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Creator brands · shops · guides

Private-label bass and inshore baits — existing molds, your colors and pack, quoted to your door.

We coordinate lure, pack, and freight across the houses that actually run that bait — not one factory for every shape. Most first orders use an existing mold.

Send a photo or mail a bait

Watch

Tank clips so you can see action, sink, and pause before you lock a run. On-the-water shows how the bait is fished.

In the tank

Action, sink, pause. No voiceover.

On the water

Bass and inshore. How the bait is fished.

Existing mold · capability sample · minnow
Existing mold · capability sample · walker
Existing mold · capability sample · popper

How it works

  1. Talk Photo or bait. No deposit.
  2. Sample A few baits. Not a pack run.
  3. Order Hundreds of packs. 50% to start.
  4. To your door DAP quote. Duty separate.
Talk

Send a photo or mail one bait. We agree on mold, colors, hooks, and pack. No deposit for that.

Sample

This is a signed sample — colors, hooks, and pack — not hundreds of retail packs. You pay the sample. If the tank clip is wrong, you do not go to production.

Order

For this kind of brand, production is often hundreds of packs, not a container. 50% starts that order; the rest is due before the cartons leave. Later reorders follow the same signed sample.

To your door

Freight is in the DAP quote. Duty stays a separate line.

The 50% is the deposit on the production order, not on the sample.

Do I need a new mold?

No. First orders should use an existing mold. You still choose colors, hook brand, and the pack. A new cavity comes later, if that shape sells.

How small can the first order be?

The sample is a few baits. Production for a creator brand is often hundreds of packs, not a container. Printed bags and new molds have their own minimums. We tell you which number applies before you pay.

Can I see it swim first?

Yes. We shoot tank clips — action, sink, pause — on the sample you would actually produce. If the clip is wrong, you do not pay for a production run.

What does “bait to door” include?

A signed sample, retail pack (bag, card, barcode, origin text), production to that sample, a check before ship, then a DAP quote to your address. Duty is a separate line. We are not your U.S. importer.

What baits do you actually do?

Bass and inshore: minnows, walkers, poppers, paddle tails, stick baits, shrimp-style soft plastics. Not frogs, giant musky, or wood on the first project.

Tank · action and pause
Hook · BKK / Mustad / Owner / Gamakatsu
Pack · bag, card, origin text

Quality, who it’s for, how to start

Which hooks go on the pack?

BKK, Mustad, Owner, or Gamakatsu — the brand on the signed sample. We do not swap in an unnamed hook on the reorder.

What does quality mean here?

A locked sample plus a short list: hard baits (weight, balance, hardware, paint, pause); soft baits (shape, softness, oil, seal); packs (count, barcode, warning, carton mark).

Who is this for?

Creators, shops, and guides who already have a name — especially if a bait stocked out and the next run has to match. Not a sourcing agent, not Amazon white-label volume, not “cheapest China” RFQs, not brands that must be Made in USA.

How do I start?

Email a photo, or mail one bait. Photos get you a route. A mailed bait gets you a number you can trust. Say the shape, a target quantity, and whether you already have pack artwork. Write first if you want a mailing address.

Is the price the price at my door?

The quote is DAP to your address unless we write something else on the PI. Bond, importer of record, and unpaid duty stay with you unless they are on the PI.

Existing mold · capability sample · paddle
Existing mold · capability sample · stick
Existing mold · capability sample · shrimp

Email

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