Hey all, I'm back with big news!!

LOU · 03-08-07, 01:39 AM

Hi Guys!!!

I see a lot of new names on this site but luckily a lot of the old good ones!!!

Howzit Zooker, Lizzards, Redbasser great to see you guys are still at it.

I seriously doubt if any of you still remember this but it was a bit more that a year ago when I made my last post and I was considering starting a soft lure manufacturing facility in South Africa.

Well guys a long story short and I will not bore you with the details but about after my last contact I went ahead and gave it a go!! I got my hands on some of the machines, organized some material and now I have a very respectable production facility going. That is mainly the reason for me not posting over the last year or so. I still hold my day job as a project engineer so I have been moonlighting as a lure manufacturer. The last year has been enormously interesting not to even mention exhausting.

I have established a manufacturing arrangement with a South African plastic brand that I basically supply with bulk products, this has given me the opportunity to obtain the required skills and experience. I have also developed a relationship with one of the American plastic manufacturers that you guys might be more familiar with and they have given me a great deal of assistance and allowed me to have a much steeper learning curve than I would have had on my own.

So by July this year I am hoping to really launch my own products for both saltwater and freshwater fishing in South Africa. The products in this range will be under the name of the American brand that I have developed ties with but some of the products will be from molds that I have designed myself.

The reason for me telling you guys all this is not to try and use this site as a selling point as I seriously doubt if it will be worth while for any of you to try and buy from me is South Africa. Really I would love selling to you fellows, I am just not sure what the shipping costs will do to the final price of the lures. So please hold your horses before scalding me for using free publicity, not the intention.

Why am a writing my first post in a year? Well looking through some of the posts now I think I actually missed some of you buggers! Secondly with the designing of the molds and products I do seriously need some help, comments and ideas on products and what products to go for. See the molds for mass production are actually very expensive to manufacture and since my little enterprise is not exactly booming (yet) I would really appreciate the help and comments before cutting the mold. With no one on this site knowing me directly and the fact that I have learned a lot from you guys in the past I was hoping I could bounce a few ideas of you guys in the future. So let me just throw the idea out there and se what sort of comment I get from this so far.

Once again, nice to see some of y’all again!!

hackattack · 03-08-07, 01:53 AM

hey, im a new guy, but that sounds really cool! show us some baits!!

WIUbassin · 03-08-07, 02:09 AM

This is alittle off topic but do you guys have Largemouth over there? I have no clue? If not whats the big game fish?

LOU · 03-08-07, 04:01 AM

Yep, we do have Largemouth in abundance and apart from that also several other freshwater species that’s fun to catch. Won’t even get started on the saltwater species, lots of them.

In a few hundred miles north from where I live LM bass in the 10 pound range is very common. Where I stay it is unfortunately it is a bit colder so my average size bass is about 2 - 5 pounds. Bass fishing is a very rapidly growing sport in SA.

adamchasejones · 03-08-07, 04:47 PM

A product i would love to see out are more good drop shot baits. Bass Pro has a drop shot worm and its awesome with those big eyes, but theyre always sold out or on back order. I would definitely start out with something like that though because with the pressure the lakes are getting now, Drop Shots are gonna be a staple in everyones box. I havent heard of you, but i think its cool anytime when someones following a fishing endeavor. If you have a logo or a patch I would love to put it on my tournament shirt.

thanks,
adam c jones

zooker · 03-08-07, 06:57 PM

LOU!!!

sup old timer?? i guess the tackle buziness is booming in S.A. knowing that getting tackle in your specific location has to suck.. i take it that you ideas are a bit CRABBY?

i know from what ya said in the past. that a small minnow type bait works,while a pnj DON'T, a crab bait will work. i am guessing a couple sizes of crab baits and a 4" fluke would be in order..

as for colors this is where your local knowlage helps you.. as i am sure that green pumkin is a good color all over the U.S.A. but that don't mean it is worth a crap in S.A...you must remember what colors work and what ones don't.. colors that work will sell better than ones that don't..

nice to hear from the southern most member of this board..-your just a redneck with a british accent...

zooker

The Bateman · 03-08-07, 07:12 PM

I just recently started using Storm swimbaits. The thing I like about them is that they drop at a 45 degree angle, and swim down. I get most of my strikes on the drop. I usually cast out, and yoyo it back. It's been very effective for me.

Rebbasser · 03-08-07, 07:15 PM

Howdy Lou!!!!!

Great to see you back, amigo!

Way to go on getting the tackle business going! Making baits there and not having to get them shipped from the states is going to make you real popular around there I'd bet. Good luck with it and keep us posted. And welcome back!

lizardsrule · 03-08-07, 08:17 PM

Welcome back Lou, really good to hear from ya. Your name gets brought up from time to time. I hope with all the working you've been doing, you've found a little time to wet a line now and again. That's what's it's really all about, and why we all love fishing so much. I would be honered to help out in anyway I could on your new business, makes me feel important LOL.

