Miamisheriff Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 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 February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 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 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Young Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 Del at Delmart passed away best i remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Young Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 (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 February 9 by Les Young 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveMc1 Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 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 February 11 Author Report Share Posted February 11 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 February 11 Report Share Posted February 11 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 February 11 Author Report Share Posted February 11 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 February 12 Report Share Posted February 12 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 February 13 Report Share Posted February 13 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...
