Favorite topwater? 2024
jacksprat reply :
For me Heddon Torpedo or the Pop R! How bout u guys?
38 Super Fan reply :
Buzzbait. Covers water like crazy, and easy to fish too.
jacksprat reply :
On 7/16/2017 at 12:50 PM, 38 Super Fan said:Buzzbait. Covers water like crazy, and easy to fish too.
Never tried this for smallies!
38 Super Fan reply :
On 7/16/2017 at 1:00 PM, jacksprat said:Never tried this for smallies!
Oh man, you're missing out then! 
rsagebrush reply :
Megabass Pop X, Bent minnow, Pop R, Torpedo. I love topwater time.
A-Jay reply :
It seems to change about every year or two for me.
The Duo Realis Pencil has been very good.
Last year the Paycheck Baits Repo Man was killing it for me.
Contains both internal glass and tungsten rattles that the brown bass here seem to like quite a bit.
This bait was originally marketed by Reaction Innovations under the name Vixen.
A-Jay
flyfisher reply :
On 7/16/2017 at 1:00 PM, jacksprat said:Never tried this for smallies!
I have had some of my best days for smallies fishing the strike king mini buzz bait and following the shade line on the smaller creeks I fish.
As far as largemouth go, this season and last it has been the megabass pop x and pop max.
Angealy reply :
I like to throw frogs, It's so much fun when they come up and grab it, But sadly the frog is now filling with water i guess it's time to get a new one or seal it.
I've also have used a Rapala Original Floater as top water for a few bass.
If not using top water, I'll use weight or weightless plastics.
stepchild reply :
I've always found it dépends on the day. Sometimes they like the pop r or skitter pop, other times it's a baby spook or a prop bait. Regardless, you can't go wrong with topwater baits when the smallies are on, it's really one of the best fishing scenarios and I try to take advantage every time the situation présents itself!
UPSmallie reply :
I feel walking-style baits seem to produce best for me. My favorite smallie topwater would definitely have to be a bone one knocker spook. Landed a 3.24 lber on it last summer and was one of the biggest adrenaline rushes of my life. From shore to boot! Love me some topwater.
scaleface reply :
Buzzbait , regular size .
12poundbass reply :
Frog and the Pop-R
Crap....forgot I was on the Smallie thread. My bad
gimruis reply :
Rapala skitter pop, jitterbug, and the whopper plopper 90 have all produced strikes/fish so far this season for me when targeting brown bass. More so the skitter pop with the stop and go retrieve. It tends to move more water because of the blunted nose.
NHBull reply :
Pop Max and WP 110 have been the best so far
smalljaw67 reply :
It is tough to narrow down a favorite and I enjoy fishing them all. There are 3 baits that generate strikes from big fish more often than others, including buzzbaits. The first two are walking baits, I'd say it is a tie in effectiveness, the Super Spook Jr. and the Yo-Zuri 3DB Pencil! The edge would go to the Super Spook Jr. just because I've only had 2 seasons with the pencil but both of those are wicked effective for calling up the big girls. The 3rd bait is the Yo-Zuri 3DB Prop, I really like the Heddon Dying Flutter and of course the Smithwick Deveils Horse but the 3DB Prop is a different animal. It is similar to the 3DB Pencil in the body design but a little shorter and it has a single rear prop that is plastic, I dismissed it until my buddy got one and was thumping big smallies with it. The plastic or polycarbonate prop is UV treated so it has a light blue tint to it, I don't know if that really does anything, but I can tell you it makes a different sound than any other prop bait and the big fish respond to it and the prism finishes work in gin clear water, that is the one topwater bait I'd take for smallmouth if I could only have one.
Rodney Smith reply :
The Megabass PopMax and Pop x. They catch tons of fish and are fun to fish.
flatcreek reply :
Gun fishGun fish
crypt reply :
Zara Spook.....................
J Francho reply :
Popmax.
tdcarl reply :
Whopper Plopper 90 in bone for me. Have a 110 on the way though, so I may have to amend this statement soon. Nothing beats a smallie hitting the topwater and getting the fight underway.
BigAngus752 reply :
Rapala Original Floater. I have literally been catching fish with these for 35+ years and I still have the first one my dad ever bought! I have caught every kind of fish that will take a topwater bait with a Rapala Floater. I just caught a bluegill with one last weekend. Not saying it's the best thing on top of the water. Just saying it's part of my family now! LOL
IndianaFinesse reply :
I can't just pick one, so how about my favorite in each category.
The pop-r in the true popper category, pop x in walking popper, junior spook and arashi top walker, booyah pad crasher frog, accent game changer buzzbait, and 90 sized whopper plopper.
Bucky205 reply :
Zara Spook, and Whopper Plopper. I've probably caught more bass on Zara Spooks than all the others I have combined. Haven't been using the Whopper Plopper very long, but so far I really like it.
