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My own hand poured version of the Strike King Bitsy Bug. I found the original product very poorly made and didn't hold up well.

Brayberry, no offense to you or anyone here, but I will not discuss this issue. Thanks for your understanding.

I have a Griffin Spyder vice. It is around $100 at Bass Pro Shops. Not a high end vice but for my bass jigs it serves me well.

You will have to follow the steps as everyone outlined and take it a step at a time. No-one will be able to give you a number on what to sell it for. Before you can come up with a $ amount, you need prospective interested parties that want to talk to you. Without anyone's interest it doesn't matter. This is a final decision only you can answer, since this is your creation.

Jay, There are many ways to go about this, and I would definitely start the way Smalljaw mentioned. This will give you the first sense of security. Smalljaw's post has a lot of good advise in starting this whole process out. Getting a drawing with all of the dimensions down is the best way to document your idea. However, technical drawings are not cheap, as the drawing that is made has to reflect the product you have. I don't want to drag this out because there are so many variables to every one instance and you will have to be the one to make your own decisions. As far as monetary gain goes, that is an open ended question. You will never know what your lure money potential could be or should have been. It is all relevant. If you can sell it for a million dollars more power to you. Is it worth more? Maybe yes maybe no. You may find out that no-one (don't take this personally) likes your idea and it has no value to them. You may also find someone else that thinks your idea is the next greatest fishing lure. As far as how much can you get, it all depends on who is interested, and even then everyone has a limit. The final decision is yours. You will have to do a lot of leg work and homework. Good Luck and hope to see your product out one of these days.

Jay, I am only giving you suggestions, I am not a lawyer and not trying to tell you how to proceed with your endeavour. But this is what I would suggest . #1 Find a patent attorney, and see if what you have can be patented or copywrite protected. #2 If you plan on making these, you will have to be able to make these quickly, efficiently and cost effective. You will also have to be able to meet supply and demand. Once your product goes on the market and it's a hit, you will have to meet all customers sales demands. So making these one at a time is not an option. If you do not meet supply and demand, you will lose sales and money and as soon everyone finds out what you have you'll have maybe 6 months before China makes a cheap knockoff, and sells it for half of what you are selling it for. In another words you have to be prepared if this really takes off. If you remember the chatterbait fiasco several of years ago. When the Chatterbait first hit the market, they couldn't keep them in the store. Bass Pro was out of stock and couldn't keep them on the shelves. The reason the shelves weren't stocked, because they couldn't produce them fast enough. As soon as this happened, everyone and their mother was making and copying them. Rad Lures, was losing money not having the shelves stocked and then they were going after everyone that was copying their initial idea and stealing it. In closing make sure you have a game plan. If you feel you won't be able to make these yourself, then sell your idea to a lure company and they will make it and market it. "Hitting it Big" means that your idea and your product has or is making a lot of money and selling really well, basically a rough translation.

I will tell you right now if your idea is really unique, then don't post anything on any forums, don't give out any samples and don't go around showing it to everybody, because if it is really unique, by the time you figure out what to do it will be on the market copied. Been there done that. Unfortunately you will have to speak to a patent attorney, to see if there is something you can do to protect your idea. However, this is gpoing to be an expensive venture. Once you find all that out, I would try to contact some lure manufacturing companies. This is really going to be a rough road, as there is so much tackle out there, that has been made over the years. Make sure you have all of your ducks in a row, Good Luck and maybe you'll hit it big

I know you and I discussed this, but I cannot catch a fish on a white chunk or worm. Give me any other color and I'm good to go. But this year I am going to try it again to see what happens. I'll report back to you with my results.

Mine is definitely Netbait products especially the paca chunks, any color except white.

Very Nice paint jobs. I would love to see that orange/craw one clear coated. Job well done.

Thanks for the explanation.

Likewise, you definitely shared a lot of info with me. I would have never thought that about those lakes. Thanks for sharing and I will try it out this season hopefully. I also sent you an e-mail, in regards to some of the things we spoke about at Bass-Pro. On those dirt daws, I bought a few of those as well, hopefully I can kick my partners butt with something new this season

Realistically, you will catch fish on an unpainted jig with a trailer as well. I'm not saying color doesn't matter, however color is more for the fisherman than the fish. I have fished many worn out jig with no paint and they catch fish as well as their painted counterparts. It's all about presentation and finding fish.

I totally agree with you. I tried them several times in different sizes and found them cheap and inferior in skirt, quality and hook point. I went to a similar almost identical alternative and am very happy. As far as trailers go, I use black/blue, brown and green pumpkin jig heads, and have never had any issues catching fish with all kind of different colored rage tail or paca chunks trailers. They all work

I have (2) Wagner digitals for 5 years and still use my first one, second one is a back-up. The multiple heat lets you do multiple colors without burning the paint. I would not do without mine. I would stay away from Menards tool shop brand, bought two of them to try out. One shorted out as soon as I plugged it in, the other went out after 2 days. Wagner also private labels if you can find them. If you want something basic, then deifintely a high, med low heat setting. As far as toaster ovens go. Buy the biggest you can afford. I have an old B&D spacemaker oven that is serving me well.

So I was going to pick some up this weekend. Out of the three scents, is there one better than the other? If not what would be your first scent choice and why? Just looking for some good solid info. I would hate to buy all three scents and then find out that they all don't work as well as let's say the original if that would be the concensus

That's very interesting.I fish mostly WI lakes, I will have to try that. Thanks

Comfortably Numb, Ok, so if I may ask, have you or anyone else used this color on trailer craws like the Paca chunk or Ragetail style plastic baits. If so does this color work well on that also?

That's funny because I was going to BPS on Saturday at the Gurnee store to get some of these Netbait Dirt Dogs and try them this year. PM me your full name so I can ask for you when I'm there.

Thanks, Do you mainly fish at night on both of these lakes? If so would you mind sharing some spots off line. If not no problem.

That's good to know. I've seen some pigs in Delavan especially in Spring. What is the current state record in Wisconsin? BTW: What does " " stand for?

Thanks for the tip. BTW you and I both fish the same lakes religiously. Delavan and Geneva top notch!

Thanks, I'll have to try to find some and use them this summer.

I was just curious. I have heard of the electric blue as well and tequila, however never fished them. It's good to know that these colors work so well. I would have never thought that. Pics didn't come through on your second post above mine.

Yes, Jigman it is an industial powder. I spoke to a powder manufacturer several years ago, that private labeled their powder for Harbor Freight. I don't remember who it was, but I want to say that it was IVC that made the powder, however don't quote me. I have never used Harbor freight powder paint, so I can not comment on its quality. However I only use Pro-tec powder for colors I can not find, or if someone requests a certain color. For those who want to know, all my powder paint is industrial powder paint. The industrial powder is just as good as Pro-tec, and a lot cheaper in cost. To name a few, I have used, Dupont, IVC, Columbia Coatings, Sherwin Williams, Tiger Drylac, and all of these powder are no different in quality than Pro-tec. Some are a little heavier than Pro-tec, but chip resistancy and pencil hardness are just as good if not better. So save yourself some money and look around for less expensive powder. If you need help PM me and I will give you more sources.