Best topwater lure for largemouth bass?

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Posted: 6/8/2017 10:28:30 AM EDT

A few weeks ago a drunk man on a golf cart got in my face and recommended I try a Pop-Ahrrr. He apparently talked some other guy into trying them and he showed me pictures on his phone of these humongous bass the guy caught with it. So I looked online and saw he was talking a Rebel Pop-R. I went to Wal-Mart and found a couple magnum Pop-Rs that were nice and dusty from sitting on the rack so long and bought both of them.

It actually works pretty good. I haven't caught any wall hangers yet but the bass tear it up. Seems to produce more strikes than a hula popper, torpedo or jitterbug. Maybe neck and neck with a devil horse.

Posted: 6/8/2017 10:29:29 AM EDT

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They work for me.

Posted: 6/8/2017 10:31:14 AM EDT

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Devil Horse

Posted: 6/8/2017 10:32:37 AM EDT

[#3]

Chug Bugs for numbers- Zara Spooks for size.

Posted: 6/8/2017 10:33:02 AM EDT

[#4]

Rattlin Chug Bug. Rappalla I think. Bass tear em up!

Posted: 6/8/2017 10:33:32 AM EDT

[#5]

those work, i love using a soft frog bait, toss it on some lilly pads and twitch it across the water and BAMM

also have had luck using a rubber snake that is about 2 foot long and would swim it off a weed bed, have caught some huge bass that way.

Topwater for bass is some of the best fishing you can have on a summers night

Posted: 6/8/2017 10:34:46 AM EDT

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those work, i love using a soft frog bait, toss it on some lilly pads and twitch it across the water and BAMM

also have had luck using a rubber snake that is about 2 foot long and would swim it off a weed bed, have caught some huge bass that way.

Topwater for bass is some of the best fishing you can have on a summers night

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Hula Popper - old school.

Posted: 6/8/2017 10:35:19 AM EDT

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I like minnow-shaped crankbaits that run less than a foot down. Worked as a surface lure, they really wiggle.

Posted: 6/8/2017 10:36:03 AM EDT

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Have caught quite a few on the River 2 Sea Whopper Plopper. Little propeller in the back makes a pretty good buzzing on the surface.

Posted: 6/8/2017 10:36:15 AM EDT

[#9]

Early morning I've had lots of luck with those Rapala Pop-R(sp?). I've got one in 'Fire Tiger' and 3 of them in various shad colors. I haven't had a lot of success with the 'Fire Tiger' but that's one my dad gave me as a joke. The top water bite seems to go away as the day heats up.

With those Pop-R, you need to work them quickly back with the tip of your rod and then reel up your slack. Let it sit for a minute and then flick it back again.

Top water hits are my favorite. My heart is pounding right now just thinking about fishing one.

Posted: 6/8/2017 10:36:38 AM EDT

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Jitterbug's..

Posted: 6/8/2017 10:38:51 AM EDT

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http://images.flwfishing.com/images/0/3/5/035193_original_1024x1024.jpg

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Ive caught a ton of fish on this exact model

Posted: 6/8/2017 10:40:01 AM EDT

[#12]

Hula Popper or Jitterbug

Posted: 6/8/2017 10:41:13 AM EDT

[#13]

Spook The Walking dog :))

Posted: 6/8/2017 10:42:17 AM EDT

[#14]

I've always had good luck with Zara Spook type walking baits.

Posted: 6/8/2017 10:42:38 AM EDT

[#15]

I use plastic frogs early in the morning, especially in the cypress trees.

Posted: 6/8/2017 10:43:23 AM EDT

[#16]

I am partial to chug bug. To anyone not using these you use them early and late in the day, you have to make them spit water, and make a bloop sound. If for species other than large mouth, the bloop sound is bad, just spit.

I also like the blade top water lures. where the propeller thing just barely keeps it afloat and these is a big jig head that runs a couple inches under the water. I mix it in for variety.

