I agree 110% regarding changing the hooks on the whopper plopper. River2sea uses the larger hooks on most all of their baits. I've lost several fish due to the thick hooks fishing for bass. That being said the Choppo has excellent hooks no need to change them. Great job Tyler, truly enjoy your videos.
Because of all the hype that the Whooper Ploppers had going for them back when they first came on the market, I ended up buying one of the 75s. I fished with it for about a year and a half before I ever got a bite on one. Out of the blue one day I finally got a bite. Then I got nothing again. Out of frustration, I decided to copy the design in my CAD software and shrink the size down to about a third the size of the 75 Whopper Plopper size. I then 3D printed me some samples and took them to the river to see how they ran through the water as I reeled them in. I caught bass the very first time out with my smaller DIY 3D printed Whopper Plopper knockoffs. Shortly after I shrunk down and 3D printed my own Whopper Ploppers, the maker of the original Whopper Ploppers came out with a Plopper that was a bit smaller than the 75 Whopper Plopper. I bought one of those smaller OEM Whopper Ploppers too. That was about three or four years ago now and I haven't caught anything else with them. My smaller DIY plopper still catch fish. Go figure. I did the same thing with one of those other top water propeller type lures called the "Revolver." First time out with my DIY knockoffs I caught fish. instagram.com/p/B3dvv68B3z3/
@@timmontano8792 I never tried a plopper but a choppo has a hard plastic tail spinner instead of the soft plopper tail spinner. That and size might make it better for your area. The sound might be different also.
Sun Gloves, learned the hard way, very important...also suggestion if you are not already including this feature on your shirts, include the thumb hole on the shirts, helps protect the hands for those that can not afford the gloves.... I very much enjoy your videos, I have learned a lot from you, thank you for what you do. :)
I find stopping the retrieve and letting it set for a 3 or 5 second period gives the fish, if coming up from 20 or so fow. gives them time to travel that distance. Bone is my go to colour and when you catch 2, 22in. smallies on one cast you know you have a battle on your hands. Nice light Spinning rod 7'2" does my most work. Kill and go best description going.
Tyler, you have it SPOT-ONin my opinion here. On the 15th of September i caught a stunning 2,7kg bass jn a farm dam here in South Africa. I used a size 110 black and silver plopper bought on Temu, paired with a 7 foot m/heavy rod and 30 pound braid. I was worried about the quality of the hooks when i saw the baits i bought but did not change them. I nearly lost the fish because when i had him on the bank the hooks (front bite) was nearly bent open. I had to change the hooks and my local tackle shop owner also sold me quality hooks with a thin diameter. Thanks for a great video as always.
I kinda resurrected my Ploppers this year! It’s been a blast! That 130 in perch has been money but also the 110 in bone. Even borrowed my buddy’s 190 and found one big taker for it!
I’ve been fishing over 50 years and guided I’ve only caught one cat on a topwater and it was a 12 lb channel cat on a zera spook. I caught that cat back around 1980. I’ve caught a lot of huge flatheads on jigging spoons and swimbaits on a jighead and 12” Powerworms. Mostly on jigging spoons. Biggest was on a swimbait and it was 3 oz shy of 40 lbs. Most of the flatheads I catch on lures are between 20 and 30 pounds. I’d say 95% of them. Not often I catch smaller ones. I caught most of them on purpose. I’ve figured out the spots they hang out and when they’re there on my local lake. They go in my deep fryer.
Yeah well lucky me, I was fishing with the white 75 Plopper and had THE biggest snapping turtle I’ve ever seen ( about as big a round as a man hole cover) hit it and went straight to the bottom. I didn’t see it and thought I just caught the biggest bass or Nothern of my life!! I fought and fought and finally got that thing to surface and I about 💩 myself!! Damn thing had all 3 hooks of the rear treble hook in its mouth, 1 in the top 2 on the bottom to where its mouth was basic shut and couldn’t open it and needless to say I had to cut the line and lose my Plopper.
@@nicandre7943 wait until you catch a big soft shell turtle. I’ve caught plenty of snappers and soft shells and the soft shells fight like a fish with speed and swimming unlike the slow heavy weight on bottom of a snapper. Those big soft shells are fast swimmers and runners.
i caught a 6 pound bass on the 110 same color way that bine and red. even before that though i been addicted i cant put it down. such a gnarly noise and action. when the fish hit it.. they usually hit it super hard makes it so fun all around. man. cant wait till i get a gopro so i can start my youtube! ive learned alot from you. your the reason why i went and got a plopper in the first place!
