FALL TOPWATER FISHING: The BEST Baits For EVERY Situation!
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- Опубліковано 22 жов 2024
- Fall is topwater time! When it comes to catching bass in shallow water, every bass angler knows that topwater is king. The question isn't if you should throw topwater, its which topwater you should throw next. Today we're breaking down the different styles of topwater, what they're for, and how to use them this Fall.
From poppers to walking baits, buzz baits to wake baits, Tim is explaining what each style of bait is for. In addition to the baits themselves he also gives key color recommendations so you can fish with confidence.
Below you'll find links to our favorite baits, favorite colors, as well as the gear we use to fish them. All the links go directly to Tackle Warehouse where you can see detailed photos and descriptions of each item.
TIM'S PERSONAL TOPWATER LINE UP RIGHT NOW...
•R2S Whopper Plopper 110: bit.ly/2bsPbQV
Color: Loon
•Evergreen Shower Blows 105: bit.ly/2zIkqUH
Color: Full Metal
•River2Sea Rover 128: bit.ly/2acSVea
Color: Funky Tiger
•River2Sea Bully Wa 2 Frog: bit.ly/2axyR2a
Color: Little Allen
•Evergreen Shower Blows 77.7: bit.ly/2zIkqUH
Color: Black Bone, Neon Wakasagi
•R2S Tactical Wake 210: bit.ly/3aV6peA
Color: Tactical Shad
WALKING BAITS...
•River2Sea Rover 128: bit.ly/2acSVea
Color: Funky Tiger, Sooner, Chrome Black
•Reaction Innovations Vixen: bit.ly/2rp11nr
Color: Chartreuse Shiner, Lush, Ghost Herring
•Heddon Super Spook: bit.ly/2diThgH
Color: Okie Shad, TW Okie Bone, Bone
•Lucky Craft GunFish 117: bit.ly/3vy7Pln
Color: Bone Shad, BP Golden Shiner
FINESSE WALKING BAITS...
•Evergreen Shower Blows 105: bit.ly/2zIkqUH
Color: Full Metal
•Teckell Kicknocker: bit.ly/2nvxkoA
Color: Bone, Chrome
•Owner Zip-N-Ziggy: bit.ly/3BTMLuh
Color: Brown Trout, Ivory Chartreuse, Natural Minnow
•Jackall PikuPiku 78: bit.ly/399wl59
Color: Glitter Secret Bait, lively Shad
STRAIGHT RETRIEVE BAITS...
•D&M Double Hammer Buzz: bit.ly/29W2t9z
Colors: White Shad, Night Stalker
•Whopper plopper 90 or 110: bit.ly/2bsPbQV
Colors: Chrome Black, Bone, Munky Butt
SMALL WAKEBAITS...
•Jackall Mikey Jr: bit.ly/3r3L1If
Color: Aurora Black, Ghost Minnow
•Megabass I jack: bit.ly/3PuBqEt
Color: Kossori Shad, Kisyu Ayu, Cosmic Shad
FRONT RUNNER...
•PH Customs Phront Runner: bit.ly/3wJIdkH
Color: Foil Black, Pearl Bone, Sexy Shad
POPPERS...
•Shimano World Pop: bit.ly/3sSjJpI
Colors: N Smelt, T Smelt
•Megabass Pop Max: bit.ly/2qqfmm1
Colors: Mat Shad, Megabass Sexy Shad
•Megabass Pop X: bit.ly/3i9T3sg
Colors: Sexy French Pearl, M Wakasagi
FROGS...
•River2Sea Bully Wa 2 Frog: bit.ly/2axyR2a
Colors: Little Allen, Ghost
•Teckel Sprinker: bit.ly/2rmnqSI
Colors: Bone, Hologram Bone
•Spro Poppin Bronzeye 60: bit.ly/2HsyqIJ
Colors: Misty Shad, Nasty Shad
•Jackall Gavacho: bit.ly/2L7KsWS
Colors: Black Gill, Lime Frog, White
•Jackall Kaera: bit.ly/2Fz6SA3
Colors: White, Green Frog, Glitter Hasu
•Zoom Horny Toad: bit.ly/2aY5lBt
Colors: Grey Ghost, White, Bull Frog
WAKEBAIT...