Posted: 6/8/2017 10:47:00 AM EDT

[#17]

I like the lobina rico's better than the pop r. Yellow magic poppers are great too. Hard to beat a spook if you can walk it correctly. Megastrike cavitron buzz baits. Live target hollow body frogs. I love top water

Posted: 6/8/2017 10:48:14 AM EDT

[#18]

CHUG BUG

Posted: 6/8/2017 10:48:50 AM EDT

[#19]

Booyah frog

Posted: 6/8/2017 10:56:14 AM EDT

[#20]

Zoom super fluke. Rigged properly they are weedless and make for an awesome top water bait. Fished correctly it will actually be an inch or so under the actual surface, but bright colors are easy to see, and you still get that kick ass top water strike on them.

Posted: 6/8/2017 11:00:36 AM EDT

[#21]

Tannerite?

Posted: 6/8/2017 11:01:34 AM EDT

[#22]

Use a yellow magic, they are the best topwater but are a little pricey, a popping frog works great also

Posted: 6/8/2017 11:04:08 AM EDT

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those work, i love using a soft frog bait, toss it on some lilly pads and twitch it across the water and BAMM

also have had luck using a rubber snake that is about 2 foot long and would swim it off a weed bed, have caught some huge bass that way.

Topwater for bass is some of the best fishing you can have on a summers night

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It's sure is. 1/2 oz. Strike king buzzbaits with a single clack in chartreuse is my go to lure.

Posted: 6/8/2017 11:04:33 AM EDT

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On cloudy days a baby 1- rod high and just fast enough so it'd swim just under the surface was deadly over grass beds.

Old school buzz baits worked really well early and late.

Clear Zara Spooks at night walking the dog.

Posted: 6/8/2017 11:09:34 AM EDT

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Always liked the Jitterbug when minnows aren't getting it done.

Posted: 6/8/2017 11:10:15 AM EDT

[#26]

Fuck the regular pop r.

What you want is the Super Pop R. Personally I use the perch colored one. It is awesome. Second fav is the baby bass color.

I usually walk the dog 3-4 jerks....pause....sometimes its instantly when it stops , others you gotta let it sit.

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And I can't forget this one for really active days.....excalibur spitnimage

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Posted: 6/8/2017 11:13:52 AM EDT

[#27]

That's funny. That's the exact lure that came to mind when I read the title. Been doin real well on the smallies with that this year.

Posted: 6/8/2017 11:22:30 AM EDT

[#28]

"clip" the lip on a 3" rappala floating minnow..... If god fished top water this is what he would use.

All joking aside, I had a rappala that the dive lip was cracked on so I clipped it and filed it a little to about 1/4 of its original size. I've picked up more bass of all sizes with that lure than anything else in my box.

You can pop it, walk the dog or even swim it for short distances.

Posted: 6/8/2017 11:23:46 AM EDT

[#29]

double spoon spinner bait tipped with hook extender ( for short strikes )

can control depth easily by speed of reeling in

chartreuse color has been my go to color when things are slow. But experiment with color as some lakes rivers ponds and conditions = certain color will slay and other colors will not get a bite

Posted: 6/8/2017 11:24:01 AM EDT

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"clip" the lip on a 3" rappala floating minnow..... If god fished top water this is what he would use.

All joking aside, I had a rappala that the dive lip was cracked on so I clipped it and filed it a little to about 1/4 of its original size. I've picked up more bass of all sizes with that lure than anything else in my box.

You can pop it, walk the dog or even swim it for short distances.

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I used to take the jointed ones and melt and bend the lip so it would just lolligag across the top....good stuff

Posted: 6/8/2017 11:25:00 AM EDT

[#31]

Buzz bait!

Posted: 6/8/2017 11:25:55 AM EDT

[#32]

Here is the biggest one I've caught so far this year, but it was on a green pumpkin senko/black fleck TX rigged on 3/0 worm hook. Battery was dead in my scale but it might be 7 lbs.

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Little Pop-R bass.

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Edit, I got the pictures backwards.

Posted: 6/8/2017 11:27:14 AM EDT

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Here is the biggest one I've caught so far this year, but it was on a green pumpkin senko/black fleck TX rigged on 3/0 worm hook. Battery was dead in my scale but it might be 7 lbs.
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Little Pop-R bass.
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Fuck I can't wait to hit the lake. Its been 5 days now, I'm jonesing.