Lizards

brushhog · 03-08-07, 08:40 PM

Lou,

New here, but if these guys are giving you there respect- you must be all right. Keep us all posted on your business... it shoould make for some interesting reading!! And let us here somes SA fisihng stories!!!

zooker · 03-08-07, 08:47 PM

bush hog lou gets the respect caiuse he is one of the oldest members on this board..signed up 3 days after kevin cranked this site up err 15+ years ago....

zooker

hackattack · 03-09-07, 02:28 AM

www.bass8baits.com
you're covered for 'shotting

adamchasejones · 03-09-07, 12:59 PM

That link for the shot worms wont open.

WIUbassin · 03-09-07, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adamchasejones

That link for the shot worms wont open.

its true...

brushhog · 03-09-07, 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zooker

bush hog lou gets the respect caiuse he is one of the oldest members on this board..signed up 3 days after kevin cranked this site up err 15+ years ago....

zooker

zooker, I meant that i was new here so was unfamiliar with Lou...

Super Fluke · 03-11-07, 11:08 PM

Welcome back to the site,

I think you guys should make a good quality swimbait, a seven inch fluke, and a 8 inch brush hog like thing.

ROBZILLA · 03-12-07, 06:35 PM

I'm a little bitter I din't get a shout out LOU! ,all joking aside welcome back you O'L mule skinner!

flbassman · 03-15-07, 10:36 PM

Great to see you around lou! Its been a while ain't it

Hope you sell a bunch of baits!

Bassinkid · 03-16-07, 05:04 PM

Africa wow thats far lol. i hope everything is goin good down there and you keep it up.

Vabass22 · 03-18-07, 08:21 PM

Lou, I'm fairly new here, and its good to hear about your business. I actually didn't know there was a bass fishing industry in South Africa! I hope to visit there someday, as I love Africa (recently took a trip to east Africa).

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03-08-07, 01:39 AM	#1
LOU BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: South Africa Posts: 273	Hey all, I'm back with big news!! Hi Guys!!! I see a lot of new names on this site but luckily a lot of the old good ones!!! Howzit Zooker, Lizzards, Redbasser great to see you guys are still at it. I seriously doubt if any of you still remember this but it was a bit more that a year ago when I made my last post and I was considering starting a soft lure manufacturing facility in South Africa. Well guys a long story short and I will not bore you with the details but about after my last contact I went ahead and gave it a go!! I got my hands on some of the machines, organized some material and now I have a very respectable production facility going. That is mainly the reason for me not posting over the last year or so. I still hold my day job as a project engineer so I have been moonlighting as a lure manufacturer. The last year has been enormously interesting not to even mention exhausting. I have established a manufacturing arrangement with a South African plastic brand that I basically supply with bulk products, this has given me the opportunity to obtain the required skills and experience. I have also developed a relationship with one of the American plastic manufacturers that you guys might be more familiar with and they have given me a great deal of assistance and allowed me to have a much steeper learning curve than I would have had on my own. So by July this year I am hoping to really launch my own products for both saltwater and freshwater fishing in South Africa. The products in this range will be under the name of the American brand that I have developed ties with but some of the products will be from molds that I have designed myself. The reason for me telling you guys all this is not to try and use this site as a selling point as I seriously doubt if it will be worth while for any of you to try and buy from me is South Africa. Really I would love selling to you fellows, I am just not sure what the shipping costs will do to the final price of the lures. So please hold your horses before scalding me for using free publicity, not the intention. Why am a writing my first post in a year? Well looking through some of the posts now I think I actually missed some of you buggers! Secondly with the designing of the molds and products I do seriously need some help, comments and ideas on products and what products to go for. See the molds for mass production are actually very expensive to manufacture and since my little enterprise is not exactly booming (yet) I would really appreciate the help and comments before cutting the mold. With no one on this site knowing me directly and the fact that I have learned a lot from you guys in the past I was hoping I could bounce a few ideas of you guys in the future. So let me just throw the idea out there and se what sort of comment I get from this so far. Once again, nice to see some of y’all again!! __________________ You're South African Bassing buddy!!

03-08-07, 04:01 AM	#4
LOU BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: South Africa Posts: 273	Yep, we do have Largemouth in abundance and apart from that also several other freshwater species that’s fun to catch. Won’t even get started on the saltwater species, lots of them. In a few hundred miles north from where I live LM bass in the 10 pound range is very common. Where I stay it is unfortunately it is a bit colder so my average size bass is about 2 - 5 pounds. Bass fishing is a very rapidly growing sport in SA. __________________ You're South African Bassing buddy!!

