Boggs Custom Lures

The Lack Of Posts

2016-07-05T07:27:00.003-04:00

Hello Folks

Sorry... for the lack of posts over the past few months but I had some hardware issues and wasn't able to keep everything up to date.

While we were working on replacing the hardware, I did manage to keep my facebook page somewhat current.

So if you'd like to see what has happened since the last blog post .... check us out on facebook.

Our page is titled

Boggs Custom Lures

Not sure if I'm going to be able to keep up with this blog so to make sure you do not miss any of my work visit my facebook page often.

Thanks

A Months Worth

2016-04-15T07:07:00.002-04:00

It's been a month since I've posted anything here so I wanted to show a few pics of what I've been working on.

Lots Of Stuff Have Come And Gone, Since My Last Visit

2016-03-17T07:23:00.000-04:00

Here is a bunch of photos of stuff I've worked on since the last posting.

Most were new items but some were repaints

Shad Bodies

2016-03-07T14:06:00.002-05:00

Here's a nice selection in both sizes and colors

Southern Musky Fest

2016-02-27T05:16:00.000-05:00

Today is the first day of the new Southern Musky Fest show in Morehead Ky.

Before I head out to the show I just wanted to post a few photos of the many days worth of work that went on leading up to this day. This by far is not all but a good majority of the baits that I will have on display there.

Hope many of you can stop and chat with us today and tomorrow.

Been A Busy Few Days

2016-02-13T07:45:00.000-05:00

A few days worth of painting......

A little bit of everything here

A Few Recent Ones

2016-02-07T08:38:00.002-05:00

A few Bondys, Dawgs and Medussas

Baits, Baits, Baits

2016-02-03T08:38:00.001-05:00

Some photos of baits I've done since the last post.

Late Fall Muskies

2016-01-31T07:17:00.001-05:00

A few musky photos sent to me by my Friend Phil Lazarskie. These images show some very nice fish he caught using some commercial baits that featured some of my custom paint work.

Thanks for sharing the photos Phil.

Cool Colors

2016-01-25T07:31:00.001-05:00

A few images of several new colors on some Bondy baits and shad bodies.

Some of these colors have been posted before but several of them have never been shown.

Shad Bodies

2016-01-21T15:29:00.000-05:00

Lots of different sizes and colors of shad bodies

A Little This And A Little Of That

2016-01-17T16:40:00.001-05:00

Recent Stuff

2016-01-12T10:28:00.003-05:00

A few random images of some of the baits that have come out of the shop in the last couple weeks.

These are in no particular order .... some are baits for upcoming shows, some have been shipped to retailers and some sent to individuals.

There are several colors of custom painted Bondy's, some 3/0 tail hooks, several different sizes of shad body's and a few different style of my baits....Big Boys, Widetails, Paddletails, 12" Shad Body swimbaits and several Mohawk swimbaits.

Cold Water Bass Baits

2015-12-29T09:36:00.000-05:00

With the water temps getting colder it is time for me to stock up my jig box for the winter and coming spring. I basically use 3 different sizes/styles for most all my cold water jig fishing.

The first is a 1/2 oz. silicone skirted jig that I use for flippin/pitchin/casting. I use this primarily as a craw imitation so the colors and trailer styles reflect that.....but I do carry a few that are tied up in baits colors.

(Actually most of this batch is in baitfish colors because not to long ago I made several in my preferred craw colors of green pumpkin/chartreuse, brown/orange & black/blue)

The second is a bullet head swim jig, this one is usually around a 1/2 oz. also, but is normally tied with some sort of synthetic hair in various baitfish colors. The trailer for this style is most always some sort of paddle tail swimbait....or maybe a curly tail grub.

The last model is a finesse jig....it usually weighs a 1/4oz (sometimes less) and is dressed with hair, either natural or synthetic. These may represent either small craws, shad or minnows. The trailers for these is usually a 3-4" straight tailed, soft plastic minnow in a color that matches the jig color.

Usually one of these 3 will get some bites on most days during winter and all the way though spring and into early summer....actually a jig is hard to beat year around.

Here's a few photos that show the bare heads that have been painted and epoxied, ready for dressing.......along with the packs of dressing that I used for this batch.

Also some photos of the finished jigs ready to go into the box.

A pretty good assortment of jig styles and colors.

1/4 oz. Finesse Jigs

1/2oz Casting/Flippin/Pitchin Jigs

1/2oz Bullet Head Swim Jigs.

Coyote Crossing

2015-12-19T13:21:00.001-05:00

Awhile back I posted some images of a deer that was swimming across the creek. In that post I talked about some of the other things I've seen swimming the creek. A few days ago I added another species to the list of creek swimmers....a coyote. This must have been a old male judging by of the size of this thing. Even as big as it was, it was extremely quiet......I never heard any sound as he entered the water some 50 yards or so behind me, I just happened to turn around and see it swimming. It was able to swim so fast that by the time I got my camera picked up, turned on and focused on him he had nearly crossed the creek....you can see the wake he is making as he swims across. After 4 quick photos he was out of the water and gone

Natures Preparation For Winter

2015-12-19T08:38:00.000-05:00

A few days ago while I was fishing along the bank in one of my favorite creeks I noticed this big red squirrel. While I see lots of squirrels while fishing, most are either chasing each other around, eating nuts high up in the trees or rummaging around on the ground looking for nuts.......but this squirrel was obviously getting ready for winter by building itself a nest, which is something you don't get to witness very often.

