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Title: I love Smallmouth on Topwaters!
Post by: O on Aug 23, 2011, 01:28 PM
I bought a lure on impulse at Cabelas, it was a topwater black frog......thinking it would be a great lure for topwater fishing.   Turns out I was right!
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Title: Re: I love Smallmouth on Topwaters!
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 23, 2011, 01:43 PM
The best way to catch them...   And that's a good one.....Way to go...
Get yourself a Rapala Skitter Pop in Tiger Fire color.....
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Post by: TheDL on Aug 30, 2011, 05:12 PM
nice fish, I love top water fishing!  Was this from an Ontario lake, just wondering why it's on this board? ???
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Post by: O on Aug 30, 2011, 08:25 PM
Hey DL, yes a lake near Ompah, On. I have a cottage up there.  Going to be there the weekend too I hope
Title: Re: I love Smallmouth on Topwaters!
Post by: the_mad_iceman on Aug 30, 2011, 09:12 PM
The best way to catch them...   And that's a good one.....Way to go...
Get yourself a Rapala Skitter Pop in Tiger Fire color.....

Skitter POP are awesome, I've caught a ton of smallies on it also a rare topwater walleye!
Title: Re: I love Smallmouth on Topwaters!
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 30, 2011, 09:16 PM
Skitter POP are awesome, I've caught a ton of smallies on it also a rare topwater walleye!


                Check out my fishing pictures from this past weekend...   I got mine on a fire tiger one and my buddy got his fish on a baby bass colored one.....
Title: Re: I love Smallmouth on Topwaters!
Post by: O on Aug 31, 2011, 08:40 AM
Skitter POP are awesome, I've caught a ton of smallies on it also a rare topwater walleye!

I use a lot of Topwaters, I will try the Skitter Pop again, I think I have one in my box, but it is not Fire Tiger. 

I also love the Spit 'n Image topwater in Shad,,, I caught a 22" walleye on it as soon as it hit the water!  I was thinking, Wow....this is a nice bass, but why isn't he jumping????  What a riot!
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Post by: TheDL on Aug 31, 2011, 05:20 PM
Hey DL, yes a lake near Ompah, On. I have a cottage up there.  Going to be there the weekend too I hope
ahh, gotcha.  Ompah eh?  I'm actually hoping to head up there next weekend too, be my first time up there...going to ?Govan? I think...I've heard it's good up there.  Where lake you fish up there?
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Post by: jibbs on Sep 02, 2011, 02:11 PM
mann;s 1 minus, manns waker, storm chugger, and zara spooks r my favorites
Title: Re: I love Smallmouth on Topwaters!
Post by: O on Sep 03, 2011, 09:25 AM
I have been very lazy this summer and only used three lures in my box...two are top waters and the other is my top secret diver...ha ha, not really...it a Big O in crayfish color.  The bass are not bored and neither am I.
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Post by: wileyc3 on Feb 21, 2012, 11:30 AM
Hard to beat the ole Rebel Pop-R in silver and black.
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Post by: jibbs on Feb 21, 2012, 12:56 PM
Hard to beat the ole Rebel Pop-R in silver and black.
slaughtered some smallies one year on east grand lake in maine on a rebel popper...we were catching 75 a day for our two week vacation...it was a trip that i will never forget
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Post by: BoutTime on Mar 14, 2012, 10:11 PM
Rattlin Chug Bugs and Torpedos are oldies but goodies.
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Post by: nitzer on Mar 28, 2012, 11:25 AM
the ZARA SPOOK!!!!!!
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Post by: fontona19 on Mar 28, 2012, 12:15 PM
I like those small buzz baits. I think they are called pond magic or something. It doesnt take much of a retrieve to keep them on the surface, and the smallies love em.
Title: Re: I love Smallmouth on Topwaters!
Post by: chez on May 19, 2013, 12:02 PM
Rattlin Chug Bugs and Torpedos are oldies but goodies.



I love the rattlin chugbugs.I have been useing them for 20 plus years with great sucsess.MY favorite color was the old style perch colored one. I do well on the white color one also.the new perch color works good too.I would love to find a few of the old colored pech chugbugs.Why dose things always change?THAT PERCH COLOR worked great then they go and change it.DOSE any of you guys remember the PERCH COLORED WOUNDED SPOOKS?Was the best top water lure in my eyes back in the days.I still have 2 of them.I wont use them because im afraid of loosing them.They stopped making them too.I love the black JITTERBUG after dark.ITS a killer.Red and white is another good one.I took more bass after dark on a JITTERBUG than any other lure.COACHDOG  HULLA POPPER WORKS GOOD FOR ME TOO.good luck.
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Post by: Raquettedacker on May 19, 2013, 12:12 PM
Going out in an hour with the Pop R... ;D
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Post by: chez on May 19, 2013, 06:20 PM
Good luck brother.Knock em dead.
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Post by: jibbs on May 20, 2013, 11:17 AM
I have tried a gun fish this year by lucky craft...cool lure...I also like a manns 1 minus...cast and sit...let the chop do the work
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Post by: bigredfishing on May 20, 2013, 11:22 AM
the lucky craft sammy 100 is one of the best smallmouth topwaters made.   
Title: Re: I love Smallmouth on Topwaters!
Post by: O on May 20, 2013, 04:51 PM
I've got a shopping list going!  Keep it going, what is your favorite top water?
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Post by: chez on May 21, 2013, 05:58 AM
Any of you guys use the TINY TORPEDOS?I have two in my box but cant every remember using them.I like the WOODCHOPPERS.They are about 3 times the size of a TINY TORPEDO.I read a lot about them and seen tons of videos.I got to give them a try this year.I live 10 minutes from the SUSKY and have a lot of fun on the smallies on topwater.LATE JUNE the fun starts.[IF THE RIVER IS,NT TOOOOOOOOO HIGH].
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Post by: bigredfishing on May 22, 2013, 08:30 AM
I like tiny torpedos for smallies in current, prefer a walk-the-dog type lure in still waters.
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Post by: danny b on May 25, 2013, 06:15 PM
I'm a big fan of the headon Zara spook and the live target walking frog
Title: Re: I love Smallmouth on Topwaters!
Post by: chez on May 27, 2013, 07:31 AM
Those life target froggs are pricey but, they work.My son BIRDMAN swears by them.
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Post by: danny b on May 27, 2013, 07:45 PM
It's those ultra realistic paint jobs that get the job done.
Title: Re: I love Smallmouth on Topwaters!
Post by: O on May 28, 2013, 05:58 PM
I do like to change up my top water arsenal, but my absolute favorite is the Heddon Spittin'' Image.  I really like the way it can practically jump out of the water with the right wrist action and land softly,with hardly any water displacement.  I have caught more bass on that than any other top water lure (so far). I even caught a nice walleye on it one night! 

Still making my list, so keep those favorites coming!
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Post by: mr tip up on May 31, 2013, 06:18 PM
buzzbait  love them
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Post by: chez on Jun 02, 2013, 01:58 PM
I was out saturday nite on lake WINOLA wyoming county pa.We slammed the bass on the smaller chugbugs. shad colored.we had a blast right till dark .We wanted to stay but my stern light would not come on.Had to come in.lotts of GUPPY COPS around this lake.fixed the lite thismorning .burned bulb.Was working thursday nite. go figure.
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Post by: pikeaddict on Jul 16, 2013, 12:21 PM
The LiveTarget Walking Frog in yellow/black is my new favorite topwater!