•R2S Tactical 210 Wake: bit.ly/3aV6peA
Colors: Copper Carp, SC Minnow, Chrome Gill
TIM'S TOPWATER COMBO...
Rod- Megabass P5 Z-Crank Elseil: bit.ly/2wVOSbY
Reel- Daiwa Tatula 100: bit.ly/3KmzgFJ
Line- Power Pro Maxcuatro Braid (30 lb): bit.ly/2clBRiQ
FAVORITE FROG COMBO...
Rod- Shimano Expride B 7'3" XH: bit.ly/32IrXqE
Reel- Shimano Metanium 150 MGL B: bit.ly/2ezIBfB
Line- Power Pro Maxcuatro Braid (65 lb): bit.ly/2clBRiQ
BUDGET TOPWATER COMBO...
Rod- Shimano SLX 6'10" Medium: bit.ly/2mGp1Vc
Reel- Shimano SLX (HG): bit.ly/2NfdOnk
Line- Power Pro Braid (30 lb): bit.ly/2aFg46b
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We have a variety of apparel items and custom lure designs available! Everything from hats, to hoodies, to crankbaits! Its all available direct through Tackle Warehouse with fast shipping. See it here...
TacticalBassin Apparel and Lure Designs: bit.ly/38YpPIz
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MAJOR EQUIPMENT WE USE DAILY...
Trolling Motor- Minn Kota Ultrex 112: bit.ly/2vFQypW
Electronics- Humminbird Solix 15: bit.ly/35HuPRY
Anchors- Minn Kota Talons: bit.ly/2F0QBSP
Net- Frabill Conservation PLD 2612: bit.ly/3kdZ3kA
Camera- GoPro Hero 9: bit.ly/2KQ0VEI
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Chugging a popper in open water will produce some insane bites as well, doesn't always have to be subjected to just cover. I've been on a open water popper bite for like a month now and it's been so insanely fun!
hula poppers in open water especially at night
I get all of my fishing knowledge from channels like this! Thanks so much. I threw a popper this morning and caught a good 3 1/2 pounder!
I have fished in the South most of my life. From Florida to Kentucky and topwater is almost year round in Florida based on time of day and low pressure times. Here in Kentucky Fall is one of my favorites for shallow cranks and topwater. It’s a one two punch for me. I can have three baits rigged and be happy this time of year. A jig/tube rod, shallow crank, topwater.
My all time best topwater time is post spawn. Maybe it’s just me and what I want to fish? Regardless it’s money for me.
I love smaller finesse topwater more than anything. A pop r type of bait worked fast and spitting water looks and sounds amazing.
Spooks to me are my old school favorite and I love the one knocker.
Regardless, I love a topwater bite!
Don what part of Kentucky are you from? Barren River Lake here for me. Spro wamku shad and the rock crawler works great here this time of year. I haven't fished top water much. What would you suggest using on Barren River, it's a shallow lake and considered one of the best bass lakes in the state acre for acre.
Finally got my hands on a Vixen about a month ago. Third cast I caught a 4.5 pound largemouth on the silver flitter shad color. I’m a believer. Just waiting for tw to get some more colors in stock
I really appreciate the specific bait overviews-I don’t even fish for Bass very often, mostly gulf coast inshore species. Predatory fish will strike artificial lures salt or fresh. Applying this great information showing a different action/technique/bait- something these fish haven’t seen or heard before🤠
The smallies have been absolutely devouring a rover 98 for me. That is a killer bait!
Water temp?