Nice fish op

Posted: 6/8/2017 11:35:02 AM EDT

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Fuck I can't wait to hit the lake. Its been 5 days now, I'm jonesing.

Nice fish op

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Thanks brother. The bass seem to be doing pretty well this year around here. Hope you tear them up.

Posted: 6/8/2017 11:37:06 AM EDT

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Thanks brother. The bass seem to be doing pretty well this year around here. Hope you tear them up.

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Two weeks ago I was out at 5 am and caught 18 ....with a few nice 3-4pounders mixed in. Since then its been a couple 12 inchers each time out.

Weather here is fucked though. Its been 55-60 this week. Sat will be a challenge I think

Posted: 6/8/2017 11:38:28 AM EDT

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Posted: 6/8/2017 11:39:11 AM EDT

[#37]

Love topwater fishing...

Spooks, hula poppers, jitterbugs, frogs, whopper-ploppers

All of them!

I prefer plug-types like the hula popper.

(bloop)

(bloop-bloop)

(bloop)

SPLASH!

Posted: 6/8/2017 11:40:46 AM EDT

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Two weeks ago I was out at 5 am and caught 18 ....with a few nice 3-4pounders mixed in. Since then its been a couple 12 inchers each time out.

Weather here is fucked though. Its been 55-60 this week. Sat will be a challenge I think

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It's been so windy around here and raining all the time. When we do have a nice day and I have a chance to go I get so excited I don't know what to do.

Posted: 6/8/2017 11:41:07 AM EDT

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Spook The Walking dog :))

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Next to a Devil Horse, my Leopard Frog Spook is my favorite.
Caught a lot on poppers to just not like those two.

Posted: 6/8/2017 11:42:37 AM EDT

[#40]

I've found any lure of that general type will work. They are much like white girls--all the same. And all work.

Posted: 6/8/2017 11:43:12 AM EDT

[#41]

Along with the Jitterbug crank-baits I've also had good luck with a silver wounded minnow that slowly wiggles on the surface. The big bass will usually hit that one hard.

Posted: 6/8/2017 11:43:54 AM EDT

[#42]

All the amateur tournament guys around here are crazy about a Whopper Plopper.

Posted: 6/8/2017 11:45:28 AM EDT

[#43]

pop r's are solid! and I am a senko and curly tail grub guy.

Posted: 6/8/2017 11:47:26 AM EDT

[#44]

Mike Shaw's MS Slammer wakebait. 9 inches long, weighs about 3.5 ounces. Caught a 9.5lb bass on one not long ago

Posted: 6/8/2017 11:48:15 AM EDT

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It's been so windy around here and raining all the time. When we do have a nice day and I have a chance to go I get so excited I don't know what to do.

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Same here 15-30 mph winds.....get a calmer day....I'm all giddy !!! Lol

Posted: 6/8/2017 11:48:54 AM EDT

[#46]

Largemouth = Zara Spook

Smallmouth = Rico

Posted: 6/8/2017 11:49:15 AM EDT

[#47]

For top water I have caught more bass on Hedden torpedoes then anything else.

http://www.heddonlures.com/product/tiny-torpedo-3/

Posted: 6/8/2017 11:50:51 AM EDT

[#48]

I'm a fan of the Hedon Torpedo. I like the tiny torpedo bedt. Rapals floating that dives to about 2 ft on retrieval works pretty good for me also

Posted: 6/8/2017 12:10:02 PM EDT

[#49]

Love my jitterbug. I've been using the same one for over 15 years. Yellow with black spots, largemouths can't resist. I have a pop'r like the one in the op that works and a selection of hula poppers.

Top water early in the morning or at twilight is my favorite time to fish.

Posted: 6/8/2017 12:17:07 PM EDT

[#50]

I have been out of the bucketmouth game for a long time but I always loved jitterbugs and plastic frogs. The best take of my life was on a frog in lilly pads and it was most impressive.

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