Miamisheriff Posted Sunday at 02:27 AM Report Share Posted Sunday at 02:27 AM What caused the shut down of many mold makers? Here is a list that I can think of; Bears Baits, Caney Creek molds, Delmart Molds, Lakeside molds, High Rock Molds, Bait Junkies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apdriver Posted Sunday at 02:21 PM Report Share Posted Sunday at 02:21 PM Bears owner had health issues and passed. Caney Creek sold to Do It. I believe Del had a machine shop that did other things and the hand mold thing was a sideline. High Rock got out of the hand mold business and I believe started making production molds only. bait Junkie sold but the owner is still actively in the bait business both doing production and molds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Young Posted Sunday at 02:52 PM Report Share Posted Sunday at 02:52 PM Del at Delmart passed away best i remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Young Posted Sunday at 02:54 PM Report Share Posted Sunday at 02:54 PM (edited) 33 minutes ago, Apdriver said: bait Junkie sold but the owner is still actively in the bait business both doing production and molds. Yep making molds for Lureworks evidently Edited Sunday at 02:55 PM by Les Young 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveMc1 Posted Monday at 06:35 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 06:35 PM On 2/9/2025 at 9:21 AM, Apdriver said: Bears owner had health issues and passed. Caney Creek sold to Do It. I believe Del had a machine shop that did other things and the hand mold thing was a sideline. High Rock got out of the hand mold business and I believe started making production molds only. bait Junkie sold but the owner is still actively in the bait business both doing production and molds. Bear developed dementia and had to shut the business down, he later passed in a nursing home (sad story) Del passed away as well. High Rock closed and the owner went to work for a new company that tried to develop Production molds and machines, that didn't end up going anywhere. Lakeside shut down several years ago and Chuck passed from cancer I believe a few years ago. BaitJunkys definitely didn't sell the business. Just one of the older CNC machines and the Baitjunkys hand mold designs (they went to lureworks). Leonard is focused on Production Molds and Machines as well as some other cool equipment as well as high volume bait production. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miamisheriff Posted Tuesday at 12:15 AM Author Report Share Posted Tuesday at 12:15 AM Would it be safe to say that Bass Tackle and Bobs Tackle Shack predate the other current hand injected mold makers? I can not think of any others that have stood the test of time. Its got to be a tough business to be in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasilofchrisn Posted Tuesday at 04:02 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 04:02 AM Lakeside molds is still in business. I just ordered a mold from Kent back in October. https://lakesidemolds.bigcartel.com/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miamisheriff Posted Tuesday at 10:51 PM Author Report Share Posted Tuesday at 10:51 PM I believe that's a different company than the one I was thinking of. The other lakeside molds was in Texas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasilofchrisn Posted 20 hours ago Report Share Posted 20 hours ago 17 hours ago, Miamisheriff said: I believe that's a different company than the one I was thinking of. The other lakeside molds was in Texas. Yeah, the current one is in Minnesota iirc. Never heard of or dealt with the other one in Texas. I can say I highly recommend the current one as I have a few of his molds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Young Posted 12 hours ago Report Share Posted 12 hours ago On 2/10/2025 at 11:02 PM, Kasilofchrisn said: Lakeside molds is still in business. I just ordered a mold from Kent back in October. https://lakesidemolds.bigcartel.com/ He does have some good looking molds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
