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Hi Jeff, I have a friend that's a Virginia tournament bass fisherman and he uses jigs and spinnerbaits. I told him I was making baits and he was interested and wanted to see them. I took about 50 to his office and he seemed pretty impressed. He laid four jigs out and asked if I could mock them. He wanted 10 of each, if I could do it. He also asked me if I could make certain spinnerbaits, so I showed him those too. He had four designs and wanted 5 of each. I wasn't under pressure to make them and made sure I had the right materials. I let him "test drive" some for me and let me know the results. The bonus for me is that he offers me productive fishing trips.

Braveviper That is for you personally to decide. I myself say no it is not. On ebay unless you have something specific that people are looking for then you will just be 1 fish amongst many. Ebay is nothing more than a great big mall that is open to anyone to become a retailer. What will stand you out from the next guy that pours soft plastics? If you do not have that special something that people will come to you speciffacly for then I personally believe you are waisting your time. If you think you will sell a lot of common baits there for your asking price I again personally do not believe it will happen. The Fees Ebay charges now will eat your profit up very fast. If you look on ebay you will find hand pours for $1.29 for 15 baits Jig Trailers. I would rather give my baits away before I would sell anyone a bag of 15 baits for $1.29 . However that seller values his time at absolutely nothing or maybe even feels he should pay someone else for him to be able to work for them. Packaging, plastic, color, scent, salt, electricity, so on and so on all cost you money. Why pay them to make baits for them? Does not make good sense to me. There are way better avenus out there that may require a little more effort and maybe even a few dollars to advertise your baits but to me will give you a better customer base to be dealing with. Example........YourFavoriteFishingSite.com , Bass Clubs Web Site, Local store and yes you will probably have to put them in there on comission but it is cheap advertisment. Yea I know we all view this differently also but in my opnion I have this choice, Sit and wait for someone to say I want a bag of baits and only pour when they need me to, Or I can pour when I feel like it and can afford it to keep my interest in this hobby. Sure the baits you poured cost you money so did the bags and all the material you put into this but, it is smething you wanted to do. And you are doing it because you enjoy it sure it cost us money but what doesnt that we enjoy to do. Ebay if you have that special something something then absolutely it is a great place to market your product, If you do not have it and just a common fish in the sea, I would look for different avenues. Even for a hobbist to try to sell his baits on ebay I feel it is a waste of time. This is just one silly ole southern Boys opnion and we all know what they say bout those!! So take out of it what you like and leave the rest for someone else. Good Luck