Favorite Topwater 2024
Tiller reply :
What's your favorite style of topwater for smallmouth? Poppers, walk-the-dog, prop baits, wake baits, etc.?
Bluebasser86 reply :
Walk the dog, poppers a distant second.
ol'crickety reply :
F13 Rapala. Twitch three or four times and then fast retrieve to cast again. I like orange because I see it in a chop.
fisherrw reply :
Heddon
HoosierHawgs reply :
I like a walker for sure... A Sexy Dawg, Spook, ect. I like wake baits, but more for largemouth, they slam em!
JT Bagwell reply :
I like the Lucky Craft G Splash popper.
*Hank reply :
I catch most of mine on a spook.
Mumbly reply :
On 6/20/2015 at 7:27 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Walk the dog, poppers a distant second.
X2
Jar11591 reply :
Storm Chugbug, Rapala Skitterwalk
*Hank reply :
On 6/21/2015 at 11:00 PM, JT Bagwell said:I like the Lucky Craft G Splash popper.
That`s a close 2nd for me.
Neil McCauley reply :
Most productive for me, the "TopKnocker." Walks the dog well, and has a ball bearing inside that rolls along a track and creates a delayed "knock" after it moves and this seems to really drive fish nuts. Best part is it casts further than anything else in my box, much farther than Zara Spooks. Now I just wish I could find them for sale somewhere..
moguy1973 reply :
Strike King Sexy Dawgs and Damiki Dolphins (although the latter isn't made anymore 
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MIbassyaker reply :
For smallmouth, the Tiny Torpedo.
brgbassmaster reply :
poppers then wake baits and walkers.
jjconnaire reply :
Do MS slammers count?
kickerfish1 reply :
Megabass X-pod it can pretty much be morphed into doing whatever and everything in between.
Canyon explorer reply :
For small stream, river smallmouth I like the Rebel PoP-R in Foxy Momma And Heddon's Tiny Torpedo.
For large smallmouth (My absolute favorite is Heddon's Zara Spook 4.5" 3/4 oz.
bigturtle reply :
megabass popmax, heddon tiny torpedo and daiwa pop n skater.
Balshy Fishing reply :
I haven't had ANY LUCK at all with spooks, AT ALL. I've only caught bass on Top water poppers
Balshy Fishing reply :
...it sucks though because I wanna catch em on my spooks
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 7/22/2015 at 10:35 AM, The All-Star said:I haven't had ANY LUCK at all with spooks, AT ALL. I've only caught bass on Top water poppers
Bone colored super spook jr walked at a pretty fast pace with no pauses is by far my #1 smallmouth topwater bait and presentation.
Balshy Fishing reply :
What line are you fishing that on?
CeeJay reply :
Hula Popper for me, followed by Rebel CrickPopper, as well as the largest fly-fishing poppers I can find.
I love poppers 
smalljaw67 reply :
Tough question for me but I'll go by which I use more. For me, poppers are tied with walking baits, Super Spook Jr. is killer but so are others like the old discontinued Yo-Zuri Banana Boat and the LC Sammy but the Super Spook Jr. is my favorite. A Storm Rattlin' Chug Bug is a killer popper but so is the Xcalibur Zell Pop, two completely different baits as one is loud and aggressive and the other more subtle. Then you have prop baits, the Tiny Torpedo has always been a great bait, and my favorite prop bait up until last year was a Heddon Dying Flutter, but now the new Yo-Zuri 3DB Prop, that is a smallmouth smasher, they absolutely choke it!!!!
k3bass reply :
Buzzbait!
scaleface reply :
On 7/24/2015 at 5:56 AM, k3bass said:Buzzbait!
Buzzbaits for me too. I fish for fun and smallmouths plus buzzbaits , thats as fun as it gets. I have also buzzed five inch grubs . Smallmouths will jump all over a buzzed grub .
the reel ess reply :
On 7/22/2015 at 10:36 AM, The All-Star said:...it sucks though because I wanna catch em on my spooks
I went years with no luck on Spooks. Now all of a sudden it's my best lure. Well, the Chug'n Spook, Jr. I got 2 fish over 5# in a week on it. I own 4 Spooks. I was thinking of going out one evening with all 4 tied on different rods.
This is largemouth I'm talking about though.
Neil McCauley reply :
Not my most productive (Skitter Pop) but it is my favorite: Bass Pro XPS "Top Knocker"
I wish it was still made. It has a heavy ball bearing inside that rolls on a track end-to-end. If you twitch it gently just right the ball rolls back and creates a delayed "knock" that shakes the lure and seems to drive any bass looking at it insane. I get some really violent strikes on this. It also casts a mile, even further than a zara spook.
FishingMN718 reply :
I've caught some nice ones on the Booyah pad crasher
OkobojiEagle reply :
Depends on how much chop is on the surface... my favorites --
Lucky Craft Gunfish 95
Frenzy popper with the bottom of the lip/cup sanded down... This is a discontinued bait, but Berkley is getting back into the bass hardbait game again and I frequently remind my favorite Berkley product development engineer 
what a great bait it was!
4" injection molded tube, T-rigged weightless. This is a sleeper I'll offer... twitch or walk it across a calm suface letting it sink occasionally. Dipped tubes don't glide as well as the injection molded baits.
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Fisherwr reply :
Mega bass xpop is another good option
FryDog62 reply :
I like throwing a prop bait - specifically the Rapala Skitter Prop. Especially in current, 2-4 quick jerks and a pause works great...because the prop keeps turning slightly in the current even at rest. I like buzz baits too but if you stop they sink. With the Skitter Prop you can rip or pause and it stays on top which seems to work best for me on the rivers I fish anyway. Really ticks 'em off ~
evilcatfish reply :
In no particular order:
MS Slammer
Lunker Punker (Wood or Plastic)
LC Gunfish 95
LC Wake Tail (think this one is discontinued now)
badhatharry reply :
4 1/2 " Zara Spook, Flitter Shad pattern.
Further North reply :
Ol' Mr. Wiggly fly.
bowhunter63 reply :
Chug bug Rapala Skitter pop
lou304 reply :
Chug Bug
Sammy
Buzzbait
Drew03cmc reply :
Jitterbug and a Zip N Ziggy...not too confident in either.
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