These things are ridiculous...

[RoLo]

.....not to mention isn't vast majority of the appeal of fishing the ability to skillfully make a presentation of an artificial lure and fooling a fish to bite it??? Thats why I don't fish live bait. So in my mind making lure more lifelike is just the dumbing down of the sport of fishing. Matt himself adimited he caught fish by doing nothing but holding the rod. Where is the fun or the pride in your catch in that? I see why Matt has pride in that becaues he crafted the masterpiece that caught the fish. But where is the enjoyment for those that buy this lure?

You make a very valid point, but if you've ever hired a fishing guide in your life, you'd be doing the exact the same thing.

I've never hired a fishing guide in my life, because I feel that if it's the guides boat, the guide's spot

and the guide's technique, then it's also the guide's fish. But that's me, and to each his own.

Getting back to Mattlures baits, the craftsmanship that Matt interjects into every bait is truly astounding.

If it were me doing the same thing as Matt, I'd be up against two obstacles:

First, I'm not sure I'd want to sell the bait to anyone, Secondly, I'd have to charge about $200 bucks a lure  

Roger

[Brush Hog20]

Rolo, never hired a guide either.  In case you hadn't noticed I am cheap.. ;D

...and your second point is well made.  If I created something that cool with my own two hands I wouldn't share it with anybody...

[Maico1]

Yes they are, just got mine in the mail today. Matt one more time you have slammed this bait. Is it live or is it memorex

[Mattlures]

Brush hog , swimbaits will not replace brush hogs. Actualy I use berkley power hogs but , same difference. I am also not specificaly trying to isolate anybody or even trying to apeal to only a nitch market. It just kinda works out like that. I do have other baits that are much less expencive. But the hard baits take soo long to make and everything about them is expencive from the packaging to the hooks and the materials used to make them and a ton of labor. I just cant produce them for "regular" prices. If I could I would. Most swimbait guys consider my baits among the most affordable. Also as far as me catching a 15lber by doing nothing other then holding the rod, not exactly. I had already located the fish earlier and I knew this fish was ulta spooky. I knew it would not be tricked through regular presentations. I snuck up up to the spot on foot and made a long cast and watched my bait for aprox 15 minutes before she hit while I hid in the rocks monitering my bait and the slack. She rose on it once without biting and sunk back down. It is very nerve racking and it takes more concentrtaion and patience then any other technique that I know of.

the technique itself is not fun but it is highly productive for huge and or spooky bass. So while I do belive the realism of the bait is what triggered the bite, I had to know when and where and I had to do all the other things right. Believe me, deadsticking may sound easy but it is mind numbing and it is very difficult to stay focussed the entire time.

I wish it was easy.

[endless]

Brush hog , swimbaits will not replace brush hogs. Actualy I use berkley power hogs but , same difference. I am also not specificaly trying to isolate anybody or even trying to apeal to only a nitch market. It just kinda works out like that. I do have other baits that are much less expencive. But the hard baits take soo long to make and everything about them is expencive from the packaging to the hooks and the materials used to make them and a ton of labor. I just cant produce them for "regular" prices. If I could I would. Most swimbait guys consider my baits among the most affordable. Also as far as me catching a 15lber by doing nothing other then holding the rod, not exactly. I had already located the fish earlier and I knew this fish was ulta spooky. I knew it would not be tricked through regular presentations. I snuck up up to the spot on foot and made a long cast and watched my bait for aprox 15 minutes before she hit while I hid in the rocks monitering my bait and the slack. She rose on it once without biting and sunk back down. It is very nerve racking and it takes more concentrtaion and patience then any other technique that I know of.

the technique itself is not fun but it is highly productive for huge and or spooky bass. So while I do belive the realism of the bait is what triggered the bite, I had to know when and where and I had to do all the other things right. Believe me, deadsticking may sound easy but it is mind numbing and it is very difficult to stay focussed the entire time.

I wish it was easy.

sadly before i knew of your lures through this site i learned them from an employee at gander mountain in fredericksburg. think his name was john i could be wrong but i talk to him all the time when in store. and he was telling me how he was going to use it in his next tournament and see how they work. i havent talked to him since cause i havent been in the store for a couple of weeks. he seem very fond of the lure, showed me your web site, the lures, the videos., i tell you one thing they looked very well crafted from the looks to the action from the videos. yea i bet theres alot of time put into them. man the detail alone is outstanding. very nice job. ive yet to purchase one. but hopefully soon in the future. i was checking out the the not sure of name but the one that looks like bottom feeding.