The Real American Bait: Made right here in the USA, hand-crafted and assembled in Erie, PA! Our extensive product line features products innovated by charter boat captains, competitive fisherman, and industry experts! Bay Rat Lures was born from the requirements of “Bay Rats” – the color patterns, the versatility, the stringent quality requirements that hard-core outdoorsmen need to be successful at what they do. These same hard-core outdoorsmen, working in the tool and die industry capitol of the world, Northwestern Pennsylvania combined their talents in the outdoors with their talents in the plastic injection molding world to create a uniquely American product – Bay Rat Lures.