03-08-2019, 03:17 PM
Fresh Water Basics was a repackager. They would purchase baits in bulk from the various manufactures, repackage them for the retail trade. The particular grub you were showing is manufactured by Kalin. Other manufactures include Gene Larue ( owns Bobby Garland baits plus his own), Sabine Manufacturing ( Mr. Twister), and a bunch of others. When you purchase from them, you usually have to purchase a minimum of 1,000 baits, one color, one size. There are smaller outfits out there that
make custom baits, mostly by hand. Do-it has started a line of hand injection molds for soft baits. I believe Big Bite Baits are done with these molds, don't quote me! Machine injection molding is very expensive. The molds alone can cost up to $50,000 a piece, then you have to purchase the injection equipment. Bobby Garland made all his baits by hand, spider skirts, Gitzits, mini jigs. Synder ( can't remember his first name) came up with the injection process for skirts, tubes, and grubs. Garland was successful, Synder's ( Twin T baits) went under and was bought out by Kalin, who invented the salt impregnation process. Synder had the fat grub/twintail configuration that is the hallmark of Kalin. There has been so much consolidation over the past 10 years that you can't recognize the players anymore !!
make custom baits, mostly by hand. Do-it has started a line of hand injection molds for soft baits. I believe Big Bite Baits are done with these molds, don't quote me! Machine injection molding is very expensive. The molds alone can cost up to $50,000 a piece, then you have to purchase the injection equipment. Bobby Garland made all his baits by hand, spider skirts, Gitzits, mini jigs. Synder ( can't remember his first name) came up with the injection process for skirts, tubes, and grubs. Garland was successful, Synder's ( Twin T baits) went under and was bought out by Kalin, who invented the salt impregnation process. Synder had the fat grub/twintail configuration that is the hallmark of Kalin. There has been so much consolidation over the past 10 years that you can't recognize the players anymore !!