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Can we all please stop posting about this now?? And no one cares that he made the local news besides himself and family.

Checked out your stuff. Not shabby! Do you have any affiliation with Fish 30acre? Or were they an inspiration or something?

Whoever wants bragging rights to it, so be it, bid away. But if they honestly think they're getting a lure with true street cred that swims amazing, they sure are mistaken. To be honest, it swims like garbage. Well, it doesn't swim. Hopefully he works more on the action on future versions and learns how to prevent so many little air bubbles in his resin... Such a gimmick.

Yeah, there's no doubt it's a Nate's Bait. Saw he posted that a while ago (Nate), not sure why he would've deleted it... So if he apparently outsourced it to Nate, of which, there is nothing wrong with that, I just doubt Nate would have been selling them for $100.

I've got a shiner, yet to toss it tho. Good price and really good carve. Hopefully the clear coat will hold up long enough to make the paint worth it!

And just imagine if you were able to manufacture faster! You'd be a millionaire!! But, who wants more money... But I'm done on this thread. Go get to making baits, Randall.

I own nothing, yet! But it's amazing what you can learn in Business 101 in college. Have worked for successful small businesses tho. On to the topic at hand... The Bullshad is fugly, but it catches fish. I've only owned a couple, the 5 incher. Still a pretty fat bat for it's length, at least in relation to a real shad. I don't even know if there is any sort of clear coat on the lure, so it does get beat up easily. Not much worse for ware than how it started tho. I will work it more erratically usually, it's a pretty versatile bait. Pros: It catches fish. Durable construction. Fairy readily available. Cons: Paint. Price. Overall appearance.

You know damn well you have refunded people their money because it took you too long to produce their bait. I shouldn't have to name names, tho I could. Also, guess what? Part of business is marketing. You can think what you want of marketing, but it helps sell your product. No big name company got where they were without some sort of marketing, albeit maybe even shady! And I know of certain people from Texas who have offered to buy you out... I just hope you realize your stubbornness, ignorance, and unwillingness to grow limits you immensely. Like you said, you're only one man. A good business man, you are not, but a good baitmaker, sure! Keep doing what you're doing, you've got plenty of backers and support, but maybe less time constantly checking your websites, and more time working on baits. Also, your constant criticism of other competitors really makes you look bad. I feel like you need a hug.

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Business is business. Concern yourself with your own business more and maybe you will get less people wanting refunds due to you taking so long. If you haven't noticed yet, more and more companies have been taking your business due to your time issues. Concern yourself more with your own problems.

Good question. Overall, I think, we as consumers tend to see a wide glide as being a better bait. I don't necessarily agree with that tho. And between some baitmakers, it almost seems like it can be a dick measuring contest to see who can make a bait with the widest glide. In my observances tho, slow wide gliding baits get more followers than a tight glide bait, but maybe not more bites. And it also depends on how you retrieve either glide bait, ie; long darting dive/glides, tight erratic twitches, slow slalom, etc. So, I don't know if there's a right answer to this question. I feel like it's more about knowing what the fish wants any given day, and that could be either type of glide.

I don't know of any bait makers that have raised their price from batch 1 to batch 2.... You've been testing all these versions for over a year, correct? So, why all of a sudden did you now realize how much extra work the slow sinkers were to make??? If you knew they were going to be so much more work, you should have factored that into the original asking price. But if you didn't realize how much work they were going to be, then the slow sinkers must not have had as much R and D, correct? Also, something else needing cleared up... In the future, will the floaters stay at $200 if the slow sinkers are, say $230? Do what you want, it's your business, but I think it would help if you just left the price alone... My opinion.

As someone who gets hated on here in this forum for liking certain baits over others, I will honestly say this... The bait looks great in and out of the water. It seems to catch fish. I trust there has been enough testing and prototyping done to ensure it's strength and durability. $200 is a fair asking price when you look at the competition. BUT! As soon as I saw it posted on eBay by Oliver, I was instantly taken back. To me, it was a very blatant attempt to hype a bait. The reasoning 'to recoup costs' was laughable and only made Mattlures come off worse. It was obvious the main reason was build hype and grow the demand and get people talking more about it (which is business). You should have at least owned up to that and then happily taken your paycheck (of which, I sure hope there wasn't some sort of weaseling done to get the bid to $1k) . EVERY SINGLE PERSON I have talked to about it, saw it the way I'm describing. If the price was set at $200 before the hype train started, leave it there. Once I heard you were ramping up the costs, I was again taken back. You've gained the notoriety for it, so the demand and hype is still there. The price is fair where it is. How many companies charge more for a sinking model!??!?!?! That's absurd, Matt. Own up, or leave the price alone. -a potential customer

SLAAUUUNCHH!! Awesome fish dude!

#2. 100%!!!!