@@fishinfrenzy2544 I'm a bank angler so I can't tell you for certain. I can tell you that I've been on this pattern for 3-5 days a week for the last month and a half or so. We've had cooler nights/mornings for the last couple weeks so I'm sure the water temp has dropped. I haven't been getting any more or less bites as of right now but they've been much more aggressive. Time or Conditions haven't mattered much either
that footage at 13:58 is absolute money! y’all are the best in the business!
Top water may be the most fun I have all year!
Great video guys!!
Tim I swear you are the king of sound effects lol
Spot on!
Go away.
You’re 100% right! Lmao 🤣
I really hope you guys spend some time with nishine Lure works topwaters next year if you haven't already. The abino 110 is crazy customizable and the erie 115tw is an insane..... topwater floating Minnow... and yes it's insane, the action and erratic first few kicks are just unbelievable, so so so many ways to fish. Hiroshi is the king of attention to detail, product testing, and adding multiple uses to his baits, nothing of his is straight forward and one dimensional. They are all beginner friendly and easy to use but all have a very high skill ceiling if you are willing to put in the time and experiment with them. Thanks for another great video guys.
I just started using the 115TW and it's incredible. Around here the whopper plopper 110 and 75 have been king of the river for a long time, but I schooled my buddy the first trip out with the 115TW... the hooks on those NLW lures are super sticky too. I landed 28 of thirty smallies hooked and they all jumped.
@@jaypearce20 ya absolutely love their Hooks too. I've had awesome landing ratios as well. They really eat it good, it out produced all my other topwaters since getting it regardless of conditions. It's so subtle and doesn't telegraph itself so you know it's going to be a producer for years to come, fish won't be as quickly conditioned to it as other lures. Heck the Rapala floating Minnow still catches just as many fish as it ever has and that things been around forever, same thing with the old smithwick rogues. This is the same deal.
3 new walking baits I tried this yr is the 6sense catwalk 13fishing dual pitch and the Berkeley j walker and now all three are in my arsenal awesome baits
For those with lighter gear, throwing a weightless Gambler EZ swimmer or Big EZ is a great subtle topwater plop plop plop action with a paddletail. And it PRODUCES.
Thanks for your dedication and information you give everyone Tim. Keep up the great work fellas!
You’re the man Tim.
It's definitely top water time! Always love the top water vids 💪
Tim, if I buy more lures, I'll be divorced, bankrupt or both. Very impressed with your top water selection. You and Matt are on top of the bass video game and we do appreciate it.
My father always said buy a lure every time your at the store. Just 1. After 35 yrs that really added to alot of gear but it wasn't all at once. Just 1 at a time and maybe the Mrs won't know🤫
go for divorced.
Top water is a blast always ! The price is steep but buy a MegaBass Pop Max and Teckel Kick Knocker get em. My top producers. Nice mention on the Bully Wa
just caught a 5lb 12 ounce yesterday on a choppo 90. It was second big bite of the day and i actually had the first one on the line as well but he ran straight for the lilys and tied me up and got off. That’s the thing with the second set of treble hooks
Hey at least you caught the 5!
My favorite time of the year
One comment about why the vixen might be better for smallies... the hook pattern is is better for hooking up smallies because of the way they hit baits. Instead of gulping the whole lure, smallies are notorious for grabbing a bait right in the center of the body. The rover doesn't have hooks there, but the vixen does.
Another lure you might want to try this year is the Nishine lure works Erie 115TW jerk bait. It's a high floating jerk bait that can be fished in less than a foot of water. Has an incredible action and the smallies around here were crushing it!
Great video Tim, thanks for sharing
Don't worry tim when you live in tennessee long enough you learn which storm you can let blow over and which to take seriously.
Hahaha...Tim's over here talking about catching two fish at once and I'm sitting here contemplating a deal with the Devil just to catch one...period! 🤣
Most fun way to catch’em!
