Did You STOP Fishing TOPWATER Poppers?
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- The topwater popper is a Lure that we have all fished at one point in time, but a lot of us have stopped fishing it. However, it still works great!
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With the evolution of topwaters and so many different type of topwaters being thrown, it seems that a lot of people have stopped throwing a popper.
With that being said I still believe that poppers are one of the best lures that you can use to catch a bass and there are times when they are the only topwaters that a bass will eat.
A couple of big things to remember when fishing a topwater popper is how you work the bait and the speed at which you work the lure.
There are times when the bass want you to work that topwater extremely fast and there are times when they want it extremely slow. One of the best things that you can do is just experiment with the cadence of the lure until you start getting bit!
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I never fished a popper. Not sure about buying one because I have more fishing gear than I know what to do with. I've had equipment to fish a Carolina rig that I never used but for the 1st time I'm going to use
Storm Chugbug has been my favorite topwater bait for 20 years now !! Gets a good “bloop” on slack line a great splash on tight and they’re crazy easy to walk ! The species of bass you’re targeting also plays a roll in presentation. The smallies seem to react better to a big splash but largies seem to prefer the bloop or walk ( at least where I’m fishing ) Great content as always ! Love these videos
Yes because the kvd splash can imitate a bluegill when it makes the bloop noise. That's when there's alittle slack in the line. If you transition back an forth between a bluegill where it bloops an also have tight line imitating a shad catching large mouth will smash the bait
@@joegrande4848 haven’t tried that bait yet
It works well.
I used to fish poppers a lot but it's hard for me to be patient enough to reach for one when their are so many more active topwaters that keep the mind more engaged and cover water better.
You can use a panther martin gold or silver colored spinner topwater. The second it hits the water keep rod tip high and reel fast. The spinner will create splashes on the surface like a fleeing minnow or shad. Pause 1 second and continue going moderate speed bass will hit. 🙂
I always tie the loop knot when walking the dog. JS
The little Rebel Pop'R in blue/chrome with the bucktail is still my go-to bait. Have one that's over 25 years old and still catching fish.
Agree I caught a nice smallie with the popper (black). Bait hit the water reel once and then nailed it.
The popper is my favorite top water lure. I have about 20 Rico's and the same in yellow magic poppers plus random others. It's so effective on smallmouth here and largies love it too.
One time I was camping and fishing at night. I was throwing a Rapala popper out into the middle of one of the lake arms and working it back to the bank over and over. I couldn't see where I was casting because it was too dark. Eventually something huge smashed it. I set the hook and the fish took off, all I could do was hold one and let it run while line was peeling line off my reel. The fish never jumped and ran for about 30 - 45 seconds and suddenly it stopped. I could feel that it ran me into something underwater as it was no longer pulling and just stuck. I waited for about five minutes but the fish never swam free. I ended up loosening the drag and setting my pole up in a rod holder until the next morning. When I woke up I went to check on the pole and it was still stuck in that same position. I lost my Rapala and whatever fish that was.
I’ve beat 2 of my pbs by following your advice this year so far. You are one of my favorite channels
I love these style poppers. I always have one tied up
The Old Hula Popper still works Great for Largemouth Bass and Northern Pjke!!!
I've been fishing for 45 years and have yet to catch a fish on a popper. They're even in my "confidence" lures box because I know I should be catching them. But I don't. Lol. I just don't have the knack for it.
As I'm listening to this, sound helps. And of being hearing impaired that makes it difficult to hear much more than 20 feet away.
That house @ 7:04 at the tip of that point? Wow!!
What a compound. Amazing what people can do in this world..
It's funny that this video is in my recommended, I threw a popper and caught my first fish on it "not first but first for that lure" I gave it up for about 5 years and decided to throw it on the tennessee river a few days ago and instantly got a bite
Popper is a must have! Use mine all the time.
I use 10lb mono on my spinning reel. Good luck with it so far. Thanks for the tips!
Probably should tie one on again. Just too many top waters to choose from!
Really appreciate all your Intel in this video, very helpful. I learned a lot of good stuff .that as a guy who just got back to fishing last year after 25 years ( which I had really limited Mentoring in my youth.Thanks again, and God Bless!!
God bless!
Glad you mentioned not getting the knot in the guides. I was sitting there thinking, "Yeah but you break that leader off after hitting your guides with it a few times
Love the content! The white ozark trail poppers have been putting in the work at my home lake🤣🎣
I pulled the rear hook clean out of an Ozark trail popper on a hook set... Never ever again.
My #1 bait when wading our river here for smallmouth ! Crazy exciting bites on the popper !
I won't kick my Poppers to the curb...dance with who you came with. It's my confidence topwater and the one I throw first. I'm newer to the Whopper Ploppers and walking baits and spooks. Thanks for the tip on adding a leader, I've been fishing straight braided line for years and experience the "loop" on the front hooks.
