Ksam1234 Posted July 31, 2018 Posted July 31, 2018 I ordered some topwater lures and seen the bubble walker had some good reviews. It had the 3 inch”80” and 5 inch “128”so I figured I would go with the 5... I didn’t think it would be that huge! I mean the walking baits come in 5 inches but much smaller looking profile. This thing looks like a musky popper.. has anyone ever had any luck with these with small and large size bass ? Wondering how good the draw power is or is it to big. I live in NY so not to many 10 pounders swimming around eating huge baits lol. Thank in advance. Quote
Brett's_daddy Posted July 31, 2018 Posted July 31, 2018 I have the smaller 80 size but I think the 128 would be a fine LMB lure. I've had bass hit lures that are as big as they are so I wouldn't sweat the larger size...if a bass thinks it can fit in their mouth they will eat it! 1 Quote
AO2point4 Posted July 31, 2018 Posted July 31, 2018 It's not too big. This is a 190 sized Whopper Plopper (7 1/2 inches), and this smallmouth had no problem crushing it. Seems like bass have eyes bigger than their stomachs. 1 Quote
Ksam1234 Posted July 31, 2018 Author Posted July 31, 2018 2 hours ago, Brett's_daddy said: I have the smaller 80 size but I think the 128 would be a fine LMB lure. I've had bass hit lures that are as big as they are so I wouldn't sweat the larger size...if a bass thinks it can fit in their mouth they will eat it! How do you like it? Catch anything decent 19 minutes ago, AO2point4 said: It's not too big. This is a 190 sized Whopper Plopper (7 1/2 inches), and this smallmouth had no problem crushing it. Seems like bass have eyes bigger than their stomachs. Nice!! Can’t wait to try it out then. 1 Quote
Brett's_daddy Posted August 1, 2018 Posted August 1, 2018 2 hours ago, Ksam1234 said: How do you like it? Catch anything decent Actually It's fallen victim to too many of the same type of lures and I haven't used it too much so it hasn't caught anything yet but it does have a nice action to it. 1 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted August 1, 2018 Global Moderator Posted August 1, 2018 I love the 80's, but couldn't get the desired action out of the 128 bubble walker. It's not so much the length of the bait, the thing is bigger around than a dill pickle. 1 Quote
Ksam1234 Posted August 1, 2018 Author Posted August 1, 2018 6 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said: I love the 80's, but couldn't get the desired action out of the 128 bubble walker. It's not so much the length of the bait, the thing is bigger around than a dill pickle. Yeah ! That’s what I was worried about. The girth on that sucker is crazy lol Quote
Super User JustJames Posted August 1, 2018 Super User Posted August 1, 2018 I'm not sure if size is really matter on top water lure. I have WP 130, Super Spook and R2S rover 128. I have yet to caught anything on them. I don't use these a lot, in fact I have not use it at all this year. Quote
Super User Angry John Posted August 1, 2018 Super User Posted August 1, 2018 The 80 size is just like the popmax. Never ordered the bigger 128 as I use my mattlures meat head or baby 316 wake for larger topwaters. In your area pike pickeral and musky will smoke a bait that big. 1 Quote
Ksam1234 Posted August 1, 2018 Author Posted August 1, 2018 Going out tomorrow so I hope to catch something Quote
Brett's_daddy Posted August 3, 2018 Posted August 3, 2018 On 8/1/2018 at 5:15 PM, Angry John said: In your area pike pickeral and musky will smoke a bait that big. Speaking of that...what colors of this bait do you think a pike would like? Quote
Ksam1234 Posted August 3, 2018 Author Posted August 3, 2018 14 minutes ago, Brett's_daddy said: Speaking of that...what colors of this bait do you think a pike would like? I had plenty of pike destroy my loon whopper plopper soooo... loon! Or white Quote
Super User Angry John Posted August 3, 2018 Super User Posted August 3, 2018 Red/white and yellow/red are the most common pike spoons. They seem to love perch and sysco as main forage. Quote
Ksam1234 Posted August 3, 2018 Author Posted August 3, 2018 2 minutes ago, Angry John said: Red/white and yellow/red are the most common pike spoons. They seem to love perch and sysco as main forage. See that’s funny bc I have never caught a pike on those , I have had bet luck with black/red , black/white , white/chartreuse Quote
Super User Angry John Posted August 3, 2018 Super User Posted August 3, 2018 My biggest came on a #3 maps spinner and my second came on a rapala shadrap in walleye. 1 Quote
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