make certain baits (like a stick worm) original.
Anybody have any input on this? Surely I'm not the only one who is curious about this.
Thanks!