Make your own baits

Did this in my younger days with old worms and beat-up grubs. My friend had some really cool molds, and we even made some using a Dremel tool. Also used to make our own jig heads with tire weights we got from a local filling station. I no longer advise doing the latter for obvious reasons.

they used to sell molds at most sporting goods stores...I was always tempted, but never did any of that.