Whopper Plopper question..?

[LWW]

I've been experimenting with the plopper, was wondering if anyone has better luck popping it or a steady retrieve? I'm 50/50 w/ my home waters here in OK, but wondered how Table Rock bass prefer it? Will be back up after Memorial Day, looking forward to trying it!

[eyedabassman]

I have caught them at a steady retrieve but you have to find the wright speed!

[fishinwrench]

The only true niche I've found for the WP is being able to make a really long cast  parralel to the bank and keep it coming at the speed that makes the most noise, no pauses/twitches.    The fish tend to follow it for a ways, sometimes until yet another fish begins to follow it also, then one of them will get anxious and hammer it.   

IMO the only thing that makes it better than anything else is the fact that you can cast it 1/4 mile. 

[LWW]

Thanks fishinwrench, I'll keep that in mind as I experiment a little bit! It's hard for me to put the jig stick down, but always love a good top water bite!

[fishinwrench]

I could certainly be proven wrong but I don't get excited about the WP or buzzbait bite until late Fall.  

To me, Springtime topwater stuff needs to move alot without traveling very far, or sit still.  Poppers, Spooks, Hollow bodied frogs....stuff like that.   

[Champ188]

7 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

I could certainly be proven wrong but I don't get excited about the WP or buzzbait bite until late Fall.  

To me, Springtime topwater stuff needs to move alot without traveling very far, or sit still.  Poppers, Spooks, Hollow bodied frogs....stuff like that.   

Wrench, I think what you're saying is true for lakes with colored water, like LOZ. But I've found over the years that they'll often respond better to a steady retrieve in clear water like TR. Thus the late spring wake bait bite on the clear lakes.

[dtrs5kprs]

1 hour ago, Champ188 said:

Wrench, I think what you're saying is true for lakes with colored water, like LOZ. But I've found over the years that they'll often respond better to a steady retrieve in clear water like TR. Thus the late spring wake bait bite on the clear lakes.

Different when they might be 30' under your bait.

[top_dollar]

Its my opinion that if your topwatwr fishing you need a buzzer and a walker, sometimes for some reasons  (idk the reason) they really want one over the other.  Ive had several times where the crazy flapper outfished the pad crasher and vice versa when fished in the same area.  Same thing with buzz baits and top dollars.   Sometimes they just want one over the other. 

[Champ188]

46 minutes ago, top_dollar said:

Its my opinion that if your topwatwr fishing you need a buzzer and a walker, sometimes for some reasons  (idk the reason) they really want one over the other.  Ive had several times where the crazy flapper outfished the pad crasher and vice versa when fished in the same area.  Same thing with buzz baits and top dollars.   Sometimes they just want one over the other. 

And if we knew all the reasons and had all the answers, it wouldn't be fishing as we know it. And not nearly as challenging as trying to figure them out. 

[m&m]

Amen. The fish win more times than I do. 

Mike