RyneB Posted February 26, 2018 Posted February 26, 2018 5 hours ago, Cak920 said: You guys prefer plain buzz bait or add a trailer? it's personal preference and what you have confidence in. I personally don't add a trailer, I always had a trailer hook though. my buddy throws a white zoom horny toad on a black buzzbait and swears by it. 1 1 Quote
Super User the reel ess Posted February 26, 2018 Super User Posted February 26, 2018 1. Spook, Spook Jr with the rattle 2. Topwater frog (Booyah Pad Crasher and Popping Pad Crasher) 3. Pop R 4. Chug Bug 5. Torpedo (caught 50 bass on it once) 6. Buzzbait Honorary mentions: Rats, toads, Hula Popper & Jitterbug. And I have two Whopper Ploppers I haven't gotten a chance to use yet. I know that's not one, but I love topwaters so much I'd take fewer fish on topwater rather than more on other baits. 1 Quote
Cak920 Posted February 26, 2018 Author Posted February 26, 2018 1 minute ago, the reel ess said: 1. Spook, Spook Jr with the rattle 2. Topwater frog (Booyah Pad Crasher and Popping Pad Crasher) 3. Pop R 4. Chug Bug 5. Torpedo (caught 50 bass on it once) 6. Buzzbait Honorary mentions: Rats, toads, Hula Popper & Jitterbug. And I have two Whopper Ploppers I haven't gotten a chance to use yet. I know that's not one, but I love topwaters so much I'd take fewer fish on topwater rather than more on other baits. I know what you mean. 1 bass exploding on a topwater makes my day. 1 Quote
Djamesbond3 Posted February 27, 2018 Posted February 27, 2018 Homemade buzzbait. I know a guy that makes them and sells them to me real cheap. Idk what it is but whether its at Guntersville where I go once or twice a year or on the rivers down here on the Gulf Coast where I live, it out fishes my Whopper Ploppers or any store bought buzzbait I buy. On 2/25/2018 at 8:16 PM, RyneB said: it's personal preference and what you have confidence in. I personally don't add a trailer, I always had a trailer hook though. my buddy throws a white zoom horny toad on a black buzzbait and swears by it. I am the same way man. for some reason I catch more without a trailer and I concur with the trailer hook. Just fished a tournament this past weekend and got third primarily with a buzzbait. Probably half of them were hooked with the trailer hook only. Its a must for me unless Im fishing across heavy cover. Then unfortunately I just deal with the misses 1 Quote
bagofdonuts Posted February 27, 2018 Posted February 27, 2018 Another buzzbait vote - i like jacob wheeler's buzzbait and always have a trailer on it (rage tail cut r, if i have some). Quote
Super User NYWayfarer Posted February 27, 2018 Super User Posted February 27, 2018 Heddon Super Spook Jr. Once you learn how to walk the dog you feel a real sense of accomplishment. Close second would be the Whopper Plopper for fish catching numbers and versatility. Quote
Super User iceintheveins Posted February 28, 2018 Super User Posted February 28, 2018 Cavitron buzzbait. Honorable mentions: Rapala Skitterpop, Strike King Rage Shad, Heddon Super Spook Jr, Booyah Boss Pop, Various Hollow Bodied frogs Quote
evilcatfish Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 In no particular order, my treble hook topwater preferences: Lunker punker, chug bug, ms slammer, gunfish, giant dog x, pop max. Quote
Super User J Francho Posted February 28, 2018 Super User Posted February 28, 2018 Sammy 115 or Popmax. Quote
bobbyg Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 Easily accessible . . . Arbogast - Hula Popper Can't find anywhere, but have 1 left and it is awesome. . .Hydrilla Gorilla Buzzbait - the loudest topwater lure, I have ever heard, it drives fish crazy!!!! Quote
Primus Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 Some of my favorites .... Got em Coach Floating Bluegill bait Floating Matt lures Hard gill 7" & 9" MS Slammer 316 Wake JR. R.I. Vixen 3" Zell Rowland Xcalibur Popper 1/4 OZ Yellow Magic Popper Lucky Craft Gunfish Whopper Plopper 130 Quote