Some good tips. NDYakAngler mostly uses 75s so that's what I mostly use now since I kayak fish and it's been working. Please if you're going to tell people to swap out treble hooks then tell us what size you swap them out for or at the very least link them. You say you don't want to overwhelm us but not saying a size you swap out for is more overwhelming than doing the actual swap. This is the second time in recent videos you've mentioned swapping trebles out but have given no direction to folks on what they should substitute with for size. Thanks and I appreciate your content!
The trebles on the r2s whoppers are money and i see absolutely zero reason to change them out. Also NDYA is the goat, and it the reason I use 75s exclusively now as well. The more narrow models have trouble staying afloat right after a cast in my experience.
Another good tip for the black plopper is change the front treble hook to a red one. Bass see red really good and I been slamming some nice ones after that.
I always put a swivel on all my Plopper style lures, regardless of size. I tend to use Flourocarbon until I get to the 110 size, then I will use braid. The small 90 and 75 seem to cast better on Flourocarbon line.
This evening during dusk almost dark I was throwing a plopper I only had 15 minutes because I told the wife I was going to the grocery store but anyway I was casting from the bank and on probably my 3rd or 4th cast I had a monster blow up on it in the shallows right when I was going to lift it out of the water but it missed it and I had no water to do any retrieve tricks. It splashed around to get back in deeper water. Watching a bass that size so close yet so far away I could tell it would have been my pb. The image of that pig missing the strike and then thrashing around right in front of me will forever be burned in my brain
Great video! Awesome tips!! Like the one about switching hooks. I'm from PA so I'm in the same boat you are as fish size. What hooks would you recommend?? Stay Safe & God Bless!! 🤠👍
I love them too , unfortunately I bought an XOS chaos shad , a whopper plopper and a choppo, and they’re all in trees and logs 😂😂 I have a boat now so next spring I’ll buy more .
Interesting thoughts about hooks. I do much better up North on hook up percentage on other type of top water with thinner smaller hooks. Your rod choice has me thinking as well. Crankbait rod might be an option. The composite chatterbait rods I have I don’t like… to heavy.
I use a cheap 1pc H2OX rod, 5'6" medium. I have never lost a bass when it hit my Choppo. It's better than some of my $100+ rods. I cast much more accurately with the shorter rod and they even skip better when fishing from my baby bass boat.
Yes definitely #4 I think was my issue I live next to lake Oroville and the other evening right before it got pitch dark out I was throwing a 90 whopper ploper right next to the boat launch and hooked into a big Bass maybe even a 5lbs it got to the edge of the water and jumped up out of the water waved at me and the spit the hooks out and was gone😢😢😢
I've caught a few on my local small river and creek on the 90. Caught most of them on the original cast, where I pop it a little then let it sit. They seem to be hitting it while it is sitting still or just starting to move a little bit and let it sit again. Put my Jitterbug in my tackle box, but haven't used it yet. Let you know.
I love fishing this top water bait but I do have an issue on the retrieve. My plopper seems to always lean slightly to the right and not straight up and down. Is that the nature of the beast or is there something I can do to correct this issue?
This lure caught my 2 PBs this year (a 7pounder) and a 50 inch musky! The bite at my lake was absolutely insane this year but since September set in,it's came to a complete stop. I ant even gotten a bite up there in like a month! This is insane and I can't believe it actually,it makes me really question wtf is going on at this lake.
I mean, what turns a killer fishery with phenomenally aggressive fish (multi species) into an absolute dead zone within a couple weeks time...just crazy!
@@wciii3591 a wacky rigged senko is my go-to for inactive bass but my lake is completely dead man, I went from slayin them to not even getting a bite! That's just nuts!
I had a 60 and a 90 plopper. I think the fish are just too use to seeing them being thrown in their already high pressure they're not as likely to hit them. I just had munkey butt pattern but was going to grab a loon at least maybe bluegill. I'll have to remember this stuff when I can fish again. Lost my whole tackle bag so have to rebuild everything
Glad you did this video. My nephew whos 11 been throwing the whopper plopper ALOT lately and loves it. He will definitely watch this also. Thanks brotha'. PS; They make a SILENT whopper plopper.
Chris, i also heard this from a mate of mine. I was not convinced, as i thought a bright colour like chartruse would be better but he swears by black at night and MAN he CAN fish so i believe him for sure. I wkll try it next weekend.
I just got one of these and wondered if there was something i was doing wrong. apparently, that is not the case the fish is just fineky or small bass it does not want it.
When fishing around weeds should you happen to snag one it can wrap around the spinning tail and then make the entire bait spin and twist your line. to avoid this, Simply put a split ring on the front of the plopper and then a swivel onto the split ring and tie to the swivel. It won't affect the action and should you jam up the bait with a weed you won't get all the line twist and will just have to take the weed off.
