News for 2023

Just a reminder:

We do our best to try to catch multiple orders placed in a day and combine them into one shipment resulting in a shipping/handling refund (less a $3.00 handling fee), but make no promises. All too often we make several trips to the Post Office throughout the day and are unable to combine shipments.

In addition any order that exceeds the limit of one plug per style will be refunded in full LESS the non refundable processing fees imposed by PayPal.

BIG D-EEL is our new addition to the Mike's line-up and will be in my store ahead of schedule. Heavier than my current jointed eel, (which I will continue to produce with one belly treble), it will be C&R with one 5/0 belly treble. Im excited about this new addition to my lineup for 2023! I reserve the right to cancel/refund any orders from customers that I suspect are involved in constantly flipping my plugs. Any refunded payments will NOT include any of the PayPal charges incurred to me.

I will be adding a couple new colors to the Color Chart. Because I love the combinations of yellow/white as you can probably tell, the new addition will be whlte/yellow stripe and yellow/black head/white belly....and for those who like Blurple, I'm adding Nauset Night which is similar to blurple but with a twist. I'm back in the shop and will be dropping the Benny's Jet and also more Commanders in the coming weeks as well as pencils and darters sometime in late May/June hopefully!

All fishing tackle is subject to federal excise tax (which is not a state sales tax). This excise tax encompasses almost every aspect of our sport from rods to reels to lures. Lures in particular are subject to 10%. Some builders separate the excise tax and tack it onto the price while others build it into the cost (like I do).

All federal excise taxes associated with the Sport Fish Restoration Act that are collected are redistributed to the 50 states based upon their land area and license sales to anglers and hunters. These funds are then used by the states for fisheries and wildlife management as well as land acquisition that benefits the non-hunting population as well.

Learn more about the Sport Fish Restoration Act here

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