Wagster reply :
Whopper. Plopper 90. Here's my PB caught on the WP 90.
bowhunter63 reply :
Rapala Pop R,Chug bug and Pop R
joe chum reply :
LC Gunfish 90, LC Sammy 100, Cotton Cordell Crazy Shad and Jackall SK-Pop Grande.
Frenchman83 reply :
In addition to the number of baits that people have stated earlier do not dismiss a shallow swimbait or wake bait.
BuzzHudson19c reply :
For smallies, its buzzbaits. Unless conditions on my local river are crazy, I almost always start with a buzzbait and don't switch until it stops working. Booyah with the clacker and skirt removed. Lately I have have been running beaver style baits instead of skirt, sometimes a ripped in half Yum dinger.
phototex reply :
Original #11 balsa Rapala, buzz bait, Yellow Magic, antique PIco Slasher, Jitterbug.
Further North reply :
This one:
I'll switch to blue if I'm seeing a lot of damsel flies.
Dustyh reply :
Super Spook Jr. with rear dressed treble. Also had great luck recently with the BBZ-1 Rat30 in nasty shad color.
Sam reply :
1. Cavitron
2. RICO
3. H2O Frog
4. Whooper Plooper
5. Sammy
Dypsis reply :
On 7/18/2017 at 5:50 PM, smalljaw67 said:It is tough to narrow down a favorite and I enjoy fishing them all. There are 3 baits that generate strikes from big fish more often than others, including buzzbaits. The first two are walking baits, I'd say it is a tie in effectiveness, the Super Spook Jr. and the Yo-Zuri 3DB Pencil! The edge would go to the Super Spook Jr. just because I've only had 2 seasons with the pencil but both of those are wicked effective for calling up the big girls. The 3rd bait is the Yo-Zuri 3DB Prop, I really like the Heddon Dying Flutter and of course the Smithwick Deveils Horse but the 3DB Prop is a different animal. It is similar to the 3DB Pencil in the body design but a little shorter and it has a single rear prop that is plastic, I dismissed it until my buddy got one and was thumping big smallies with it. The plastic or polycarbonate prop is UV treated so it has a light blue tint to it, I don't know if that really does anything, but I can tell you it makes a different sound than any other prop bait and the big fish respond to it and the prism finishes work in gin clear water, that is the one topwater bait I'd take for smallmouth if I could only have one.
What colors do you like on the 3DB?
patred reply :
Hubs Chub in either black or bone.
Pat
Ksam1234 reply :
Whopper plopper all day! Will catch fish anytime of day where I am ! Loon and monkey butt
IndianaOutdoors reply :
Whopper plopper 90 bluegill. Caught my personal best smallie on this just recently.
Gundog reply :
Zoom in on the avatar and you will see the answer. Torpedos away!
JustinCT reply :
Zara Spook in black is my go to surface but I also have done well with poppers and jitterbugs.
Ksam1234 reply :
On 8/3/2017 at 7:13 PM, Sam said:1. Cavitron
2. RICO
3. H2O Frog
4. Whooper Plooper
5. Sammy
Love the whooper ploopers haha
Further North reply :
On 7/29/2017 at 10:39 AM, Further North said:This one:
I'll switch to blue if I'm seeing a lot of damsel flies.
...still works...
perd reply :
For smallies hands down whopper plopper and for largies hands down Sammy.
soflabasser reply :
One of my favorite topwaters is a Rebel Pop-R.
XpressJeff reply :
Zahra Spook...
...but I may have to try one of those expensive lures Wagster showed.
Probably going to need a faster reel to keep it on top though!
Bluebasser86 reply :
Super Spook Jr in bone
Whopper Plopper 90 in bone
mattkenzer reply :
X2 on the Super Spook Jr. in Bone Color - 7/16 oz. - 3-1/2"
Yamamoto Shibuki Popper in Black Bone - 1/2 oz. by 3"
moguy1973 reply :
Strike King Sexy Dawg or a Zoom Horny Toad, whopper plopper if the conditions are right.
caclunker reply :
love buzz baits and spooks so the whopper plopperfor all around bait
A5BLASTER reply :
Any of the stanely frogs, but the baby ribbet is the bomb for me works day or night and up until the water temp drops to 60 degrees.
PNW LipRipper reply :
Heldon tiny torpedo jr.clear
It may be a classic but it always seems to produce
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 9/2/2017 at 8:30 AM, A5BLASTER said:Any of the stanely frogs, but the baby ribbet is the bomb for me works day or night and up until the water temp drops to 60 degrees.
I've never had much luck fishing frogs or toads for smallies. I have one lake I can get them to hit it pretty regular, but you can catch a couple dozen on a Whopper Plopper by the time you get 1 to eat a frog, but the 1 bite will be super violent.
A5BLASTER reply :
Sorry didn't realize I forgot to say largemouth, no small mouth were I live.
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