One thing I have noticed is the whopper plopper is not as consistent as a choppo. What are your thoughts? What is a way of getting your plopper to work correctly
Why is that the more hardcore the fisherman, the worse they are with terminology? He keeps calling a lure bait. Same with car people. They call engines motors. You would think the opposite. Can anyone explain this phenomenon?
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I agree 110% regarding changing the hooks on the whopper plopper. River2sea uses the larger hooks on most all of their baits. I've lost several fish due to the thick hooks fishing for bass. That being said the Choppo has excellent hooks no need to change them. Great job Tyler, truly enjoy your videos.
Because of all the hype that the Whooper Ploppers had going for them back when they first came on the market, I ended up buying one of the 75s. I fished with it for about a year and a half before I ever got a bite on one. Out of the blue one day I finally got a bite. Then I got nothing again.
Out of frustration, I decided to copy the design in my CAD software and shrink the size down to about a third the size of the 75 Whopper Plopper size. I then 3D printed me some samples and took them to the river to see how they ran through the water as I reeled them in.
I caught bass the very first time out with my smaller DIY 3D printed Whopper Plopper knockoffs. Shortly after I shrunk down and 3D printed my own Whopper Ploppers, the maker of the original Whopper Ploppers came out with a Plopper that was a bit smaller than the 75 Whopper Plopper.
I bought one of those smaller OEM Whopper Ploppers too. That was about three or four years ago now and I haven't caught anything else with them. My smaller DIY plopper still catch fish. Go figure.
I did the same thing with one of those other top water propeller type lures called the "Revolver." First time out with my DIY knockoffs I caught fish.
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@@timmontano8792 I never tried a plopper but a choppo has a hard plastic tail spinner instead of the soft plopper tail spinner. That and size might make it better for your area. The sound might be different also.
Sun Gloves, learned the hard way, very important...also suggestion if you are not already including this feature on your shirts, include the thumb hole on the shirts, helps protect the hands for those that can not afford the gloves.... I very much enjoy your videos, I have learned a lot from you, thank you for what you do. :)
I find stopping the retrieve and letting it set for a 3 or 5 second period gives the fish, if coming up from 20 or so fow. gives them time to travel that distance. Bone is my go to colour and when you catch 2, 22in. smallies on one cast you know you have a battle on your hands. Nice light Spinning rod 7'2" does my most work. Kill and go best description going.
Tyler, you have it SPOT-ONin my opinion here. On the 15th of September i caught a stunning 2,7kg bass jn a farm dam here in South Africa. I used a size 110 black and silver plopper bought on Temu, paired with a 7 foot m/heavy rod and 30 pound braid. I was worried about the quality of the hooks when i saw the baits i bought but did not change them. I nearly lost the fish because when i had him on the bank the hooks (front bite) was nearly bent open. I had to change the hooks and my local tackle shop owner also sold me quality hooks with a thin diameter. Thanks for a great video as always.
I kinda resurrected my Ploppers this year! It’s been a blast! That 130 in perch has been money but also the 110 in bone. Even borrowed my buddy’s 190 and found one big taker for it!
Caught my biggest smallies on the choppo. That top water action is exciting. They usually hit it right when it hits the water.
Thanks, i like changing hooks idea.
Been fishing with the 90 Choppo this last month, and it's been catching good bass! Also caught a catfish with it (not on purpose😆)
I’ve been fishing over 50 years and guided I’ve only caught one cat on a topwater and it was a 12 lb channel cat on a zera spook. I caught that cat back around 1980. I’ve caught a lot of huge flatheads on jigging spoons and swimbaits on a jighead and 12” Powerworms. Mostly on jigging spoons. Biggest was on a swimbait and it was 3 oz shy of 40 lbs. Most of the flatheads I catch on lures are between 20 and 30 pounds. I’d say 95% of them. Not often I catch smaller ones. I caught most of them on purpose. I’ve figured out the spots they hang out and when they’re there on my local lake. They go in my deep fryer.
Yeah well lucky me, I was fishing with the white 75 Plopper and had THE biggest snapping turtle I’ve ever seen ( about as big a round as a man hole cover) hit it and went straight to the bottom. I didn’t see it and thought I just caught the biggest bass or Nothern of my life!! I fought and fought and finally got that thing to surface and I about 💩 myself!! Damn thing had all 3 hooks of the rear treble hook in its mouth, 1 in the top 2 on the bottom to where its mouth was basic shut and couldn’t open it and needless to say I had to cut the line and lose my Plopper.
