I saw where caney creek was merging business with Do IT Molds. Should be a good thing.
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I saw where caney creek was merging business with Do IT Molds. Should be a good thing.
We have some really exciting news to share. We wanted you to know about this before an official Press Release is made in the near future.Quote:
Originally Posted by crappieseeker
For the last couple months, there have been discussions between Do-It and Caney Creek about how we can provide the ultimate products to you. The owners of Do-It, Jason Haefner and Ryan McBride, are both really passionate about the outdoors and fishing, just like we are. We have gotten to know them and learn much about their mold business, other lines of business like CSI (Component Systems), and most importantly – the passion and pride the employees of Do-It have about what they do. Overall I can say this, they are awesome, and are going to bring so much additional technology, innovation and manufacturing capabilities to what we are doing.
With that said, and with this common passion, Do-It Corporation is acquiring Caney Creek Molds.
What does this mean? Initially - all sales, operations, manufacturing, etc. will be moving to Do-It. Research, design and prototyping of soft plastics will continue as normal on Lake Fork.
The full integration of the two companies will take a little time, but until then, things will function as normal. Looking into the future, the expectations are limitless. Both companies have incredible manufacturing capabilities and processes. Once the best of both are combined it will be something to behold. There are obvious synergies like jigs and plastic made for each other, but there are many new products we are already discussing that will become feasible in the future that frankly, Caney Creek would have had trouble delivering without the help of a 50 year industry leader like Do-It.
Thank you all for your encouragement and support over the last 3 years. We couldn’t have gotten here without you, and won’t be able to get where we’re going without you. We couldn’t be more excited about what the future holds for all of us. We hope you have a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and are looking forward to taking the next step in 2013.
God Bless!
Jason, Diane, Andrew and Alex (CCM_JR)
Wow! Thanks for sharing this.
Sounds like a great deal but I am left with some questions. Like what kind of products is he referring too? I hope they continue to produce crappie baits and not go full blown bass.CF
Its still a ways off, but as I understand it Do-It will handle the sales aspect of the merger while Jason and his crew will deal with the research and developement of the new products. I'm not certain if Jason is going to do the machining for the plastic molds. There are still a lot of things to be worked out.
What will the new entity be called, will Caney creek disappear? or will they still be called what they are now and do-it just handle the marketing? Pretty interesting.CF
Caney will stay on the internet as they plan to maintain their forums. As far as I can tell, its only the sales end that will shift from Caney to Do-It. The Caney home-site will be doing all of the research and developement of future molds and such.
Speaking of caney quality, here is one of the Nano Frys. I was working with Amber color yesterday and needed to tweak it just a bit and added a single drop of green to it. Shoulda dipped a stick I guess. Still this green is a boss color and I'll hold it to shoot as a top color over some natural colored bellies.
http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/s...IMG_0882-1.jpg
I Like that Bait.CF
These little guys are only an inch or so long. Maybe 1.2" rings the bell. I fished some late fall docks with these and hammered sunfish and crappies on them. I hooked up on either a big walleye or a catfish using one but never got to see the fish. The docks I fish hand me at least one walleye each fall that will scale out at 9 pounds or better. The only waldo I got there this year was short of 11 but over the 10.5 mark. Last year I had three like the one this fall. Its amazing how such large fish will hammer on such tiny baits.
I have in the past, cut large fish on small jigs and plastic baits this would be a good mold to pick up I need another one like I need a hole in the head I believe that we have a similar plastic bait to one day you posted. The mold that I have is made by jigging twins.Quote:
Originally Posted by CTom
That was probably the Bear's 1" Ice Minnow. The Ice Minnow has a real whippy tail. I carry a rod all summer with one of the Ice Minnows at ready. Very, very good bait.