It would come to the ground dig through plies of leaves until it found just the right leaf or two ....then it would carry them back up the tree and into it's den. Some leaves would go in the hole easily but some took a lot of effort to get them in the hole....some he was able to push right in, while others he would have to go inside and then pull and tug to get them in.

After one especially hard bunch of leaves, in which he worked on for several minutes, he paused so I took these quick photos.

All I can figure is.....

He either needed a break after such a tough bunch of leaves

.........or........

Was admiring his chosen view for the winter

.....or.....

Was looking for the next bunch of "perfect leaves" to line his den.

......but more likely....

He was wondering what this guy was doing floating around in the water, working so hard to catch a little fish...and when he did finally catch one, he would just hold it up, admire it, then release it.

Who knows what goes through the minds of animals like this but he seemed to be content to just relax for awhile as he remained like this for quite some time.

You just gotta love the wonders of nature.

Just Catching Up On The Posts.

2015-11-29T11:31:00.000-05:00

It's been a couple weeks since I've posted anything on here....

........even longer since I've posted any images of baits.

Here is several photos of some of the baits that have come out of the shop in the time since the last post.

Nature At Its Finest

2015-11-13T07:58:00.001-05:00

A couple images that I took of a bald eagle as it set high up in a sycamore tree while I fished along the bank towards it.

It didn't let me get to close before took off and it flew a mile or so upriver and landed in another tall tree overlooking the water.

A couple days earlier while I was fishing in one of the creeks, I heard a loud crashing of leaves and brush followed by a big splash.

Turning to see what was making the noise I found this little buck swimming across the creek.

The creek here is probably 150 feet wide or so but this deer swam shore to shore in less than a minute.

Reaching the opposite bank he paused to shake off then made a couple quick jumps and was gone into the brush.

All became quiet again.

Over the years I've seen lots of things swimming in the waters of the creeks, in the lakes and even the mighty river.

In addition to your normal water creatures such as beavers, muskrats and otters, I've seen countless deer, squirrels, coons, dogs, foxes, a few mink and even once a bobcat.

Some Recent Stuff

2015-10-30T21:17:00.002-04:00

Some 12" shad bodies

some 9" PW2 shad bodies

and 3 Brad Roberts creations

These are some of the things that I painted lately.

Some Recent Ones

2015-10-16T07:51:00.000-04:00

Various baits that have come outta the shop in the last week or so.

Shad Bodies

2015-10-08T16:35:00.001-04:00

Several sizes of shad bodies in various colors

15" - 12" - 9" standard bodies

and 9" PW Shads

A Couple Different Shad Colors

2015-10-01T09:46:00.003-04:00

A couple blue based shad colors on the new 4 tailed swimbait.

One of these colors is for a customer and the other......

....well I just may have to test it.

A few other colors that I've done previously on these 4 tail'ers

Dr. Carp and Chartreuse & Pearl

Black & Silver and Black & Gold

Thread Fin Shad , Natural Sucker and Copper Redhorse

I've had these 4 tailed things around for a little while now but for those folks that haven't seen them here's a couple short poorly shot videos of them in the water.
The first one is a one handed attempt at a figure 8,
one hand on the rod and the other hand holding the camera.

In this second clip I used the boat to slow troll the bait while I shot the video in an attempt to show how the tails work together.

Water Pump Replacement

2015-09-26T08:15:00.001-04:00

Occasionally, I am forced to make some repairs to my old boat in order to keep her fishing.

Generally I don't mind making these repairs, as I do like the challenge of fixing problems and learning of new things, especially when it comes to boats/baits/fishing.

The last couple trips out I had a warning buzzer sounding after making a long run, this alarm was indicating an overheating issue. With the water pump impeller being original to the engine (30 years old & untold hours on it) I decided to start the repair by changing it out for a new one.

After much online research and talking with several folks that know about these things I begun the dis assembly process.

motor with lower unit removed

lower unit with old water pump housing removed and ready for clean up

old exhaust leg gasket (probably need to replace this...maybe ??)

New parts kit arrived, time to start assembly

water pump impellers, new on left, old on right.

old stainless steel impeller cup, notice the wear grooves

new stainless steel impeller cup ready for installation

lower unit with all the new parts installed and ready to go back on the engine.

After I got everything back together I took it to the boat launch and backed it in the water for a test fire. Upon starting the was a nice strong stream of water shooting out of the tale tale hole, so everything in the pump area seemed to be working as designed. A couple quick shifts from forward to reverse, just to make sure I had all the linkage connected properly and everything seemed to be correct.

All in all this was not a real hard project.... the hardest part was re-connecting the shift shaft linkage which is located under the carburetors on the power head. They are located in place you cannot hardly even see it, let alone work on it...but after a short while of frustration I finally got it connected right...I'm sure the marine mechanics that do this sort of thing a lot have a few tricks that would have helped save some time but it's a good feeling to be able to solve problems yourself.

Now to find some time to take her out and make a few long runs to see if the over heating issue is fixed.

Recent Stuff

2015-09-26T07:34:00.003-04:00

A couple shad colored spinnerbaits I made for myself for and upcoming musky trip.

Some shad bodies I did for a friend recently

Comparing Two Different 9" Shad Riggings

2015-09-17T20:40:00.003-04:00

As promised...a short video of the ASO rig running next to one of my jig head rigs at a slow trolling speed.

The ASO rig is on the bottom rigged on a cisco colored shad body and the jig head rig is the top one with the perch flavored shad. Both are rigged with my standard 9" shad body.

The jig head rig shows more belly roll but the ASO rig has more of a head shaking wobble.