@@nicandre7943 wait until you catch a big soft shell turtle. I’ve caught plenty of snappers and soft shells and the soft shells fight like a fish with speed and swimming unlike the slow heavy weight on bottom of a snapper. Those big soft shells are fast swimmers and runners.
@@jamesbarron1202 I caught a 6lb cat on a jerkbait this past spring.
I catch a lot of channel cats on chatterbaits. Crazy!
Great video for this time of year .Also I'm on the same page living in Southern Ohio . But I don't do as well with braid . I just use 15lbmono
i caught a 6 pound bass on the 110 same color way that bine and red. even before that though i been addicted i cant put it down. such a gnarly noise and action. when the fish hit it.. they usually hit it super hard makes it so fun all around. man. cant wait till i get a gopro so i can start my youtube! ive learned alot from you. your the reason why i went and got a plopper in the first place!
Some good tips. NDYakAngler mostly uses 75s so that's what I mostly use now since I kayak fish and it's been working. Please if you're going to tell people to swap out treble hooks then tell us what size you swap them out for or at the very least link them. You say you don't want to overwhelm us but not saying a size you swap out for is more overwhelming than doing the actual swap. This is the second time in recent videos you've mentioned swapping trebles out but have given no direction to folks on what they should substitute with for size. Thanks and I appreciate your content!
The trebles on the r2s whoppers are money and i see absolutely zero reason to change them out. Also NDYA is the goat, and it the reason I use 75s exclusively now as well. The more narrow models have trouble staying afloat right after a cast in my experience.
I got a Choppo 90 in gizzard shad and bone 105. The blowups you get on top water never gets old! ❤
Another good tip for the black plopper is change the front treble hook to a red one. Bass see red really good and I been slamming some nice ones after that.
The 190 works great for stripers & blues year-round surfcasting & from the boat, it is my favorite top water to throw!
I always put a swivel on all my Plopper style lures, regardless of size. I tend to use Flourocarbon until I get to the 110 size, then I will use braid. The small 90 and 75 seem to cast better on Flourocarbon line.
Thanks Tyler for these tips on these types of baits I got Ploppers but haven't caught anything on them yet 👍🏻
You set the hook like you’re vengeance can’t be stopped. 😅
Good stuff my man! Keep up with the quality vids!
Great video. Thanks for the details
This evening during dusk almost dark I was throwing a plopper I only had 15 minutes because I told the wife I was going to the grocery store but anyway I was casting from the bank and on probably my 3rd or 4th cast I had a monster blow up on it in the shallows right when I was going to lift it out of the water but it missed it and I had no water to do any retrieve tricks. It splashed around to get back in deeper water. Watching a bass that size so close yet so far away I could tell it would have been my pb. The image of that pig missing the strike and then thrashing around right in front of me will forever be burned in my brain
I still have yet to catch a largemouth on one but the rock bass seem to love them a lot 😅
Caught my PB of 6lbs on the Choppo 90 in bone. Love the Zara Spook too!
You’re the man dude 🤙🏽 appreciate another great video. Tight lines my fellow fishing friend 🤙🏽🎣
Great video! Awesome tips!! Like the one about switching hooks. I'm from PA so I'm in the same boat you are as fish size. What hooks would you recommend?? Stay Safe & God Bless!! 🤠👍
I love them too , unfortunately I bought an XOS chaos shad , a whopper plopper and a choppo, and they’re all in trees and logs 😂😂 I have a boat now so next spring I’ll buy more .
I’m in Colorado. The whopper plopper is killer on pike. Drives them crazy most days.
Interesting thoughts about hooks. I do much better up North on hook up percentage on other type of top water with thinner smaller hooks. Your rod choice has me thinking as well. Crankbait rod might be an option. The composite chatterbait rods I have I don’t like… to heavy.
I caught a lot of bass when this lure first got released and a couple years after. I haven't gotten a bite on it yet this year.
Thanks for that info
So many floating weeds, and leaves around here, trying to use one ends up in frustration. Can’t get a cast reeled in without it fouling,
Awesome. I do i know if transition has happened live in maine. 64 degree water
I use a cheap 1pc H2OX rod, 5'6" medium. I have never lost a bass when it hit my Choppo. It's better than some of my $100+ rods. I cast much more accurately with the shorter rod and they even skip better when fishing from my baby bass boat.