03-08-07, 06:57 PM	#6
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	LOU!!! sup old timer?? i guess the tackle buziness is booming in S.A. knowing that getting tackle in your specific location has to suck.. i take it that you ideas are a bit CRABBY? i know from what ya said in the past. that a small minnow type bait works,while a pnj DON'T, a crab bait will work. i am guessing a couple sizes of crab baits and a 4" fluke would be in order.. as for colors this is where your local knowlage helps you.. as i am sure that green pumkin is a good color all over the U.S.A. but that don't mean it is worth a crap in S.A...you must remember what colors work and what ones don't.. colors that work will sell better than ones that don't.. nice to hear from the southern most member of this board..-your just a redneck with a british accent... zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09 Last edited by zooker; 03-08-07 at 07:09 PM.

03-08-07, 07:12 PM	#7
The Bateman BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Brandon, FL Posts: 115	I just recently started using Storm swimbaits. The thing I like about them is that they drop at a 45 degree angle, and swim down. I get most of my strikes on the drop. I usually cast out, and yoyo it back. It's been very effective for me. __________________ Rick

03-08-07, 01:53 AM	#2
hackattack BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tigard, Oregon Posts: 358	hey, im a new guy, but that sounds really cool! show us some baits!!

03-08-07, 02:09 AM	#3
WIUbassin BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: East Central Illinois Posts: 213	This is alittle off topic but do you guys have Largemouth over there? I have no clue? If not whats the big game fish?

03-08-07, 04:47 PM	#5
adamchasejones BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Memphis, Tn and Hazard, Ky Posts: 86	A product i would love to see out are more good drop shot baits. Bass Pro has a drop shot worm and its awesome with those big eyes, but theyre always sold out or on back order. I would definitely start out with something like that though because with the pressure the lakes are getting now, Drop Shots are gonna be a staple in everyones box. I havent heard of you, but i think its cool anytime when someones following a fishing endeavor. If you have a logo or a patch I would love to put it on my tournament shirt. thanks, adam c jones

03-08-07, 07:15 PM	#8
Rebbasser BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 10,142	Howdy Lou!!!!! Great to see you back, amigo! Way to go on getting the tackle business going! Making baits there and not having to get them shipped from the states is going to make you real popular around there I'd bet. Good luck with it and keep us posted. And welcome back! __________________ It's happened to the best of them: John 21:3

03-08-07, 08:17 PM	#9
lizardsrule BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Saint Augustine, FL Posts: 7,374	Welcome back Lou, really good to hear from ya. Your name gets brought up from time to time. I hope with all the working you've been doing, you've found a little time to wet a line now and again. That's what's it's really all about, and why we all love fishing so much. I would be honered to help out in anyway I could on your new business, makes me feel important LOL. Lizards __________________ There are three types of Snakes I hate 1. Live Snakes 2. Dead Snakes 3. Sticks that look like Snakes. And Gators too!

03-08-07, 08:40 PM	#10
brushhog BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Whitesboro, NY Posts: 1,222	Lou Lou, New here, but if these guys are giving you there respect- you must be all right. Keep us all posted on your business... it shoould make for some interesting reading!! And let us here somes SA fisihng stories!!!

03-08-07, 08:47 PM	#11
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	bush hog lou gets the respect caiuse he is one of the oldest members on this board..signed up 3 days after kevin cranked this site up err 15+ years ago.... zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

03-09-07, 02:28 AM	#12
hackattack BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tigard, Oregon Posts: 358	www.bass8baits.com you're covered for 'shotting

03-09-07, 12:59 PM	#13
adamchasejones BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Memphis, Tn and Hazard, Ky Posts: 86	That link for the shot worms wont open.

03-11-07, 11:08 PM	#16
Super Fluke BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jupiter Posts: 1,029	Welcome back to the site, I think you guys should make a good quality swimbait, a seven inch fluke, and a 8 inch brush hog like thing. __________________ Oregon state record smallmouth

03-12-07, 06:35 PM	#17
ROBZILLA BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Markham, Ontario, CANADA Posts: 1,901	I'm a little bitter I din't get a shout out LOU! ,all joking aside welcome back you O'L mule skinner! __________________ Hang E'm High Till The Gills Go DRY! BARRIE,ONTARIO,CANADA

03-15-07, 10:36 PM	#18
flbassman BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Jacksonville Florida Posts: 2,840	Great to see you around lou! Its been a while ain't it Hope you sell a bunch of baits! __________________ R.I.P. Zooker

03-16-07, 05:04 PM	#19
Bassinkid BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 103	Africa wow thats far lol. i hope everything is goin good down there and you keep it up.

03-18-07, 08:21 PM	#20
Vabass22 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern Va Posts: 1,120	Lou, I'm fairly new here, and its good to hear about your business. I actually didn't know there was a bass fishing industry in South Africa! I hope to visit there someday, as I love Africa (recently took a trip to east Africa). __________________ Hit that water awful hard! olddominionsports..com

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