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Old 08-03-06, 10:58 PM   #1
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I have several Hoolapoppers (sp?) and frogs but I have never caught anything with them. I am wondering if these kind of surface lures are best for bass or should I go with a deeper diving lure? Any tips as to how to use them? I thought it was best to do a slow crank and pause strategy, but its getting me nowhere! My buddy and I are having a fishing competition this weekend, so some help is appreciated! (he always wins)
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Old 08-04-06, 03:10 AM   #2
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I have the best luck with a hulapopper either early morning or right at dusk, But I have caught some nice bass at other times of the day too, just not as many. I like to cast it let it sit there a little bit, then just twitch my rod just enough to make it pop. Then I let it sit a little and repeat and reel in just the slack in the line that comes as the popper gradually works torward me with each pop. As far as I know, most popping lures are not meant to be cranked like a crankbait.

I've just recently started trying frogs, so I'm no help there. Usually the box the lure came in gives a few instructions. Or check out some of the older posts, they are talked about often, or if there's a site for the manufactuer of the lure, you might want to check there. Sometimes they have tips you can read about retrival. Hope I helped a bit.
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Old 08-04-06, 05:02 AM   #3
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hulapop-rs like a pop-r are best work by rythm at night. finding this rythm is the hard part..

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Old 08-04-06, 07:13 AM   #4
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I have owned a couple Hoola Poppers for nearly 30 years now and have never caught a bass on one. I can't tell you why, as I have caught many many bass on my other top water baits. I cast the bait out abd let the water settle untill it's smooth and begin a retrieve consisting of a gentle twitch, pause, twitch, pause, to get a soft pop from the bait. But to no avail. However, my torpedo lures and banana style top waters tear it up. Go figure. As for the frogs, I have had good success working them slowly through lilly pads which lay flat on the surface, and over and around weedbeds that have grown up to or near the surface. Fished much the same way as my hoola popper is, only with much better results. I almost always start early in the morning with top water. I love the thrill of seeing the bass crash into my bait. But if top water isn't working, then I move to a spinner bait and shallow running crank. Move to your deeper running crank baits after that, or when the sun drives them deeper.
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Old 08-04-06, 08:00 AM   #5
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one of the biggest bass i have encountered, hit a hulapopper, $4.00 lure.
the line broke, and i never did get my lure back. i am beginning to think there is no rhyme or reason to catching bass. at times i think a clothespin with a hook on it would catch a bass. i would venture to say, almost anything with a hook would catch a bass, if the bass was hungry or angry* (dont know how someone came up with that thought*). on the light side, i have the bait monkey on my back everytime i go to walmart.
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