Great video 😊!! I’ve increased my bass knowledge 10 Fold since watching this channel!! Thank you so much 😎👍🏻👍🏻
Here in south Texas. Still feels like summer. Went top water yesterday..failed. caught them with slow moving senkos still
still hot here in florida to but yesterday caught a monster on a choppo 90 5lb 12
😲 That front runner, never seen that one. Oh yeah I’m getting that. I already throw the Double Fluke
I really, really, really have fallen in love with the 13 fishing navigator. It's one of the cheapest topwaters I throw, but you can burn it back and it just walks with ease.
Thank you so much for the video one of my favorite fishing techniques. I love top water it’s the best. 😊
I have yet to catch a fish on any of those walking baits up north in WA state. But I've had good luck with whopper ploppers and poppers.
Tim can you throw the tactical wake on the dobyns 795 or would that be a little too big of a bait for it? Thanks dude as always!
I throw it on a 795 fury. It's not bad. 806 would be better I think but definitely do-able on the 795
Good stuff Tim!
That opening slow mo footage while talking topwater... the first thing that came to mind.... (Schwarzenegger voice) GET TO THE PLOPPER!!! 🤣👍
Arnold's my boyhood hero!! Always had on Conan or commando. And love me some whopper action so get to the plopper🤣
Great video brother. Super informative
I'm loving my Vixen so far.
Waking up to Tim shaking baits like the we old shake weight lmao!!
Dude i cannot get bit in Northen Mi or MN on my vixens or rovers fir smallies. But as soon as i pick up my yozuri 3d vibe in bone 125. They go nuts!
In Ponds the PH Custom lures Crazy Ace is unmatched, it looks like a struggling bluegill. You guys need to get a few on tackle warehouse and try
Thanks for the video! This is my first time fishing this late into the season. When is it too cold to stop using topwater? Suppose to be only in the 50s this weekend in MN. Lily pads are still there, dying, but still there.
Excellent tips as usual! New boat?
Super good info thank you!
Great video....I've definitely got the sickness.
i just caught my pb saturday on a whopper plopper 110 in the i know it color
Hey Tim, question for ya. What do you do when there is just too much bait in the water? The lake I live by and fish primarily this time of year gets super super tough because there seems to be unlimited endless bait balls. And it seems like there’s just too much bait that no matter what the bite almost shuts down because of the amount of bait that there is in the water. Curious if your tips and advice. Thanks. Great video
Would love to see you catch a bass with the ginormous wake bait!
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Hey Tim the lake I live on and fish very often has turned real reddish brown all of a sudden and now I can’t get a bit at all!!! What do u recommend doing and using??? Thanks for ur help love the videos they r very informative and helpful
What what you consider fall time? Water temps or cold nights and morning or leaves changing ?
do you often use silent stickbaits or sinking silent ones like water monitor, debu nyoro ? it looks like you mostly use pretty loud ones. you were talking about tight action, did you tried jackall riserbait for that ? caught many small ones on the 004. 007 has the tightest action and 009 should be nice for bass too. i fish a lot of asp with it in france.
Which one you recommend for the bank beater?
get yourself a spook or hula popper and put it to work
Any suggestions for 3 combos and River Bank Fishing? I don’t have a lot of time to fish and it’s been “Goose Eggs” the last few times going out.
A small finesse popper for the still Eddie's and a whopper plopper type bait for the currents and majority of the water. Maybe a spook also but I'd stick with the first 2 scenarios
@@joecuillo5005 lol I tried a little Popper this morning and 3 Bluegill that’s great. I’ll stick with those type of guys thank you.
does the topwater bite end at a specific water temp/time of year? the water is starting to get a little chilly and am wondering if im wasting my time doing so
Good video and information.
IT'S TIME!
Hello, quick question on the Gavacho. What have you guys done to increase the hookup ratio with the Gavacho? Im having a hard time keeping fish pinned on that frog. I get massive amount of blowups, but IMO I think the plastic is too tough and the hooks are to small. What do you recommend?
