poppers

03-31-05, 02:07 PM

what do you think about poppers? i like using them but they dont work all the time.

Daiwa_Baitcaster · 03-31-05, 02:45 PM

Good for when the bass are at the top of the water warming up.Bad for when the tempertures are way too high.Thats when i would whip out the spinner

ryan7261 · 03-31-05, 03:50 PM

have you ever tried a jitter bug, zara spook,torpedo bait's. Try switching it up when something don't work soo well. It's good to have confidence in other lures as well. Also you can go plastic's like frog's,mice even buzz bait's work well. But using them in the right application helps too. You got to know the right times to pull out your top waters stick to that and you'll see an improvement in top water fishing!

Robby.

ryan7261 · 03-31-05, 03:53 PM

Spitting. This is the typical topwater retrieve for this lure type - popping, spitting and splashing water out of its concave mouth cup whenever the rod tip is jerked. Pause often which is when the hits happen.

Walking. The BD T "walks the dog" better than most other popper-type topwater lures. Right, left, right, left - splashing and struggling movement as it zigzags side-to-side across the surface. To walk the dog, you need to jerk the rod tip slightly, slack the line an instant, jerk, slack, jerk, slack. Done properly, the BD T swerves left, right on every other jerk. Without slacking the line properly, the swerve does not reach its maximum sideways slide. practice makes perfect. It is usually easier to do this by holding the rod horizontally or slightly downward so the tip is close to the water.

Waking. Many other topwater lures are not effective this way, but the BD T can be deadly at times just to wake it slowly across the surface, trailing a rippling vee wake like a buzzbait. The BD T body will wag slightly every so often, the rattles will roll, and most important, the feather teaser tail will flutter and wriggle seductively in the wake of the BD T. If needed, throw in a slight pop or pause as you wake it. On a choppy day, surface ripples may provide all the necessary extra action to bring the waking tactic to life.
The feather teaser tail on the BD T is an important part of the allure. A BD T with a feather tail will stimulate more strikes. With a feather teaser as a tail, you add a second completely separate lure - a baitfish-imitating streamer fly - to the topwater. Sometimes I get the feeling that bass only want the feather, not the entire topwater lure. It's as if the spitting, walking commotion gets their attention - and then when you pause the retrieve momentarily, they grab the fluttering feather teaser.

The colors here are productive colors for bass - and also hard colors to find elsewhere. A sample of each color can be viewed here.

Blue Chartreuse Shad. Works under any conditions, especially stained water.
Black/Bone White. The best topwater color of all is ordinary bone white. The thin black stripe on top is a coloration that highly-excited shad show on their sides or backs at times, during the spring spawning period and again during the fall false spawn when shad again run shallow and become vulnerable, they may exhibit this black back or black side stripe coloration.
Orange Crush. Not to single out one species because they all go for it, but smallmouth especially go ape for the orange, copper and gold-sided color.
Holographic. Refract or separate sunlight (or any ambient light) into the full spectrum of many individual colors. The colors being refracted constantly change and flash as the lure moves through the water. The holographic colors reflect the present water and light conditions and also provide the illusion of an excited baitfish that is "flushing" and emitting color signals. The holographic finish is imprinted directly onto the lure. It is not a separate film or foil layer taped onto the lure.

[img] http://www.bassdozer.com/images/bdp-orange.jpg [/img]

Robby.

mike0062466 · 03-31-05, 09:45 PM

[quote author=justin link link=board=MessBoards;num=1112288850;start=0#0 date=03/31/05 at 12:07:29]what do you think about poppers? i like using them but they dont work all the time.[/quote]

If you know something that DOES work all the time, please let me in on the secret and I'll be eternally grateful.

03-31-05, 02:07 PM	#1
Guest Guest Posts: n/a	poppers what do you think about poppers? i like using them but they dont work all the time.

03-31-05, 02:45 PM	#2
Daiwa_Baitcaster BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Posts: 0	Re: poppers Good for when the bass are at the top of the water warming up.Bad for when the tempertures are way too high.Thats when i would whip out the spinner

03-31-05, 03:50 PM	#3
ryan7261 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Detroit, MI Posts: 0	Re: poppers have you ever tried a jitter bug, zara spook,torpedo bait's. Try switching it up when something don't work soo well. It's good to have confidence in other lures as well. Also you can go plastic's like frog's,mice even buzz bait's work well. But using them in the right application helps too. You got to know the right times to pull out your top waters stick to that and you'll see an improvement in top water fishing! Robby.

03-31-05, 03:53 PM	#4
ryan7261 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Detroit, MI Posts: 0	Re: poppers Spitting. This is the typical topwater retrieve for this lure type - popping, spitting and splashing water out of its concave mouth cup whenever the rod tip is jerked. Pause often which is when the hits happen. Walking. The BD T "walks the dog" better than most other popper-type topwater lures. Right, left, right, left - splashing and struggling movement as it zigzags side-to-side across the surface. To walk the dog, you need to jerk the rod tip slightly, slack the line an instant, jerk, slack, jerk, slack. Done properly, the BD T swerves left, right on every other jerk. Without slacking the line properly, the swerve does not reach its maximum sideways slide. practice makes perfect. It is usually easier to do this by holding the rod horizontally or slightly downward so the tip is close to the water. Waking. Many other topwater lures are not effective this way, but the BD T can be deadly at times just to wake it slowly across the surface, trailing a rippling vee wake like a buzzbait. The BD T body will wag slightly every so often, the rattles will roll, and most important, the feather teaser tail will flutter and wriggle seductively in the wake of the BD T. If needed, throw in a slight pop or pause as you wake it. On a choppy day, surface ripples may provide all the necessary extra action to bring the waking tactic to life. The feather teaser tail on the BD T is an important part of the allure. A BD T with a feather tail will stimulate more strikes. With a feather teaser as a tail, you add a second completely separate lure - a baitfish-imitating streamer fly - to the topwater. Sometimes I get the feeling that bass only want the feather, not the entire topwater lure. It's as if the spitting, walking commotion gets their attention - and then when you pause the retrieve momentarily, they grab the fluttering feather teaser. The colors here are productive colors for bass - and also hard colors to find elsewhere. A sample of each color can be viewed here. Blue Chartreuse Shad. Works under any conditions, especially stained water. Black/Bone White. The best topwater color of all is ordinary bone white. The thin black stripe on top is a coloration that highly-excited shad show on their sides or backs at times, during the spring spawning period and again during the fall false spawn when shad again run shallow and become vulnerable, they may exhibit this black back or black side stripe coloration. Orange Crush. Not to single out one species because they all go for it, but smallmouth especially go ape for the orange, copper and gold-sided color. Holographic. Refract or separate sunlight (or any ambient light) into the full spectrum of many individual colors. The colors being refracted constantly change and flash as the lure moves through the water. The holographic colors reflect the present water and light conditions and also provide the illusion of an excited baitfish that is "flushing" and emitting color signals. The holographic finish is imprinted directly onto the lure. It is not a separate film or foil layer taped onto the lure. [img] http://www.bassdozer.com/images/bdp-orange.jpg [/img] Robby.

03-31-05, 09:45 PM	#5
mike0062466 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Posts: 0	Re: poppers [quote author=justin link link=board=MessBoards;num=1112288850;start=0#0 date=03/31/05 at 12:07:29]what do you think about poppers? i like using them but they dont work all the time.[/quote] If you know something that DOES work all the time, please let me in on the secret and I'll be eternally grateful.

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