My go to size for my body of water for me is the 90 followed with the 120
I’ve had good luck with Mach Patroller 90s
Yes definitely #4 I think was my issue I live next to lake Oroville and the other evening right before it got pitch dark out I was throwing a 90 whopper ploper right next to the boat launch and hooked into a big Bass maybe even a 5lbs it got to the edge of the water and jumped up out of the water waved at me and the spit the hooks out and was gone😢😢😢
I've caught a few on my local small river and creek on the 90. Caught most of them on the original cast, where I pop it a little then let it sit. They seem to be hitting it while it is sitting still or just starting to move a little bit and let it sit again. Put my Jitterbug in my tackle box, but haven't used it yet. Let you know.
What brand of hooks do you recommend?
From a rod perspective would you use your medium treble hook swim bait rod, open water light fog rod or hvy cover frog rod?
I love fishing this top water bait but I do have an issue on the retrieve. My plopper seems to always lean slightly to the right and not straight up and down. Is that the nature of the beast or is there something I can do to correct this issue?
This lure caught my 2 PBs this year (a 7pounder) and a 50 inch musky! The bite at my lake was absolutely insane this year but since September set in,it's came to a complete stop. I ant even gotten a bite up there in like a month! This is insane and I can't believe it actually,it makes me really question wtf is going on at this lake.
I mean, what turns a killer fishery with phenomenally aggressive fish (multi species) into an absolute dead zone within a couple weeks time...just crazy!
@@adammitchell3462 The only consistent thing that has been working for me is a wacky worm. River fisherman.
@@wciii3591 a wacky rigged senko is my go-to for inactive bass but my lake is completely dead man, I went from slayin them to not even getting a bite! That's just nuts!
Do you think that adding a couple of bobber stops helps with line tangling in the trebles?
Swivel is a must
Hey Tyler, is your 7’4 rod a medium, medium/heavy, or heavy?! Also, what do you recommend works better for ploppers; spinning rods or baitcasters?
D0 you tie braid directly to the Plopper or do you tie to a swivel for ease of swiching out lures?
100% swivel.
Like the 90, caught my PB on a 110. Alligator gar love them also, which is annoying.
I had a 60 and a 90 plopper. I think the fish are just too use to seeing them being thrown in their already high pressure they're not as likely to hit them. I just had munkey butt pattern but was going to grab a loon at least maybe bluegill. I'll have to remember this stuff when I can fish again. Lost my whole tackle bag so have to rebuild everything
Just subbed here in northeast Ohio
So versatile all year round ofc other than winter * ts literally a cheat code
Glad you did this video. My nephew whos 11 been throwing the whopper plopper ALOT lately and loves it. He will definitely watch this also. Thanks brotha'.
PS; They make a SILENT whopper plopper.
Choppo 90 was killing it for me June x July then fell off
The 110 bone is the best all around.
What is a good rod to use ?
Black also works well at night
Chris, i also heard this from a mate of mine. I was not convinced, as i thought a bright colour like chartruse would be better but he swears by black at night and MAN he CAN fish so i believe him for sure. I wkll try it next weekend.
I just got one of these and wondered if there was something i was doing wrong. apparently, that is not the case the fish is just fineky or small bass it does not want it.
When fishing around weeds should you happen to snag one it can wrap around the spinning tail and then make the entire bait spin and twist your line. to avoid this, Simply put a split ring on the front of the plopper and then a swivel onto the split ring and tie to the swivel. It won't affect the action and should you jam up the bait with a weed you won't get all the line twist and will just have to take the weed off.
What about using a snap swivel?
One thing I have noticed is the whopper plopper is not as consistent as a choppo. What are your thoughts? What is a way of getting your plopper to work correctly
I found a faster reel helps. But I'm with you. The choppos seem to work better.
7:58 exactly what it sounds like 😂
Need to restain the bass on my hat. It's 2 years old and bleached by the sun now
Biggest musky of my life was on the original plopper.
A tally wacker.
Black, white, perch, and bluegill all you need.
NDYakAngler points out that the 75s start spinning sooner, or with less force, than the others.
He said I like to sweep hook…. Next 3 min… don’t get too thin of hooks cause I like to see the hook hard. 😂
Ment how
Super slow(just moving the prop), super quick or "burning it" and the med speeds are all winners for me but i ant tried killing or poping it.
Popping it is what I’ve had the most luck with here in Massachusetts. I fish a 130 size almost like you would a popper
Why is that the more hardcore the fisherman, the worse they are with terminology? He keeps calling a lure bait. Same with car people. They call engines motors. You would think the opposite. Can anyone explain this phenomenon?
Maybe they just don't care, because everyone knows what they are talking about? Most people don't care to split hairs when they understand.
Why don’t you go back to sleep before you hurt yourself.
@@justinthomas85 Shame that most people don’t care to be educated, or at least in your opinion. 😢
Well that’s good for you 😂