Best popper for bass 2024
Skspacemonkey reply :
In your opinion, what is the best popper for bass?
RoLo reply :
Spro Bronzeye Poppin' Frog
Not the best, but one I really like 
Roger
Mike L reply :
For me it's still the venerable little 'ol Pop R..
It's been around for years for a reason.
Mike
Jar11591 reply :
My favorites are the Megabass Pop Max and the Storm Chug Bug. Rebel Pop'R is a great popper as well.
RoLo reply :
On 5/16/2017 at 6:59 AM, Mike L said:For me it's still the venerable little 'ol Pop R..
It's been around for years for a reason.
Mike
There's no denying the time-honored popularity of the Pop-R.
(The Pop-R was discontinued, then reintroduced due to popular demand)
I can't help but think that its remarkable success is related to its diminutive size (intimidates NO bass)
Roger
Yakalong reply :
Another vote here for the pop r
Crestliner2008 reply :
I've fished a lot of poppers over the years. The only one I use now is the Pop N' Image by Bill Dance. Extremely easy to walk the dog with. Great variety of popping sounds. Inexpensive. And, best of all, it flat out catches bass.
WRB reply :
Iovino Splash-It in Shad & baby bass colors. You can't work most Pop-R's fast enough to create the panic bait fish action. Zell Roland's modified Pop-R is OK but doesn't work for me as well. I have no use for a walking Pop-R, too many excellent walking lures available like a Vixen or Sammy.
Tom
iceintheveins reply :
Definitely the Rapala Skitterpop for me. No other popper walks the dog as well and produces such a wide variety of sounds. Runners up for me would be the Heddon Pop N' Image and the Booyah Boss Pop.
Bankbeater reply :
I have several different brands of poppers, but I always end up using the pop-r.
Yeajray231 reply :
2nd here for the skitter pop. Probably the best bang for your buck.
I have one in an oversized brown frog pattern that has 4 bass over 20" to it's credit with one being 24" . Which is a nice bass anywhere but one helluva bass where I'm living currently.
And I own many, many poppers and various topwaters. The success with this particular popper speaks volumes to me ,although probably based on some coincidence and luck (right place , right time etc) it still had the mojo to get her done...
Shop around and they can be had for 6-7 bucks a piece.
Bargains my friend. Bargains.
Sam reply :
Monkey, the best popper for bass is the one that is working.
You may have to try several before you find the right one.
Yeajray231 reply :
@Sam no favorite for you Sam ?
RoLo reply :
On 5/16/2017 at 7:22 AM, WRB said:Iovino Splash-It in Shad & baby bass colors. You can't work most Pop-R's fast enough to create the panic bait fish action. Zell Roland's modified Pop-R is OK but doesn't work for me as well. I have no use for a walking Pop-R, too many excellent walking lures available like a Vixen or Sammy.
Tom
Here's a novel approach: why not use a Rebel Pop-R for popping, and a Lucky Craft Sammy for walking?
If zigzag walking is your thing, ANY topwater with a weighted tail will be a cakewalk to walk
Roger
scaleface reply :
Sometimes I want a lot of noise like mid day during the summer on standing timber lines / breaks . My favorite then is the Rebel Magnum Pop R .
WRB reply :
White/charteuse chicken feathers combo is all I use.
Tom
BassWhole! reply :
On 5/16/2017 at 6:12 AM, Skspacemonkey said:In your opinion, what is the best popper for bass?
No top 5?
gimruis reply :
I'll second the Rapala Skitter Pop
Raul reply :
Got a really soft spot for the old & venerable Hula Popper, have caught tons of fish with it.
RoLo reply :
On 5/16/2017 at 8:37 AM, Raul said:Got a really soft spot for the old & venerable Hula Popper, have caught tons of fish with it.
Me too Raul, but I was afraid no one heard of it 
Roger
frosty reply :
I still remember the first blowup using my dad's old hula popper. He didn't use many artificial lures, but he always had a hula popper.
WRB reply :
Arbogast Hula Poppers are still available, TW carries them!
Tom
Outdoor Zack reply :
Rebel pop r can't be beaten (my opinion).
IntroC reply :
Yo Zuri's 3DB series, and the mega bass pop max I like in clear wAter situations. I do believe the realism of these baits illicit strikes when the water is clear. I have witnessed many a smallmouth slowly come up under a lure a take a closer look. You can't tell me realism in this instance doesn't help, certainly isn't gonna hurt.
Stained water Pop-R.
Hooligan reply :
Popmax.
WRB reply :
The Rebel Pop-R was a decent popper but didn't get popular until Zell Roland modified the lure by sanding the sides smooth and reducing the under lip so the lure spit instead of blumped and could be retrieved quickly by slimming the shape. The Japanese took Zells modification to heart and came out with the Micheal. Zell countered the Micheal by working with Rebel to produce the Zell Pop-R. Rick Clunn worked with the Japanese with the Rico, Iovino followed with his Splash-It. Megabas came out with the open gill version followed by Max size and prices jumped with each new lure.
If the Pop-R did all the things the lures that followed, those lures would have never been developed. The Pop-R is a decent slower moving popper, it's not a faster moving spitter like all the others.
Tom
Bluebasser86 reply :
This Zell Pop
I bought some of the new Booyah Boss pops in the similar color, hopefully they will be just as good.
I really like the R2S Bubble Walker 80 too (very similar to a PopMax, for a fraction of the price).
I did pop for a White Python Pop Max this winter that I hope to get wet very soon. High, muddy waters have killed our topwater bite lately.
Sam reply :
On 5/16/2017 at 7:49 AM, Yeajray231 said:@Sam no favorite for you Sam ?
No. I like them all which is a problem in itself.
Just keep trying them until the sun stops the topwater bite and then it is on to frogs for topwaters or maybe a Sammy.
Whatever works is the best one. At least until the pattern changes.
FCPhil reply :
I have a megabass pop-x and a rebel pop-r. The megabass spits and walks while the pop-r does more of a "bloop, bloop" action. Haven't fished them enough to say which works better but at this point I actually like the rebel's action more. I can use a walking bait to get a splashing sound while walking better than the pop-x, but I don't have any other lures that make that bloop sound.
bigfruits reply :
pop-x is my favorite by far
greentrout reply :
Storm Chug Bug -- the little one. Dynamite...
bassh8er reply :
On 5/16/2017 at 7:16 AM, Crestliner2008 said:I've fished a lot of poppers over the years. The only one I use now is the Pop N' Image by Bill Dance. Extremely easy to walk the dog with. Great variety of popping sounds. Inexpensive. And, best of all, it flat out catches bass.
I have 16 of these baits in 2 different sizes.
I like this bait but think the Spit'n Image is the best walk the dog bait I've ever seen. I search EBay daily for these and buy all I can.
mwh33 reply :
I use Rio Ricos and Megabass pop max.
J Francho reply :
Popmax has accounted for more fish in the past two years than any other bait I've thrown.
Drewski73 reply :
I keep coming back to the yellow magic. Any color as long as its bone.
Crestliner2008 reply :
On 5/17/2017 at 12:09 PM, bassh8er said:
I have 16 of these baits in 2 different sizes.
I like this bait but think the Spit'n Image is the best walk the dog bait I've ever seen. I search EBay daily for these and buy all I can.
Let me know if you want to sell a couple!
Hot Rod Johnson reply :
Yellow Magic Poppers, Lobina Rico Popper, River2Sea Bubble Walker, and the Megabass Pop Max are four "Poppers" that can get the job done.. These "Poppers" may be of the high end walking poppers but they really work great. I use all four for my "Top Water" fishing
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