Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted July 1, 2017 Global Moderator Posted July 1, 2017 1 minute ago, tcbass said: Why do you favor the buzzbait? Probably because I've been fishing them my whole life and caught a ton of big fish on them. They're pretty inexpensive, can go through about anything, and they catch big fish, plus they're easy to fish. Quote
IndianaFinesse Posted July 1, 2017 Posted July 1, 2017 The only time I'm going to pick up a whopper plopper over a buzzbait is when the buzzer is a little to fast moving for them, or during a downpour when I need all of the water displacement I can get. The 130 size is used during the down pour, and the 90 when they want a slower buzzbait. I use buzzbaits for everything else. Quote
Bobby Uhrig Posted July 1, 2017 Posted July 1, 2017 Amazed about how many people not catching fish. Well here's your next tackle bag lol 1 Quote
Super User tcbass Posted July 1, 2017 Author Super User Posted July 1, 2017 12 minutes ago, Bobby Uhrig said: Amazed about how many people not catching fish. Well here's your next tackle bag lol On a hunting forum a guy said he'd been hunting for 21 years and hadn't ever killed a deer yet. You'd think he would have at least killed one with his car! "A" for persistence though. 1 Quote
Todd2 Posted July 1, 2017 Posted July 1, 2017 10 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said: I personally prefer the buzzbait, but I've got a couple dozen ploppers so I'm not against throwing them either. Wow...24 whopper ploppers, It hurt my feelings to buy one last summer. I've been throwing it on 17lb Stren so I won't lose it. Maybe I'm cheap. WP seems to be a high risk / high reward deal for me. I don't catch a lot but when I do it's a nice fish and a lot of fun. I've only tried it at night. Quote
Super User NorcalBassin Posted July 1, 2017 Super User Posted July 1, 2017 I happened to throw the 130 for the first time last evening and have to say it was pretty awesome. I landed 4 up to 3 pounds and had another swirl on it in about 2 hours of dedicated throwing. Topwater is always a good time and watching/hearing them slam that thing was very cool. Quote
Bobby Uhrig Posted July 2, 2017 Posted July 2, 2017 Don't let anyone kid ya. The ploppers catch giants. Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted July 2, 2017 Global Moderator Posted July 2, 2017 21 hours ago, Todd2 said: Wow...24 whopper ploppers, It hurt my feelings to buy one last summer. I've been throwing it on 17lb Stren so I won't lose it. Maybe I'm cheap. WP seems to be a high risk / high reward deal for me. I don't catch a lot but when I do it's a nice fish and a lot of fun. I've only tried it at night. I throw mine on 30lb braid and have my rods for guide trips rigged with 20lb braid. Had 3 trips in a row that one of the guys lost one of my ploppers even with the braid. The fun part is, they're paying so not only am I out a plopper, but I have to give them another one and hope they don't lose it. That's why I have so many though, have to have multiples in case a certain size or color is producing best. 2 Quote
Super User Koz Posted July 2, 2017 Super User Posted July 2, 2017 I caught a few more on my WP 90 last night. There were many times when the fish tried to hit it and missed. But it does generate a lot of action. I also spent 30 minutes last night fishing for one of my Ploppers. My son is learning to tie his own knots and last night the results were mixed Luckily my trusty Rapala Husky Jerk trailing a bunch of weeds came to the rescue. Saved my son from extra chores this week. Quote
Super User tcbass Posted July 3, 2017 Author Super User Posted July 3, 2017 On 7/2/2017 at 11:34 AM, Koz said: I caught a few more on my WP 90 last night. There were many times when the fish tried to hit it and missed. But it does generate a lot of action. I also spent 30 minutes last night fishing for one of my Ploppers. My son is learning to tie his own knots and last night the results were mixed Luckily my trusty Rapala Husky Jerk trailing a bunch of weeds came to the rescue. Saved my son from extra chores this week. I'd let him try tying his own knots on cheaper lures. lol. I lost about a 9lbs. walleye at the boat as a kid because my older cousin used a shoe knot to tie my Rapala on. Used the Whopper Plopper 110 In Munky Butt again last night while my bro used 2 different Cavitrons. After seeing me catch 3 nice bass he put away the Cavitrons and put on a Whopper Plopper 90 in Bone. He started doing better than me! Part of the problem was there was a lot of weeds just underneath the water and the WP 110 was so heavy it'd go deep on splashdown and catch weeds, because the WP 90 was lighter it didn't happen. He ended up catch 6 I think. He did say the WP 90 had way less action than the 110 which I too noticed but apparently the fish didn't notice. So, once again, WP beats the Cavitron on the 2nd unscientific test. I won't throw away or stop using my Cavitrons, but as my bro said, "My new favorite lure!" Quote
Super User kickerfish1 Posted July 5, 2017 Super User Posted July 5, 2017 Unless there are weeds to the surface I am taking the plopper every time. The ability to stop them and pause them plus the casting distance are great attributes to me. Plus the plopper is more durable. I caught a few fish on a Cavitron (nothing over a pound and a half) and the frame get bent pretty bad. I don't boat flip fish so it was not as result of that. Both have their time and place but for me plopper is open water and buzz bait would be sparse surface weeds. Quote
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