Last year on my home lake the popper was the number one top water choice last year. I’ve never caught so many fish on a popper as I did last year. A tip for the noobs, if you’ve never fished a popper before you can’t work the bait to slow. 50% of your bites will come while the bait isn’t moving at all. I usually mix 1-3 pops and let it set for a minute or two. Fish will either bite right after a pop or after the bait has set still awhile.
Started in the 80s with PopR, and picked up the ChugBug later. The Academy brand is pretty good. One of my all time favorite baits to throw still to this day.
Tough to beat a Chugbug !! Great versatile bait
The bloop is kinda like the sound bluegill make when they eat insects on top water
I fished a river in Maine one year. Mid July, gin clear water. Slayed smallmouth all day long on topwater. At one point, I cast out but had to fix a line loop. As the Hula Popper sat motionless, 3 bass hit it.
Poppers work great, probably my most effective topwater lure. Hula poppers suck though IMO.
Good stuff... Getting ready... We still have some ice on our lakes in Wisconsin..
Recently heard a tip on keeping braid out of front treble out of braid 2-3 bobber stops at knot does the trick. Have you ever used or had any success with Berkley Power Pop? Picked one up a new one the other day looked interesting. EWG hook, frog-like legs, popper style body but not hollow body more of a foam like make-up. Got one late last fall cast it a few times & went back to buzzbait figured it'd do better when bluegill started slurping bugs again in spring. Material did not react well to hollow body frogs and trailers I stored it with.
The first topwater experience I ever had was on a Booyah prank, it had just rained and I decided to try it out and boy was hooked on topwater ever since! Love the tips you gave in this video, always so informational! Keep up the great work!
The bloop you noticed the bass seem to like mirrors the sound of bluegill feeding at the surface, just to a more exaggerated extent
I believe that fishing is a personal confidence in the technique, lures and equipment each one uses for any given situation. Floro sinks and not ideal for top water lures but I guess with it being just a leader instead of the whole spool, it may not hurt. thanks again for the info bud! 👍
Completely agree with you, poppers are awesome. I prefer a yellow Magic over others. I really like the Dodd Knot as my connection knot. This knot is so tiny but yet unbelievably strong. Try it and tell me what you think.
There is a video on UA-cam showing how to tie it
Man, I wish I knew everything you did with the line, rod and reel combinations and their efficiency. I'm still learning even after years of bassing nearly daily and consuming all that youtube has to offer.
Learn all that you can to be as versatile as you can !! You can never have too much knowledge
@RICK POWELL disagree, braid in clear water on a pressured lake will get you a skunk more times than not . Dirty muddy dark water with some reaction baits ( frogs especially) it does matter but if you’re only using 10 lb braid you better be ready to lose a lot of fish ( and frogs )
@RICK POWELL
I understand what you mean. Here where I live in Tx, the water is usually so dirty you could use a chain for line & I bet it wouldn't matter! Lmao
However, I'm discussing the knowledge on reels' reaction most efficiently with different pound test line as far as casting goes. I use straight braid on everything for bassing! A uni knot flouro leader for crankbaits with trebles will give you a bet of stretch. I agree the rod plays a big part in it. Flouro leader in case of a skin or loose hook. Started doing that when spotted bass would rip loose of my crank trebles. They're mean. And it can't hurt to know your line is nearly invisible. When flipping into hard cover over chunky logs, you don't want a soft rod and 10lb anything. You're physically winching a fish out depending on how big it is.
Furthermore, when heavy catfishing I've always gone straight braid (60-80lb) -> swivel -> 50-60lb mono. Not just for abrasion resistance but if you get snagged, you can break off just the hook and keep the swivel and weight.
A plain old rebel pop-r in Fire Tiger. Not there new version of Fire Tiger. But their original. Is hands down my favorite bait to fish and it always has been. I catch more fish on one of those and an Arbogast Jitterbug then I do on every other top water bait combined. Love em! I start every morning outing with the pop-r. Spitting it is my favorite way to fish it. And the blue thing sound mocks the bluegill popping on the surface as everybody hears when they're out fishing I believe
I've been angling since I was 3 yr old. As a teenager I used to watch with a Rebel Pop-R, took a 15 year hiatus where I did very little fishing. Wanting to try the Yamizuri
I’ve never used braid with a popper. I e always use straight Flurocarbon. I will give braid a try.
Great video. Breaking down the retrieves three different ways is an interesting concept. I’ve always just tight lined spit it.
I use a whopper plopper 80 percent of the time. The other 20 I mix in various others including a popper.
Whopper plopper is just unbeatable for both smallies and large mouths
Thats crazy I'm the total opposite I throw a popper or a walking bait and I never use whopper poppers threw them a lot last year and never caught a fight on one and I have 3 different sizes but if I throw a r2s Rover it catches them like crazy
@@zaneoverfelt4104 yea man fishing is always like that forsure. Some lures work better for some ppl , I throw the 110 almost exclusively and it's the perfect size I think
@@440-fishermandrock8 I'll have to try it out what colors you like throwin? I have a black one a bone colored one and a little 75 in sexy shad
@@zaneoverfelt4104
I throw the bone , and powder the most. But monkey butt (sunnier days) works great too.