Comfortably Numb Posted March 1, 2018 Posted March 1, 2018 Ima Roumba is one of my favorites. Whopper Plopper 90 did well last year. PopMax Strike King Wake Shad Spro Rat 40 Sammy100 Quote
Super User Koz Posted March 1, 2018 Super User Posted March 1, 2018 On 2/25/2018 at 9:29 PM, the reel ess said: And I have two Whopper Ploppers I haven't gotten a chance to use yet. How does that happen? When I get a new lure it's always the first thing out of my bag the next time I go fishing. For me it's like being a kid on Christmas morning! Quote
RB 77 Posted March 1, 2018 Posted March 1, 2018 On 2/24/2018 at 1:03 PM, Munkin said: LC Gunfish or Sammy Allen Yup! Quote
Fishin Dad Posted March 1, 2018 Posted March 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Koz said: How does that happen? When I get a new lure it's always the first thing out of my bag the next time I go fishing. For me it's like being a kid on Christmas morning! For we poor saps living in Minnesota, we buy our lures in the frozen tundra time of year and just drool over them until the middle of May when we can fish again. Taking 6 months off during the winter is horrible. Count your blessings in South Carolina!! I am jealous!! 3 Quote
RPreeb Posted March 1, 2018 Posted March 1, 2018 33 minutes ago, Fishin Dad said: For we poor saps living in Minnesota, we buy our lures in the frozen tundra time of year and just drool over them until the middle of May when we can fish again. Taking 6 months off during the winter is horrible. Count your blessings in South Carolina!! I am jealous!! Yeah... Hard for one to be the first when there are 30 that have never seen water. I have a rod and reel that have never been used, and yesterday when I was out looking around, the water was still mostly too hard to fish. The great weather in the next few days may change that. 1 Quote
Cak920 Posted March 2, 2018 Author Posted March 2, 2018 23 hours ago, Fishin Dad said: For we poor saps living in Minnesota, we buy our lures in the frozen tundra time of year and just drool over them until the middle of May when we can fish again. Taking 6 months off during the winter is horrible. Count your blessings in South Carolina!! I am jealous!! 23 hours ago, RPreeb said: Yeah... Hard for one to be the first when there are 30 that have never seen water. I have a rod and reel that have never been used, and yesterday when I was out looking around, the water was still mostly too hard to fish. The great weather in the next few days may change that. I know the feeling. I have my 2 best rods I bought last fall and only took out once and haven’t caught a fish on them yet. And probably 15 new lures just waiting till may to try them out. 1 Quote
Super User Koz Posted March 2, 2018 Super User Posted March 2, 2018 11 hours ago, Fishin Dad said: For we poor saps living in Minnesota, we buy our lures in the frozen tundra time of year and just drool over them until the middle of May when we can fish again. Well then, that makes perfect sense. Then again, the few times I went out this winter the fishing was so slow here the lagoons may as well have been frozen over. Quote
Super User tcbass Posted March 2, 2018 Super User Posted March 2, 2018 On 2/24/2018 at 7:54 PM, Oklahoma Mike said: For many, many years it was a Cavitron buzzbait. But the Jackall Pompadour has moved into my number one spot. Honorable mention to the Sammy and the Pop-Max. Hace you ever used a Whopper Plopper? Quote
Oklahoma Mike Posted March 3, 2018 Posted March 3, 2018 On 3/1/2018 at 11:22 PM, tcbass said: Hace you ever used a Whopper Plopper? Yes, and I prefer the Pompadour. Quote
New River Addiction Posted March 6, 2018 Posted March 6, 2018 When it gets dark outside nothing beats the gurgling of a big black Jitterbug! When the sun is out I throw Super Spooks or Pop R's. All time favorite is a Jitterbug though. 1 Quote
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