Megabass Popmax

[Crankin4Bass]

What are your favorite colors and what rod do you fish it on?

[jbsoonerfan]

White Python - Zodias 7'2 MH

[BrianMDTX]

 Currently a Daiwa Aird-X 6’ 6” M/F baitcasting rod. I only have one so can’t say I have a favorite color. I think it’s Gill. 

[Deleted account]

InterWeb loves that crackle albino thing...

[Derek1]

I’ve used the bass one and the one that looks like a fired up gill. They worked so I didn’t buy any others. As I can get carried away. 

[A-Jay]

  I have success with a few different  Pop Max patterns.

As can be the case with many deals, it may be more about when & where I throw it,

rather than which one.

Either way, the Perch bait IS my Go To . . .

I throw them on M spinning gear and 20lb braid.

https://youtu.be/6Ds4Z22ywnY?t=128

Fish Hard

A-Jay

 

[MIbassyaker]

Mat Frog

 

 

I fish these on 6'4'-6'8" MF or MXF baitcasters.

[Crankin4Bass]

6 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

  I have success with a few different  Pop Max patterns.

As can be the case with many deals, it may be more about when & where I throw it,

rather than which one.

Either way, the Perch bait IS my Go To . . .

I throw them on M spinning gear and 20lb braid.

https://youtu.be/6Ds4Z22ywnY?t=128

Fish Hard

A-Jay

 

Nice fish! Your videos are the best!

[Deleted account]

24 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

 I throw them on M spinning gear and 20lb braid.

I'm calling Social Services....

[Bluebasser86]

The 80 size of this looks exactly like the MB, but it actually catches fish for me, something the MB rarely does. I like the "You Know It" color. 

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/River2Sea_Bubble_Walker/descpage-R2SBUB.html

[Columbia Craw]

Gill and Sexy French Pearl

[Crankin4Bass]

Thanks everyone!

[Boomstick]

I will throw mine on a M/XF or MH/MF rod with 12lb mono that runs on the fatter side although if I was just throwing poppers I would increase that to 17lb.

 

Like @A-Jay my top Pop Max (and Pop X) color is Perch. The Megabass Sexy Shad is a good color as well, especially for spring.

[jimanchower]

Sexy Shad and Secret Gill are kind of my "standard" colors but I've had luck with Black Orochi when I want to change it up, and I recently picked up a Pumpkinseed that I think offers a little variation that the other colors don't.

 

I fish it on a St. Croix Bass X 7'1" M/F with 15# mono.

[Kevhead19]

Wild Gill or plain ol' Gill are what I use the most. I'm using a 6'9 M/F baitcaster with 40lb braid / 14lb mono leader most often. I usually use the Popmax as a walking bait first and personally have more success with a straight walk rather than a slower traditional popper style. It's probably my most used topwater lure. Big fan. 

[Harold Scoggins]

My favorite Pop Max is one signed by the man himself, Yuki Ito, at a tackle show I went to a few years back in Japan. My best producer is the Gill Female.

[Smells like fish]

That is coolest pop max ever!!! And I have the man as my avatar!

[Crankin4Bass]

Got both the PopMax and Pop X in perch.

[ChrisD46]

On 5/20/2021 at 12:28 AM, Bluebasser86 said:

The 80 size of this looks exactly like the MB, but it actually catches fish for me, something the MB rarely does. I like the "You Know It" color. 

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/River2Sea_Bubble_Walker/descpage-R2SBUB.html

The River2 Sea Bubble Walker 80 is a terrible top water lure - I am happy to dispose of them properly for you ... Especially the "You Know It" , "Loon" , "Bluegill" and "Abalone Shad" colors.

[MIbassyaker]

On 5/21/2021 at 4:58 PM, Crankin4Bass said:

Got both the PopMax and Pop X in perch.

 

Thanks a lot....now I had to go and order another one. 

 

TW had "pumpkinseed" in stock, so that's on it's way now.

[Crankin4Bass]

2 hours ago, MIbassyaker said:

 

Thanks a lot....now I had to go and order another one. 

 

TW had "pumpkinseed" in stock, so that's on it's way now.

You're welcome!

I almost ordered pumpkinseed and gill too. Somehow I was able to restrain myself. 

[the reel ess]

Unpopular opinion here. I think topwaters are the lures for which color means the least.

[padon]

yeah im not sure the color means much either. i use gill perch and french pearl. i fish mine on an expride 6'10" medium.

[MIbassyaker]

3 hours ago, the reel ess said:

Unpopular opinion here. I think topwaters are the lures for which color means the least.

 

I think that's (1) true, and (2) not actually an unpopular opinion. Speaking for myself, I just have favorite colors anyway and can't help myself....

[Bluebasser86]

5 hours ago, the reel ess said:

Unpopular opinion here. I think topwaters are the lures for which color means the least.

I use to agree with this opinion but I've ran too many trips with 3 guys all throwing topwaters and the fish kept hitting one color more consistently than the other. Once they get switched over, everyone starts catching fish. I still feel like they're one of those baits that it probably matters the least, but it can really matter at times unfortunately.