The Kick knocker is the original vixen mold
Thanks Tim. Looking a little shake weighty.(South Park reference). Good video but my boat won't fit 12 top water rods. I like when you break it down to must haves or high percentage lures. 5 different walkers I don't even own 5 different walkers. I throw a Sammy and a buzzbait but you did talk me into buying that Shower blow last year, ouch expensive. Maybe this year a fish will look at it.
The shower blows is amazing! Use it!
Do you throw all your top waters on braid or just the frog bait’s obviously?
My man pulled right into the video and said "You shooting a video?" 🤣🤣
Can I hook up walking baits with straight yellow braided line with a leader.
My boss said, "if I catch u watching another Tactical Bassin' video on the clock, I'll have to write u up" I handed him my favorite pen
Have you ever fish with the Dobyns rods yet for frogs if you did which one is it better than the shimano expride rods
Does it make a difference between 30lb and 40lb braid for poppers and Dawgs?
Matt & Tim always stellar tutorials/n gear reviews :))))
Since you both are BFS guys ....... give the massive 2 5/8" Yo-Zuri 3DR-X Popper a go. Believe i saw it featured on a Tackle Warehouse video perhaps 3 months ago. First time using it over in Bluff City ---- thought it was a smallmouth busting some bait on the surface. Soon as i set the hook i knew it was a good sized Striper. I was using my new Sore Lip Em (via Trout Magnet) $40 2-Piece spinning rod with ............... Leland Lure's SOS 6# copolymer.
Fortunately my Popper had one hook in mouth the other the bridge of the nose. INSANE fight ......... dozen and a half runs peeling line ???. I don't carry a scale but had to be 16-18 pounds. Ultra surprised i did not have to spend ten minutes reviving the Striper !!!
The 3DR-X does not have ultra cupped lip ---- which i like. Spits quite a bit of water for such a small profile. Been terrific for Hybrids the last month +. Comes in some great color options and is only $8
Hi Tim ,can you please tell me why some of your walking baits have the middle hook missing?
Thank you brother;
Great top water teaching video today .
the 2 hooks are sufficient for hookups while being more weedless than the 3 hook setup
From CA, I fish from central CA to Clearlake. I want to buy a Tatical Wakebait, and I can only have 1. What color do you recommend?
Love your videos. 👍
Chrome Gill would be a great choice in the Delta region but you almost can't go wrong with Trout as well.
nice tight lines - Ben
On that spook with the chartreuse back wouldn't you say that chartreuse back is more for the customers eye? The fish really only see the belly and some of the side so isn't the back color more irrelevant? Just wondering cause I judge my top water colors by the colors of the belly and sides more than the top. I also like the ghost belly with chartreuse sides
Sorry but what reel are you using for the wake bait I guess I’m not seeing it . Thanks
Ive tried everything from small mepps spinners to large swimbaits and got nothing for a whole day and my buddy comes with his whopper plopper after work, within 30 minutes he got a 5 pound largemouth and that is gigantic for up here in Canada
stick with the big baits it will pay off
@@1BITE1DREAM i hope so, i do live up north where smallies are more common. That largemouth that my buddy got was abnormally big
Great video ! This is JAMES Btw
Also I can't find the bully was frog I do have to be spit was tho
You don’t throw the SB 125? That’s my jam.
I swear I don’t get the love on top water unless its a frog in slop! Walking baits I don’t have too much love… gotta keep throwing them
try a crankdown wake around that slop
@@1BITE1DREAM I’ll give it a shot! 👊🏾
I have a question what type of line do you use (braid,mono,floro)? What size pound line?
I'm gonna say he uses all the line you said but in different circumstances. I won't guess which he uses and when cause he's a mad scientist that has his own ways. I'd say use mono in a weed free setup like a prop bait or a walking bait. You know, baits with treble hooks. Then use braid when running buzztoads or buzzbaits in or around weeds. Usually a single hook setup. This is how I approach it
Anyone else had plopper blow ups on a birds nest? Twice this has happened, while picking my line goes tight because a bass took it setting less then 5 ft from the bank.
