Rapala skitter pop

[Skspacemonkey]

I'm looking for a popper that catches bass. Is this a good one?

[RoLo]

"It is any good?"

      It sure is!

 

For largemouth bass in Florida, I'm kind of forced to use a weedless popper like a hollow popping frog.

But for smallmouth bass, I've had some of my best topwater days on a 'clown' Skitter Pop.

 

                                           I believe the 'Clown' pattern has been discontinued

 

Roger

[jr231]

Yea on your other thread skitter pop was mentioned a few times. My PB came on one. 

[fishballer06]

They're not good, they'rrreeeee greeeeaaattttttt!!!

[bowhunter63]

Awesome bait

[Fishingmickey]

2 hours ago, RoLo said:

"It is any good?"

      It sure is!

 

For largemouth bass in Florida, I'm kind of forced to use a weedless popper like a hollow popping frog.

But for smallmouth bass, I've had some of my best topwater days on a 'clown' Skitter Pop.

 

                                           I believe this 'Clown' pattern has been discontinued

 

Roger

Why do they always discontinue making my favorite lures. I also miss the Heddon dying flutter (bass colored, cedar, double prop) topwater.

Fishingmickey

[RoLo]

17 minutes ago, Fishingmickey said:

Why do they always discontinue making my favorite lures.

 

Consumer ignorance

[FCPhil]

Don't know about the skitter pop but my 2nd largest fish ever came on a regular Rebel Pop-R. 

[Bluebasser86]

Used to catch a lot of fish on a blue/silver #7 Skitter pop. Don't fish them anymore, not for any other reason than I moved on to the new hot item I guess. 

[iceintheveins]

Best popper out there in my mind, nothing walks the dog better, nor produces such a good range of sounds. It has the perfect "blip" action.

[Bankbeater]

I have several skitter pops, but they never seem to make it into the tackle bag when I am planning a trip.

[Attila]

I've been using Skitter Pops as my go to popper now for about the last 5 years. My favourite pattern in them has always been the brown frog pattern which does a great job of matching the leopard frogs which I find in many of the lakes I fish. I used to fish them on just straight 6 pound test mono with really good results but changed my setup as zebra mussels started claiming a few more lures during those combative smallmouth battles.

 

I now throw them on braid with a fluro leader. Wait, what? A fluro leader?  What, is this guy on crack?  No, actually, I'm not. Twenty pound braid with about a 3ft lead of 8lbs fluro has gotten me more and bigger smallies than when I fished them on straight mono or braid.  I think the reason comes down to retrieve.

 

I've gotten to know the lakes that I fish very well, and know the areas that I fish that hold big bass. I'll cast out the skitter pop and give it the usual retrieve until I get it into the kitchen. Once in the kitchen, I'll leave it there...for a while. The reason being that once a meal enters the smallies kitchen, it's going to check it out. When it does, they give it a few look overs and then decide if they're either going to attack and eat or just attack out of smite. That's when the fluro leader helps...makes it look more natural.

 

Cheers, and have a great season.