A PHENOMENAL AFTERNOON makes me wonder . . . How many WHOPPERS can a "WHOPPER PLOPPER" PLOP . . . into your boat:-)

[fishinwrench]

Yep, mine too.   It figures that the color scheme that does best for me would also be the most delicate.   

What can a guy do to make that Chrome last longer?

[Fish24/7]

Yep, mine too.   It figures that the color scheme that does best for me would also be the most delicate.   

What can a guy do to make that Chrome last longer?

i think they may get even more bites when they look all beat up idk, but you could put some hard as nails fingernail polish on it would  help 

 

 

 

[Fish24/7]

Great another lure to buy that I don't need.

get one if you can 

 have had some very good results with this lure too. I like one size bigger hooks on the 130

 

[abkeenan]

red eye (assuming you mean red eye shad)have been catching very good numbers on Bull shoals for the last few weeks

just about all of my silver sexy shads looking like bad to the bones now

this is what a new red eye looks like after fishing it  2 days at Bull, 150+ bass 

 

 

I have never been a big lipless crank guy. I bought about a dozen of them last winter with the intent to learn the technique. Well I didn't throw them even once this year. That being said how are you working the Red Eye?

[fishinwrench]

I target shallow flats with the Redeye mostly, but you can burn down any bank with it and get bit.   15# flouro and a fairly stiff rod (a mushy rod kinda kills the vibration I think). Mix up the retrieve by throwing in lots of pauses and fast darts forward.  If you come to a piece of wood cover just keep it coming kinda quick and steady, it'll usually come crashing right through it.  Once clear of the brush go back to the erratic retrieve.  I've yet to see a day that it doesn't out produce a square bill crank.  

The only color you need (IMO) is Chrome sexy shad unless you go South where shiners are the predominant forage, then go with gold Chrome.   Most new ones need a little tuning, so when you first tie it on make a cast and burn it straight back and bend the eyelet until it runs nice and straight on a fast retrieve without trying to roll one side or the other.   

[Ham]

You're a BAD Man Fish24/7

[Ham]

I don't mind spending up to $20 on a top water because you don't ever lose them.

You can lose top water baits. A had a Striper in Lake Ouachita take a Sammy from me. He sounded in 50 plus foot of water and broke me off on a rockpile of bottom. I really did not see that coming.

[Quillback]

You can lose top water baits. A had a Striper in Lake Ouachita take a Sammy from me. He sounded in 50 plus foot of water and broke me off on a rockpile of bottom. I really did not see that coming.

Same danger exists on Beaver.  But if the stripers are busting top water, I can't resist the urge to throw at them.

[gitnby]

Don't have a whopper plopper, and didn't want to go get one, but I may have come up with a home-made version that'll work?

I took an old Devil's Horse and removed the rear hook and cut off the rear prop with tin snips.

I then took a Strike King mini buzz bait and attached it to DH with split ring, and then crimped top and bottom wires together behind the split ring to keep BB from sliding down.

Bent the top wire on BB so that it was "in-line" with bait, and then bent bottom wire down to clear the blades.

Had to play around a little with the angles to get it to run right, and I put a heavier hook on front and middle to counter the weighted rear?

Trimmed skirt even with hook bend and it ran pretty true.

The front prop keeps front end stable, but you have to get it going right away to get everything churning.

I'll try to get a picture of the finished product, but it is one crazy-looking deal!

Will give it a try on the water either tomorrow or Friday and let you know if it works?

 

Update.

got an offer for tickets to Cards-Cubs game Friday, so I left yesterday and never got out to try my makeshift whopper plopper.

Decided to stop in Bass Pro in St Charles to see if they had any whoppers in stock. NOPE!

However, the guy there showed me a knock off called the Tyrant Mini-Crusader. I bought 2, one in Baitfish, and one in reverse loon.

$17.99 a piece

Looked it up on the internet, and BP doesn't even show it on-line, and Tyrant doesn't even have a pic of it on their website?

Here's the full-size one at BP, which is 6 1/2".

The Mini is about 5"

http://www.basspro.com/Tyrant-Tackle-Crusader-Topwater-Lures/product/10211313/

Found these pictures on a Musky Bait shop page.

http://www.muskyshop.com/modules/cart/products.php/nav_id/197/page/1/id/3248/name/TyrantMiniCrusader

baitfish

reverse loon

 

also available in a few other colors.

they had plenty of them in stock at BP.  seems to be about the same as a whopper?

not sure if Springfield store has them or not?

Coming back to the Lake tonight after a Cards victory, and will fish it Sat, Sunday and Monday and let you all know if it works.

 

[abkeenan]

Update.

got an offer for tickets to Cards-Cubs game Friday, so I left yesterday and never got out to try my makeshift whopper plopper.

Decided to stop in Bass Pro in St Charles to see if they had any whoppers in stock. NOPE!

However, the guy there showed me a knock off called the Tyrant Mini-Crusader. I bought 2, one in Baitfish, and one in reverse loon.

$17.99 a piece

Looked it up on the internet, and BP doesn't even show it on-line, and Tyrant doesn't even have a pic of it on their website?

Here's the full-size one at BP, which is 6 1/2".

The Mini is about 5"

http://www.basspro.com/Tyrant-Tackle-Crusader-Topwater-Lures/product/10211313/

Found these pictures on a Musky Bait shop page.

http://www.muskyshop.com/modules/cart/products.php/nav_id/197/page/1/id/3248/name/TyrantMiniCrusader

baitfish

reverse loon

 

also available in a few other colors.

they had plenty of them in stock at BP.  seems to be about the same as a whopper?

not sure if Springfield store has them or not?

Coming back to the Lake tonight after a Cards victory, and will fish it Sat, Sunday and Monday and let you all know if it works.

 

Those look just as good and I can't see why they wouldn't be just as effective as the Plopper. Since they are made for Musky they will probably hold up better also one would think?