I gotta kick out of picturing this happening 😆 Things going from bad to worse in a hurry
I just found you. I sub too. I'm like 5hrs into hole. Great content! Could you possibly do a video of when to use braided line vs car line. I ask because you talk frog on this video and was surprised you said braided line. I thought it was clr. If you could go into detail that be great..
What water temperature would you stop throwing topwater so much at?
I vary my retrieves fast for 2 seconds then moderate 2 seconds. When I go fast I don't go so fast the bass miss. Then I vary my pause times. During the winter I'd vary my retrieves moderate 2 seconds then slow. Still will vary my pause but pauses I'll start out with 5 seconds then increase pause periods if it's not long enough pause period. Then continue varying pause an retrieve moderate 2 seconds super slow 2 seconds an switch up then super slow then moderate. Also when it's really hot its good to start retrieve moderate then slow in 2 seconds increments.
You can never win comes to mind😆 When I speed up they start to bite but also miss the bait. When I slow down the stop biting. It's all about finding that happy medium I guess
as he's pulling out 7 topwater rods... only thing i thought was "...cant hide money" lolol
your new skeeter??
How often you hooking your hand when demonstrating the sounds xD
What about ponds?
Please do a video using the duo Pikachu topwater haha
I never throw a double buzzbait they aren't for every situation. That's for a noisy day. Single buzz with and without a knocker. Various sizes but mostly three colors. Black, white(shad) and a bluegill. From a small 1/4oz to. 1/2oz. I catch multiple species of bass surprised you said it's only for largemouth considering people have been catching multiple bass species on buzzbaits for probably over 60 years lol. I catch spots, largies, hybrids, striper, white and yellow bass on them.
I'm new to topwater fishing and I've been using the cultiva popper. I was wondering what type of line I should be using to get me started, im currently using 10lb sunline mono
What you’re using is pretty solid for the size of that bait!!
@@colelakely6525 and any tips on what type of knot I should be using are snaps recommended?
no snaps, clinch knot with mono. you may like braid better for your topwaters. in that case run a palomar
@@jorgemendizabal3069 a (small) snap won’t hurt your presentation in my opinion. Although it would work just as good without. You see more benefits in a walking bait with using a snap or split ring than a small popper like yours.
And as the guy above said; Basic clinch (twist type knot) when using mono. But honestly that type of line is so forgiving you can’t really go wrong. Good luck and tight lines friend
@@colelakely6525 very much appreciate the feed back 🙏
Man I need more combos I can’t keep up 😂
Well I doubt you'll need 12 for topwaters. 12 for sure but not all for topwater😉
@@joecuillo5005 I would love to have 12 just for Topwater tho. 😂
So if everyone starts downsizing their baits from all the pressure. Then what’s it going to move to back to full size is going to catch them then?....
big baits all day
I bring 10-12 rods rigged with top water baits.
I bought the river2sea bully wa 2 and it sinks. Not happy with that purchase.
Did you forget the links?
Has anyone here tried the Xcite Heckler? Hear good things, but not many reviews on UA-cam.
Where is the diamante from megabass ?!?!?
Me: in bass pro shaking spooks looking for different pitches and rattles
Basspro rep: quit jerking lures off in my store please 😆
Point of the story let Tim and Matt do it in vids we understand don't try this at home lol
It’s not all about sound or color. Size is the biggest key.
facts
FXR?? Where's the Champion?
Are you not fishing out of a champion still? I was out of commission for a while and it hurt too much to watch
Anyone feel free to respond...favorite topwater bait.. brand..color.. if only could choose 1
toxic wad3 hoggs, literally any color
How many of these baits would you still use in the end of Oct going into Early November?
spooks, buzzbaits and a wakebait always killer in the fall
Are they just not perch 🤔
Waterville walking top water frog on top of the surface and kill it and then start back over again
1st. Let's freaking goooo
🥈Silver medalists are still on the podium.😆🙌🏻👍🏻