Black Hawk Basser Posted June 29, 2019 Posted June 29, 2019 All time favorite is the Storm Chug Bug. My 2nd largest fish blasted a Sammy so that bait has some sentimental value. Quote
FishingGeekTX Posted June 29, 2019 Posted June 29, 2019 Today it's a buzzbait. - cover water fast with a long cast, straight retrieve - can be a fairly soft gurgle to loud commotion. - can have added clacking/knocking..sometimes added with a tweak of the lure whlie fishing - can skim over weeds in many cases where trebles can't play - durable, no soft plastics to destroy Quote
Super User scaleface Posted June 29, 2019 Super User Posted June 29, 2019 I havent changed my pick , its still a buzzbait and has been for decades but Toads have really been good to me lately . This lake i have fished forever , for the past two years has had a chara algae explosion and i've had to change tactics . The backs of some coves are completely choked out and those toads over the top of mats and in sparser areas have been getting hammered . Quote
bassh8er Posted June 29, 2019 Posted June 29, 2019 I’ll be the first to say it, Xcalibur Spit’n Image. I can only find them on eBay now but I’m pretty stocked up on them. Quote
SlappinKraken Posted June 29, 2019 Posted June 29, 2019 Bobby's perfect hollow body frog. Great hookup ratio and long lasting. Quote
Super User Mobasser Posted June 30, 2019 Super User Posted June 30, 2019 Lunker Lure buzzbait, Storm Chug Bug, and original Zara Spook Quote
papajoe222 Posted June 30, 2019 Posted June 30, 2019 And the winner is (drum roll) the Zara Spook! It is for me anyways. BTW Cak920, you asked for our favorite and then listed more than one of your own. Very confusing for us mentally challenged seniors. 2 Quote
superkamikazee Posted June 30, 2019 Posted June 30, 2019 Teckel Sprinker (it basically a Whopper plopper that plays better around weeds) Live Target hollow body frog (my hook up ratio has gone up tremendously vs even when I used the booyah pad crasher) Whopper plopper 90 (it just catches fish) I've been fishing small lakes with a ton of vegetation lately, so I've been primarily using the hollow body frog, and the Teckel when there's some gaps in the muck I can reel across. Quote
JediAmoeba Posted June 30, 2019 Posted June 30, 2019 Top Raider - I had one these long before the Whopper plopper was even thought of and the metal prop besides making a better sound is easier to clean up when grass tangles on it. Quote
Super User Deleted account Posted July 1, 2019 Super User Posted July 1, 2019 Popper, buzzbait, wakebait, in that order. Quote
schplurg Posted July 1, 2019 Posted July 1, 2019 Any brand of popper. I don't find one works (gets strikes) any better than the rest. I only have one year experience but I've caught most topwater with Bass Pro Shops branded poppers. I even got a few on a Walmart popper. I think if I got a small tree twig and put hooks on it I'd catch a topwater bass. I don't care much what color they are either, though I'm going to experiment some time with that. Quote
Dorado Posted July 1, 2019 Posted July 1, 2019 Black Jitterbug, followed by a Livetarget Hollow Sunfish Quote
r83srock Posted July 1, 2019 Posted July 1, 2019 A frog of some variety, a pop-r, and a buzzbait Quote
smithy97 Posted July 1, 2019 Posted July 1, 2019 1 - Megabass Popmax in secret gill, caught my PB this year. Can be walked, popped, or chugged 2 - Live Target Frog (55 size) in any colour that has an orange or yellow belly 3 - Heddon Chug'n Spook Jr in Bone. Caught TONS of fish on my original one and still going strong, never had to use my back up one yet. Its a bait that doesn't get talked about very much. Swap the hooks to some Gammy round bends and you've got a workhorse topwater bait for life. I have 2 whopper ploppers that never get used because I can't bring myself to throw any bait other than these haha! Quote
punch Posted July 2, 2019 Posted July 2, 2019 On 6/29/2019 at 1:18 PM, greentrout said: redux ... YES! The baby bass chug bug. I've caught more fish on this thing over the years than any other topwater. It's a winner. 1 Quote
greentrout Posted July 2, 2019 Posted July 2, 2019 the most viscous strikes of any topwater i've ever used ... good fishing ... Quote
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