Skitter Prop

[.dsaavedra.]

Rapala Skitter Prop.....how do you guys fish em?

[Micro]

Cast, pause, then chug it.  You can walk it, too.  Make it make a racket.  I like the skitter pop - it sits with its tail way down, like the Storm Chug Bug.  

[.dsaavedra.]

not sure if you read it right but you typed skitter "pop" well the one im talking about is the skitter "prop" with the propeller in the back. thanks for the info regardless of what lure it is  

[BassFishingMachine]

I fish it like you would any old popper. The only place I throw it is at this lake that has tons of frogs that look exactly like that brown/white spotted frog pattern on the skitter pop. Other then at that lake I really don't use it too much. But I'd definetly say its a decent popper.

[Micro]

not sure if you read it right but you typed skitter "pop" well the one im talking about is the skitter "prop" with the propeller in the back. thanks for the info regardless of what lure it is

I did misread it. :-[    

Sorry.  Carry on.  

[Oscar O.]

I think he is referring to the skitter prop not the popper made by Rapala. I like the skitter prop it can call suspended fish from about 10 ft. It makes a lot of noise and creates a good surface disturbance for fish to see. The propeller also adds flash to the bait. I cant really describe how i retrieve because i vary the speed every time i use it.

[Oscar O.]

well i guess the first part of my post is pointless now! lol I didnt see that you posted before i did.  

[.dsaavedra.]

thanks for the info guys

on a side note the color i got is that brown and white spotted frog you were reffering to bassfishingmachine

[bocabasser]

i have been using the skitter prop for about a month now at this condo that has big bass and tarpon. i have been killing the bass up to 6 pounds. i keep waiting for the bite to die, but for about a month now, it is all i throw when i fish that condo. tarpon love this bait as well.

[Dan:]

bass AND tarpon? not at the same place, right?

anyway, dsaavedra, I love the skitterprop in the same color you have. I have had great luck with it for river smallmouth, especially during low light hours. Just use a series of jerks and pauses, the propeller will pull make a bubble stream behind the lure. just try it out, it's really an easy lure to fish.

[.dsaavedra.]

i really cant wait to try this out on my new crankbait rod. it seems like quite a unique bait.

[Micro]

Hey wait.  Work it the same way you would a Skitter Pop.  See my previous post  

[.dsaavedra.]

haha yeah i figured thats pretty much the standard for all topwater hardbaits  ;D

[LCpointerKILLA]

bass AND tarpon? not at the same place, right?

anyway, dsaavedra, I love the skitterprop in the same color you have. I have had great luck with it for river smallmouth, especially during low light hours. Just use a series of jerks and pauses, the propeller will pull make a bubble stream behind the lure. just try it out, it's really an easy lure to fish.

Boca basser either lives in boca raton or boca grande. Hopefully boca grande because that is supposed to be an awesome place for tarpon. Every year the PTTS is at boca grande pass. But more importantly there should be some awesome bass lakes around there (and peacock in the canals)

[flippin]

i fish it in choppy water i pause pull pull pause works for me

[Perfect Hook Set]

I have several which I don't always use very often but, when I do:

(Depending on the conditions)

I swim it like a spook walking it back and forth for about 3-6 cycles

Short switches one right after another, a quick stop and go pattern

Long twitches more like pulls then pausing for a good 3-5 second and then pull again

You can also try bending the blades forward a little

As I have had my blades forward, back and straight depending on what type of action I am trying to get out of the lure

[Tokyo Tony]

I like this bait a lot, though I admit I don't use it too often.  I watched an episode of Lindner's Angling Edge, and they were absolutely hammering smallies on that bait in the Great Lakes region, they didn't say where.  One of the guys pointed out that the Skitter Prop is a special bait because when you jerk it, it actually goes subsurface and leaves a bubble trail that is easy to see even on windy days.  So I'd say that that's a good application for the bait: choppy days.

You can walk it, pause it, etc.  Really whatever you want to do.

As for tarpon and bass being in the same waters, it's pretty common in southern Florida, and probably other parts of FL also.  Last summer I was fishing in the Everglades, near Flamingo, and my bro and I rented a canoe to do some bass fishing in Nine Mile Pond.  We only caught a couple dinks, but the highlight was hooking into baby tarpon on the same lures we were using for bass.  They would smash the lure, then just go totally crazy jumping everywhere.  They were all less than 10 lbs, but a load of fun - one actually jumped over the canoe  ;D