Quick Start
Soft Plastic Bait Making for Beginners: A Quick Start Guide
What I wish I knew when I started making soft plastic baits: the bare-bones gear, the starter kits and molds worth buying, and the tips that save you headaches later.
Read itStraight from the bait shop
Pour Man's Journal
From making bait to catching fish, this is the place I put things I hope you'll find useful.
How-To
How I Prep a New Bottle of Colorant
My fast, simple routine for getting a new bottle of colorant ready to use: a ball bearing for mixing, the nozzle cap, and a poked tip.
How-To
How to Get Your Plastisol Heating Cups Squeaky Clean Quickly and Cheaply
How I clean plastisol out of my glass cups with a little rubbing alcohol, a microfiber cloth, and some elbow grease.
How-To
Add Spouts to Your Gallon Jugs: More Control, Less Mess
Less mess, easy peasy plastisol storage and dispensing: add spouts to your gallon jugs!
Unboxing
Unboxing the WoodRiver 6" Quick Vise: A Fast Clamp for Shooting Multiple Molds
A quick, convenient clamp for racking and shooting several injection molds at once, without jumping up to a pneumatic vise or big furniture clamps.
Free Download
The Bait Color Formulation Kit
A free, printable Bait Color Formulation Kit I created to make life easier while formulating bait recipes, with a durable, reusable laminate version available for purchase.
Build Guide
The Crossbow: My Low-Mess Injector Filling Station
The rack I built to hold my injectors with the mouth facing up so I can pour plastic into the barrels with no mess. Full parts list and step-by-step build guide, or order a kit.
Build Guide
Injector Heat Sleeves: How I Make Mine
How I make heat sleeves that keep the heat in my injectors and away from my hands while I work, from carbon felt, an adhesive heat shield, and self-fusing silicone tape.