Top water baits

hello, does anyone here ever use poppers?, spooks?, just normal topwater baits

Yep. Not in the harbors. But fresh water for sure.

I LOVE topwater bass fishing!!!

pop....pop........pop.....pop....SLAM!!!!

I just bought one of them weedless frogs...can't wait to use it. I have a Spook i bought for the bays though...wanna catch me a nice corvina this year. And i have a few random poppers here and there....my favorite is this little 3-4 inch black one i got in the "sale bin" at sports authority...that thing is nice!

My first top water fish was a striped bass on a Rapala Skitter Pop....that got my heart beating like crazy!

i also like when its just so random when out of no where a fish comes and splashes everywhere and get your bait.


I like making poppers out of wood, i just cant seem to get the painting right. i have a few that i have made on my desk but i have yet to paint them.

Anyone else enjoy using them?

I love to make poppers out of Balsa,there fun to make and more so to fish.Seeing a big bass smash the crap out it.that is what it is about for me.

I cant say I have ever made em... But the zara pup is my fav lil top water bait n g shad color. Ive caught tons of bass in this lil bait walks like a dream lol the snag proof black n yellow frog is my new fav fer night top water.

Last summer was fishing the IKA as a top water. It will hop like a small bait fish that is chased. I really thought I was on to something but then one of the guys let me know they have been doing it for a while. Pretty cool technique just the same. Top water strike is great.

Top water rocks when the bit is on, it really gets the heart pumping.

Any of u guys try weedlees spoons fer top water? I bought some sliver nsome gold 1/4 wahoo spoons n they skip n flutter like wounded bait fish jus breakin the surface.

i got a frog and a poper but havent get anything on them yet

I like to fish top water at first light and just at dusk. It helps to give a good pause between pops to let the fish zone in. With frogs it is important to let the fish really take the bait. Hard to do with the excitement but the hook up ratio will be better if you can give the fish a chance to get the whole thing in its mouth.

Shallow non suspending jerk baits are very similar in approach as top water as you can jerk the bait for a short dive but allow it to return to the surface for the hit. Makes a good splash on the dive too.

I read once to get more hook sets on the top water, make sure you are not watching your bait. If your eyes are on the bait you tend to react to fast as pull the bait out of the fishies stick zone. If you are looking at something else (say eye candy ) you have a slower reaction time which is better for hooks sets. I tried this and it worked for me I had a few more hook sets and a few husbands that got pretty angree at me.
Hey what ever gets you more fish is what I told them.

makes sense...

jeffcpr wrote:I read once to get more hook sets on the top water, make sure you are not watching your bait. If your eyes are on the bait you tend to react to fast as pull the bait out of the fishies stick zone. If you are looking at something else (say eye candy ) you have a slower reaction time which is better for hooks sets. I tried this and it worked for me I had a few more hook sets and a few husbands that got pretty angree at me.
Hey what ever gets you more fish is what I told them.

I'll have to try that technique Jeff. I am guilty of watching my bait like a hawk! Maybe I'll do better following your advice.

love me frog bait and cant go wrong with a spook

@14sec and on check out the bait...

Cool video.