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This Walmart was in Portsmouth nh. I agree, the fishing section could be better but this one has enough soft plastics, hard baits, and terminal to make for a good day.

My Walmart had Christmas clearance things 90% off. Got 5 of these in the Christmas section for $2 each.

Make a micro bag for under 3” 🤷

For the soft bait makers in the group… 30% off Bait Plastics code: blackfriday25 $100 5 gals buckets!! baitplastics.com

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Here ya go… currently $3.79 for blk/blu and crawdaddy Amazon

SOUND THE HORN! $2.50 Senkos! Amazon Certain colors only. Ones I found: 5” black small red flake Black red with silver Watermelon magic Watermelon large red green flake Watermelon with white lam Mowed Grass 4” Watermelon red magic Perch Goby smoke black/purple flake 4” Zako Cream White

Cool, I bought some open pour molds to make some of these baits but haven’t gotten around to fishing them yet. I’ve heard nothing but good things about them. Anglers Choice now rings a bell. I think they’re out of Canada. It all makes sense why they would make a great drop shot bait now lol.

Erie Darter came to mind when seeing it. How big are they? I think the Darter come in 3” and 4”. LureCraft also makes one.

If you have a Dollar Tree near you, check these out. Sturdy and works great! Just no sliding zipper so a little harder to close. Large works best.

Yeah I think with black bucket he just recommends using less salt. But with floating blend use 1/4 cup to come close to Senko if that what you’re looking for. So much fun making baits. I saw Lee Livesay use a pink bladed jig and trailer in the Bass Master Classic. I didn’t have any, but guess what. I had the ingredients to make pink jerkbaits and swimbaits! Ordered up a few pink skirts that I can replace on cheap Chatters and voila! You will always have the newest and greatest with a few bait making needs! I recommend join FB groups dedicated to soft plastic bait making. Lots of great bait makers out there willing to help!

Depends what you want it to do. For stick baits and jerkbaits I like Dead On plastix black bucket Swimbait/jerkbait plus salt. Some people say use two tablespoons salt per cup plastic some say an 1/8 cup or 1/4 cup. The black bucket by itself will have a very slow sink. I’d say comparable to a yum dinger maybe a touch slower. For creature and craw baits I like Bait Plastics 292 which is a little firmer. For worms and crappie baits I like something softer so I use 242. With all that said, when I only had Bait Plastics 242 I added 1/4 cup salt per 1 cup plastic and liked the results. So I do not think it is necessary to have sinking plastic in a sinking bait. Now what salt? I’ve done everything from Lure Craft fine salt, non iodized table salt, table salt ground in a coffee bean grinder, and salt you buy from tractor supply for livestock. All of them seem to work and end up just using what I grab first. MAKE SURE YOU MIX WELL JUST BEFORE INJECTING! It likes to settle. I’ve heard to stay away from the glass beads and other materials as it can scratch up your injector. Worlds worst fishing, BaitChuckin, N2TW_customlures, SDG Custom Lurecraft on the tube are some to look at

These are great from Dollar Tree. Make sure to get the large size. You can fit lots of plastics. In the bass boat I separate by type (craw, worms, swimbaits, etc). I will throw a bunch of assorted plastics in their original packaging in one of these bags when using the kayak or small boat too. Nice and thick and with a handle

The bait will be flat on one side. In the case of Mayo’s Hand Poured Baits, I looked into the company and he started out with only hand pours then got into injections