Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “topwater”
Musky anglers deserve credit for starting the Whopper Plopper craze when they created similar homemade baits with metal tails. However, companies had trouble mass-producing those metal-tail baits with that distinctive plopping sound until Larry Dahlberg designed the Whopper Plopper for River2Sea as a musky lure. The company introduced the lure with a softer plastic tail in the 190 size of …
Both hollow body frogs and solid plastic toads create plenty of topwater excitement but certain situations and conditions dictate when and where these two lures should be fished. Factoring In The Pressure Fishing pressure can dictate how to select one bait over the other. When fishing pressure is high you need to really slow down your frog presentation to trigger …
Everyone loves a good topwater bite. What isn’t to like? Bone chilling strikes that you can see happen. Topwater lures are an adrenaline junkies dream. Perhaps one of the most popular types of topwater lures is the buzzbait. This racket-producing concoction of metal, wire, and lead has been a go-to for anglers for decades. However, there are a few things …
Inshore topwater fishing is an exciting and sometimes nerve-wrecking way to fish. A topwater strike is arguably the most exciting split-second in fishing (possibly in life). While it can happen in a flash, an aggressive topside explosion will stay etched in your memory for years to come. There are many ways to illicit a strike on top but we’ve take …
There is nothing more exciting than watching a big bass blow up on a surface bait. Given the right time and conditions, topwater lures like a popper can be a very effective and efficient way to catch fish. With most topwaters you can cover water quickly and trigger reaction strikes from bass that might pass up a different presentation. There …
There’s no greater thrill in bass fishing than watching a calm surface suddenly explode and your topwater lure instantly vanish. This is what makes topwater fishing great. This scene plays out many times during the months when the waters are warm enough to activate bass into feeding on top. My favorite topwater lure is the Heddon Zara Spook, but I’ve …
Topwater strikes are some of the most exciting action in bass fishing, and they’re also some of the most heart-wrenching, creating the perfect flow from chaos to revelation once the bass finally makes its way to the boat hooked on those topwater baits. There’s no better time to fish topwater than the late-spring/early-summer period. The bass are coming off the …
