new whopper plopper

[ChrisD46]

22 hours ago, Luke Barnes said:

Ive never actually fished a whopper plopper. I use the Berkley Choppo and have caught the second biggest bass of the year on it. Having good luck night fishing the matte black one. I like the smallest Choppo, I cant remember the size. Its not a 60 though.

*Choppo 90 

[Cgolf]

14 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Right, but a lot of people I guide can't use baitcasters and a 90 plopper is pushing it for a spinning rod so they'll be nice for that.

I guess it depends on your spinning rods. I have one or two I would have no issues throwing the 110 on. I started bass fishing with spincast and spinning rods, so I used to throw heavier cranks on spinning gear with no issues. Got into bait casters later and still paying for it;)

[MN Fisher]

14 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Right, but a lot of people I guide can't use baitcasters and a 90 plopper is pushing it for a spinning rod so they'll be nice for that.

 

1 minute ago, cgolf said:

I guess it depends on your spinning rods. I have one or two I would have no issues throwing the 110 on. I started bass fishing with spincast and spinning rods, so I used to throw heavier cranks on spinning gear with no issues. Got into bait casters later and still paying for it;)

Ya, a 90 is only 1/2oz - even my Medium spinner will handle that weight (1/4-3/4). Far as a 110, a decent heavy will handle that - like a Sierra 705SF.

[Bluebasser86]

1 hour ago, cgolf said:

I guess it depends on your spinning rods. I have one or two I would have no issues throwing the 110 on. I started bass fishing with spincast and spinning rods, so I used to throw heavier cranks on spinning gear with no issues. Got into bait casters later and still paying for it;)

Yes but then those rods do a poor job keeping fish pinned.  A softer, lighter rod does better keeping them stuck and and handles a 1/4oz bait better.

[tcbass]

 

  

On 10/5/2020 at 8:11 AM, gimruis said:

Because they aren't effective!

 

In all truth, they are a well built lure though.  Durable with quality components.  They just don't catch fish regularly for this guy, even after 3 full seasons of use.  Try one for yourself but don't buy several of them until you can confirm they work for you.  I made that mistake already.

 

 

I have the opposite experience. 

 

 

I'm down to 4 lures now:

 

Topwater:

 

1.)  Whopper Plopper

 

2.)  Whopper Frog (Homemade)

 

 

Underwater:

 

1.)  Wacky Rigged Senko

 

2.)  Nose-Hooked Zoom Super Fluke

 

 

The Whopper Plopper has been an incredible lure for us. My favorite hard topwater bait. I do think the Berkley Choppo is a value priced alternative though.

 

[Cgolf]

2 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Yes but then those rods do a poor job keeping fish pinned.  A softer, lighter rod does better keeping them stuck and and handles a 1/4oz bait better.

Agreed, so essentially whether on a baitcaster, or spinning rod, landing percentage will be higher with the 60 due to the lighter rod that will be used.

 

For a while I used to throw my topwaters on a rick clunn glass square bill rod that worked well when I got lucky and hooked up. On the lake now it is a graphite stick, but the yak I still use a glass stick.