In Your Waters, When Does The Topwater Bite Start? 2024
lizardcaster reply :
I am so ready for some topwater fish, but my lakes are finishing up the spawn and I cant get bit on topwaters. Does anyone else have this issue? What is your experience? When does it start for you?
Mccallister25 reply :
Topwaters been hot in my part of NC for a few weeks now.
the reel ess reply :
I caught scads of bass on a Torpedo 2 Saturdays ago ahead of a front, overcast. But we had a couple cool nights that kind of turned that off. Still, I would think it's about here to stay in SC.
Catt reply :
Keep chunking!
The time is right 
Alonerankin2 reply :
Gills heavy on the beds on south Kentucky lake, right now.. Bass are getting some payback..
Pop 's are getting it done!
greentrout reply :
I formed a habit many moons ago to fish top waters at the break of dawn, slight drizzle of rain, cloudy conditions, right before a front and right before dusk. I always keep a rig ready to go usually a prop bait, Super Spook Jr. or Zara Puppy . Good fishing.
Old school basser...
TX18_E90 reply :
dawn,dusk, heavy cloud cover days have worked for me in the past. Summer, the first thing I throw is a buzzbait to feel them out. If they are just following and not hitting then i go popper/walker type bait. If neither work I'm throwing a jig.
Top waters are by far the most fun to me. Nothing gets your heart pumping like that big explosion and your rod loading up. 
fishballer06 reply :
Usually not until late June here, whenever the water gets up to 65-70*
*Hank reply :
I've been using em' all year 
doyle8218 reply :
Everyday.
BadBassWV reply :
Water temp was 57 Today. Caught 6 on a 1/4oz cavitron Buzz Bait.
CDMeyer reply :
On the lake I fish and know the most the top water bite starts at post spawn
wuchr20 reply :
you have to have calm waters and i like early in the morning or at night
rosshilk reply :
Whenever you are ready to start winging them out there. I know mornings are particularly the best time to give it a shot.
gardnerjigman reply :
Hopefully this weekend
RoLo reply :
Central Florida: = Year-Round <> Heats up in April <> Peaks in May
Roger
aprestonSEK reply :
Caught several on a spook here in Kansas today right before dark
bassinyea reply :
Central NC they started to hit it pretty good a couple of weekends ago when clouds/front started coming in before we had a big rain. Weather has cooled down since then and they havent been on it quite as good. Im expecting it to be pretty good from here on until June, most fish around here have finished spawning with just a few that havent.
If you know your fish are postspawn and not hitting on top yet, they still might be in the funk period right after they finish. Usually takes a week or two for them to recover but when they do they start smashing topwater.
Bluebasser86 reply :
I've been catching topwater fish for almost a month now in NE Kansas.
primetime reply :
No Joke- In Florida, all year round, although Winter is not the best time but I consider floating traps, ripbaits, and wakes topwater and weather is all over the place, but generally it gets really good Post Spawn which is usually Mid to End March-May here in Florida, sometimes earlier, but I throw topwater's over spawning flats all the time.....A torpedo or any bladed topwater prop bait will drive bedding fish crazy, so will a popper or Walking bait worked slowly.
I find that if you can find emergent weeds a few feet from the surface and most guys are throwing flukes and maybe even fishing a texas rig, that is often when the topwater will really shine, those fish see flukes and sticks all day, so throw them a long a, Wake bait, Torpedo, Chug Bug, walking bait and sometimes it pays off.
My favorite Topwater at this moment is the Bagley's Bang O lure #5 in Gold with the helicopter blade on back waked under the surface or buzzed, and every so often a nice 1-2' swim triggers strikes....The Long A in a few colors are deadly in both 14 and 15 size, and now is the time for some chartreuse and flash on your topwaters and lures like the crazy shad, xrap prop are all great post spawn lures and summer lures....
scaleface reply :
Post spawn is floating minnow time .
lizardcaster reply :
I will keep chugging away...just don't know where they are!
Missourifishin reply :
I've been having a rough spring all around this year. I haven't been able to get out as much, and when I have I haven't done very well. Last year however, I experienced some of the best topwater bites of my life in March and early April. It always seemed to be on days when clouds moved in. The sky would get gloomy, and the next thing you know they were hitting my crankbaits before I even had a chance to start cranking them down. And that's when I would change lures to a popper and kill em.
Murrica reply :
I started catching smelliest last week here in Idaho on a pop r and I caught my first large mouth of the year last night on a frog. 6+lbs and she choked it.
iabass8 reply :
hasn't even started here. 
Water temps are barely mid 50s but that's about to change.
bigturtle reply :
4th saturday of june, because canadian regulations
dday07 reply :
Here you can get them all year,but right about now it's really ''taking off''
BasshunterJGH reply :
Now is when it starts to get good. Been catching them since march
*Hank reply :
On 5/1/2015 at 8:22 AM, bigturtle said:4th saturday of june, because canadian regulations
That sucks! 
brgbassmaster reply :
Yr around here in Arizona. Been throwing frogs since November and haven't quit lol.
dwong reply :
First year building confidence on topwater, but the topwater bite has been on post spawn.
Cameron211 reply :
On 4/30/2015 at 5:03 AM, *Hank said:I've been using em' all year
X2. I been using them and catching them. I figured here the water was still little cool, but turns out guess not
wytstang reply :
Today for me and now a believer in the all mighty jitter bug; first time using it. What they say is true the bite are explosive.
And a little later
retiredbosn reply :
Here in SC on the herring lakes; year round topwater.
Alonerankin2 reply :
On 5/3/2015 at 12:51 AM, dwong said:First year building confidence on topwater, but the topwater bite has been on post spawn.
Don't you just love when you get a two for one?
Cool picture...
Nolan Hunter reply :
On 4/29/2015 at 11:16 PM, Mccallister496 said:Topwaters been hot in my part of NC for a few weeks now.
Same here they have been right up on the banks taking it under.
BW208 reply :
Caught my first top water fish of the year yesterday on a R2S Rover. I had one frog blow up the other day but missed him.
iceintheveins reply :
Topwater usually starts here (Western Colorado) in the upper 50s, generally mid to late april on lower elevation lakes.
*Hank reply :
On 5/3/2015 at 12:51 AM, dwong said:First year building confidence on topwater, but the topwater bite has been on post spawn.
That is awesome!
fisherrw reply :
I use em all year long
gulfcaptain reply :
Got my first topwater fish this year Feb 14th in the middle of the afternoon under blue skies. Happened to take the temp of the water and it was 68, went and grabbed a topwater and 30min later nice 4.5lb fish. Yep, that's when it started for me this year.
Sea Salt reply :
Early May all the way through late october
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