List your most productive top water lure and color.
Spook JR, doesn't matter what color, all the bellies are white for the most part and that's what the fish see.
Z Man Hard Leg Frogz black or white.
Storm Chugbug, any color with an orange belly.
Usually a Ragetail Toad.
This year KVD Sexy Dawg and got a new Savage 3D Frog with action legs and it killed them. Planning on testing it some more.
Rapala Skitter PROP., Blue back , silver sided.
Rapala Skitterpop Lime Frog
Heddon Baby Torpedo, any color.
I like the Rebel Pop-R and the Cavitron buzzbait
Ditto. A Yankee that's got it right. I prefer bull frog.On 7/12/2014 at 10:09 AM, Jar11591 said:Storm Chugbug, any color with an orange belly.
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Magnum yellow magic-smokey shad
Black spro poppin frog is a close second
Can't go wrong with a classic Jitterbug
Right now im doing well on the live target hollow body in the pads and near weeds. the LC sammy in more open water.
just got a RI Vixen the other day...cant wait to play with it
Only smallmouth up here so if I had to pick one as an all-time most productive I would say a Heddon Torpedo in bullfrog. Having said that, lately a Rebel Pop'R in clear or bone has been working incredibly well. Last month it was a Super Spook Jr. in bone and a Zara puppy in bone.
Guess this all means it's sometimes situational as to what the fish like.
On 7/13/2014 at 12:05 PM, Mumbly said:Only smallmouth up here so if I had to pick one as an all-time most productive I would say a Heddon Torpedo in bullfrog. Having said that, lately a Rebel Pop'R in clear or bone has been working incredibly well. Last month it was a Super Spook Jr. in bone and a Zara puppy in bone.
Guess this all means it's sometimes situational as to what the fish like.
Heddon's Tiny Torpedo is one of the finest top water baits ever made and will surprise you from time to time by getting a strike
from a bass that's much more than average...I'm down South and I assure you we use 'em down here, too.
Rapala skitter pop- fire tiger
Excalibur popper- shad
Koppers LiveTarget Field Mouse - brown/white
Try the Excalibur popper in a shad style pattern, worked well for me in Minnesota on smallmouth when I was up there! Tight lines manOn 7/13/2014 at 12:05 PM, Mumbly said:Only smallmouth up here so if I had to pick one as an all-time most productive I would say a Heddon Torpedo in bullfrog. Having said that, lately a Rebel Pop'R in clear or bone has been working incredibly well. Last month it was a Super Spook Jr. in bone and a Zara puppy in bone.
Guess this all means it's sometimes situational as to what the fish like.
I bet I could count on both hands the number of topwater fish I've caught this year, a majority of them were on a Zell Pop though.
1. Cavitron Buzzbait.
2. RICO.
3. Frog.
4. Toad
5. Spook.
6. Sammy.
Megabass PopMax, Tomosana Frog pattern
MegaStrike Cavitron, Gold Blade, Black Body
On 7/13/2014 at 5:43 PM, Sam said:1. Cavitron Buzzbait.
2. RICO.
3. Frog.
4. Toad
5. Spook.
6. Sammy.
Isn't a RICO like a $25 popper? I think I saw one at bass pro one time. What's the difference between that and a $3 rebel pop-r besides a fancy paint job and better hooks (which can be replaced anyways)?
Day: superspook white redhead
Night: black jitterbug
PrestigeOn 7/13/2014 at 10:53 PM, everythingthatswims said:Isn't a RICO like a $25 popper? I think I saw one at bass pro one time. What's the difference between that and a $3 rebel pop-r besides a fancy paint job and better hooks (which can be replaced anyways)?
Zara Spook and it's not even close.
If you haven't used one you won't understand how awesome it is, Arbogast Buzz Plug in black or firetiger. Other than that keep it to livetarget frogs and field mouse for heavier cover.
Megabass Pop X in white python color for me. Largemouth, white bass, and even the occasional bull bluegill have been hitting it this year. I've had success in very shallow coves with a lot of cover as well as open water on fish busting the surface. On all occasions I'm using a pop pop pause style retrieve and the fish hit it on the pause every time.
For me its only one -The most universal Cavitron - the most productive top water bait I have used- Yes there is a time and place for spooks-Pop-R's but for all around top water-Nothing I have found out produces a Cavitron buzz Bait- besides I know the owner and I get a few free ones-
On 7/14/2014 at 10:09 PM, bradc36 said:If you haven't used one you won't understand how awesome it is, Arbogast Buzz Plug in black or firetiger. Other than that keep it to livetarget frogs and field mouse for heavier cover.
What size do you use, the larger or smaller?
On 7/15/2014 at 2:03 AM, tcbass said:What size do you use, the larger or smaller?
If you're referring to the buzz plug, I use the larger size.
Lucky craft Sammy 115
Jackall bowstick
Black Lobina Lures Rico - Hands Down!