All in 110 .
I also throw the choppo a little, I like it but not as much .
105 and 120 I believe .
Black (maverick) and bone
@@zaneoverfelt4104
What state u in bro?
Nice video , I dont know but i thinknat min 3:00 i think you say bluegill eating bass 😅
I use a Rapala Pop R and landed a few bass. My favorite during late evening during summer is the good ole' Jitterbug.
I used a Arashi Cover pop almost exclusively last year during a tournament and won. It's by far my most used top water. It can do everything great and walking it is extremely easy. It's a bigger one and can cast extremely well. Cast under a dock or under some limbs in a tree It's just such a good bait.
The popper is literally my favorite top water lure! always have one tied up as well.
My favourite top water are poppers, frogs and mice. Super fun for Pike fishing.
Thank you for actually explaining how to make poppers move! I’ve watched so many other guides and none explained as well as you did!! 😁
Looking forward to using whopper plopper and Lunkerhunt propeller perch this year.
Greetings from Saskatchewan Canada 🇨🇦
I love fishing poppers any time after the spawn. My absolute favorite is a Yellow Magic in Bone color
the arashi cover pop is my favorite
I'd love to team up when you come to Florida and do a fishing trip
I use a chug bug, and the bass love it!!!!
Storm chugbug is my all time favorite popper/walking bait
Freaking awesome bro. An old Grunt has learned so much from you, thank you.
I stopped fishing them for I’m a Zara spook guy! I’ve been fishing them my whole life unlike poppers!
Seen a guy who had a 3inch rectangle block of wood attached a trailer and fished it and no joke caught nice bass no paint nothing
Excellent info Tyler I still use the popper alot!
Bloop Bloop! Luv it.
Rebel tinie PopR in silver and Black or kinda like a perch or gill pattern on my 6 ft 6 spinner with 2500 reel and 8 or 10 lb mono I've caught so many fish with it its unreal. I seem to ahve better luck with the Tiny PopR then the full size
Nope. Ive been throwing them all 😆 want to try that triple R2S whopper plopper rig
I love poppers. I've always thrown them on spinning reel. I have a shimano slx150 that will launch a whopper plopper a mile, but I think a popper is too light for it.
Poppers have caught me some of my biggest bass!
Sup Tyler. Great video and tips. I'm guilty of putting poppers off for a few years, with the lures coming out lol . I started using again last year, can't wait to use this year. Ty tc
Hell no aint stopped fishing top water poppers, the rebel pop R is a killer and stays in the tackle Box. 3 small pops with a pause then pull it a foot, long pause... then 2 tiny twitches... deadly technique!
I have never stopped fishing a pop-r,,,I'm a top water nut lol. Great tips with the line tho thanks for sharing...
Dude I love the popper!!
Awesome info
The popper is my top water go to!!
Great video ++
Love the content. Question, what knot do you use to connect your leader?
Best hook up ratio in the game💯💯
Tried top water yesterday. 65 degree water.
No luck. Been Cool last couple nights tho.
My first popper was my most successful topwater it was a hula ppper back around 1970
I use poppers and walking style baits most the time
What type of hook do you use when texas rigging it? How do you rig it as well? Thanks Randy! 🤙
Skip on up to around 2:45 and enjoy. Top water poppers all day
Great video 📹 thanks for sharing 8
Do you use a loop knot on your poppers or a split ring?
caught my 7.5 lb pb with a popper!
Iv always fished my booyah prank, to this day still one of my favs
Nope... Caught my PB on a Popmax
I've caught more and bigger bass on poppers than any other lures. It's my secret sauce. You all know when you have those perfect conditions, you can almost feel it in the fishy force guiding you to put the plug right where it needs to be for an immediate explosive strike. I don't get that with subwater lures. I catch fish with subwater lures but I don't get that intuitive prelude that I get with topwater, especially poppers.
In my opinion, pencils and frogs outperform poppers by a long shot. I still bust out my popper every now and again, popmax usually, but it never catches fish as easily as those nice walking baits.
No ,I haven't. Anyone who has is a fool and cheating themselves of some of the most fun you can have fishing.
Megabass popmax,lobino ricos,yellow magics,LC gunfish and s8 poppers are top picks of mine.
Lol
The video suggested by the algo was my previous one watched
Top water 100 percent is possibly in direct hot summer sunny days.
Don't be fooled, keep throwing your favorites top waters In the 🔥 summer !!!
What gear ratio is your reel
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Nope. Definitely did not. Poppers are my favorite top water bait.
They don't work
You're doing something wrong then.
For me, I've never, ever caught a fish with a frog. Not sure what I'm doing wrong or not doing.
But Spooks, poppers, and Jitter Bugs have always produced fish for me.
Never! Although, maybe I should watch the video before I answer the question... Naw.
A lot of guys......
Video title makes no sense thumbnail makes no sense the word forgotten next to a popper that’s been fish since the 1860s when it was patented tells me even a bigger channel on UA-cam resorts to click bait and Deception then start talking about some thing that has nothing to do with the title or the thumbnail