Tiny Torpedo - Forgotten Lure?

[Gundog]

17 hours ago, reason said:

shhhhh...

 

I'm sure there is some JDM plopper jet spy thingy that's much better...

 

 

Yea and for only $37 you can buy one. 

[deaknh03]

I've had good luck with the baby torpedo.

[Spankey]

I'm old school and it is not forgotten. They're still on my boat. But like you I don't throw it as much as I use to. Skitter prop gets fished a bit more. Skitter pop gets fished more than my pop-r's. *** for tat type thing. 

 

I'm a bit old school and a lot of times I am not receptive to change to newer baits that are around or that just hit the scene. Over the winter I bought a few Wopper Ploppers in what I thought are perfect patterns and I am gonna fish them hard and hope for decent results. Time will tell. Tiny Torpedo will live on it is a time proven classic. 

[smr913]

I carry 3 or 4 in my wading box. Torpedoes, floating Rapalas, and small Pop-R's are all some old classics that still get used a good bit. 

[iceintheveins]

It's a flat out great lure still, especially when they might not want to hit other topwaters.

[singlecoil]

I still use the Tiny Torpedo in clear and a Jitterbug in black. Yes they both still catch fish and yes I am an old fart lol.

[stevelbuchanan]

I have to admit, a spook is my first "go-to" top water bait... but being an "old timer" in these forums, the torpedo is still one of my favorite top water baits.

You really have to love the "small lure buzzbait" action it provides.

It may be just for numbers , but it's the perfect cross between a buzz bait and a walker. 

And who doesn't fish for numbers. 

[lo n slo]

not forgotten

[kickerfish1]

I had a buddy use one while I was tossing a popper style bait. We both had a great morning bite going. It is a bait that the fish probably don't see as much as walk the dog style baits or popping style baits. I have 4 or 5 and this is a nice reminder to for me to incorporate them some more this year

[CenCal fisher]

It's sold at all of the Walmart near me. Nothing sold at Walmart is a forgotten lure 

[kickerfish1]

11 minutes ago, CenCal fisher said:

It's sold at all of the Walmart near me. Nothing sold at Walmart is a forgotten lure 

 

Forgotten may not be the best word but I would be willing to bet if you asked anglers on this site to post pictures of their topwater collection I would bet the ratio of Torpedo baits to any other topwater like a popper or walk the dog style would be an overwhelming number not in favor of the torpedo. Me personally I have 10 poppers/walkers to ever 1 torpedo.

[Ratherbfishing]

On 4/25/2017 at 9:38 AM, Tracker22 said:

Awesome lure. I like it better than the whopper plopper because it doesn't make a huge splash like the plopper does. Great for targeting those shallow water bass.

 

For my money, the torpedo is a better bait.  It ALWAYS does what it's designed to do.  Wish I'd bought 3 or 4 more of them instead of being seduced by "the plopper."  Anyone wants to trade, I'll be happy to!