No Luck Whatsoever.

[GoneFishi'n]

Hi, I was wondering if anybody here know's how to use a popper http://www.basspro.com/Bass-Pro-Shopsreg;-Tourney-Popper/product/10225056/81734?cmCat=CROSSSELL_PRODUCT (I have the chrome and black one). Iv'e heard if you throw it in a school of shad they are good but how do I get one to strike it? I was fishing with it today and 3 bass went at it but then turned around. One of them I played with or like 10 minutes, it kept on going up to it an basically touching it, but then it would not strike ( PS: I was fishing from the banks)! If anybody could help me out that would be great. Thank you.

[roadwarrior]

Let it sit longer.

[BassinMD]

Have a slack line give I a quick snap with the rod and return it to slack right away and let it sit for 2-3 seconds and I use an easy cadence it goes pop,sit,pop pop,sit,pop,sit,pop pop

[Mad Fisherman]

I usually will let it sit a few seconds, pop it, and just keep doing that until it is in. You can try different things. Reel it in much faster or slower, dont pop it, just reel it in as fast as you can, I caught my first bass on a popper that way.

[logan9209]

I agree with BassinMD. The popper is imitating a dying fish. I've caught fish by pop-sit-pop-sit but a majority of mine have actually been caught from mixing up a little pop-sit-pop-pop-pop-sit-pop-sit-pop-pop-sit. Some say to let it sit for a few seconds when you first cast it, but I don't. The popper doesn't make enough disturbance to spook the bass and when you start your cadence off the bat, it doesn't give them time to think about it. Also, I had a rare moment where it got nailed as soon as it hit the water.

You could straight reel it in at various speeds like Mad Fisherman said, but at that point I would switch to a buzz bait, jitter bug, or spook (or something of that nature). In that instance, I think they are looking for a wounded fish that still has some oomph left in him or a fleeing bait fish. Bass don't like it when they think another fish is getting their food.

Come to think of it, they should make a jointed popper (if there's not one already). Think about it, you pop it once or twice and stop but that back end still twitches a little bit. Nothing says dying fish more than that.

[GoneFishi'n]

Thanks guys. Yeah logan9209, I had it once where I casted a rapala minnow and right when it hit the water BAM! A 3/4 bass. And the second cast after I released that bass another bass! But this one was 3/0. I don't know why they did that. Maybe they were just really hungry? But thank you again for your help, I will be testing this out later today when it's no 106 degrees

[Gangley]

I dont let mine sit either. As soon as it hits the water I'm popping it. Often times they hit it on the first or second pop right after it hits the water.

[Mumpy]

Throw this out there and start popping, no need to let it sit, just throw it out over the school and start chugging it. You'll get bit, promise!

[logan9209]

You can catch bass with a quarter? Just kidding. I see the grub on a jig head and I see what looks to be a bobber. How do you chug it?

[GoneFishi'n]

Why is the quarter there? A shiner lol?

[livewire84]

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