Walleye, Sucker, Perch & Roach

9" Shad Bodies and 9" Split Belly Swimbaits

The Next Generation

Here is a first time look at the next generation Big Boy.
All my previous versions of the Big Boy swimbait were designed to use glue on 3-D eyes for realism. But with that realism came issues, those issues were most notably durability. While they look good the eyes got knocked off from use. Many fishermen have asked me to start painting the eyes on their baits. The painted eyes, while not as realistic looking, are very durable and will probably last for the life of the bait. The only problem with the painted eyes was that the lures body was designed for glue on eyes so that made them a bit difficult to paint. The eyes on this new version was designed specifically to be painted and cannot be used with glue on eyes. These eyes are much larger than previous versions. They also have a raised pupil that when painted give a some what of a 3-D look.
I also made a few other minor changes most notably, I added a mouth.


While this will be the version I will be offering, the older 3-D eye version will still be available by request.

Some Old ........ Some New............

It's been awhile since I've posted anything on here so I thought I'd show you all some stuff that has come from the paint room in the last few days.
Some of those new test patterns, like Natural Pike, Blue Back Herring and Custom Perch , that I posted awhile back, finally got applied to some Big Boys and Widetail swimbaits.
There is some old favorites too ...like Chartreuse Pikie, Dr. Carp and Lace Walleye.

Even More Test Painting

This time I'm working on a real natural looking clear water perch pattern.

More Test Painting

Another attempt at a more natural clear water pike color.

Experimental Painting

Blue Back Herring......First attempt at this color.....this version has a lot of silver, glimmer blue, white and dark blue colors in it. Having never seen one of these fish live, it's a little tough getting the colors right by looking at photos. Many times cameras do not pick up the little color differences,..or the flash will wash out some of the shading completely hiding some colors.

Experimental Painting

Clear water pike......I had a request for a pike color for clear water and this is my first attempt at that color. I know pike have brighter colored fins but I haven't decided what color the fins should be..... red or orange.....I've seen both colors on live pike.

Last of the Double Dawgs

Here is the pics of the last of the Double Dawgs I had to paint.

Some Different Stuff

A couple shots of some different things I did awhile back for a couple friends. One pic is of 10 bass sized spinnerbaits I built for his annual trip down south.
The other pic is a jointed long tail swim bait I put together and a Shallow Invader repaint complete with a custom hand poured tail.

Prepped and Ready

Here's a few Double Dawgs ready to go into the paint room.