| Bass fishing with topwater baits is without a doubt | | | | than you will catch. I can't count the times that lure |
| the most fun you can have fishing for large or | | | | has been nocked back towards me by the bass |
| smallmouth bass. People watch these bass | | | | striking that topwater bait.Now for some of the |
| tournaments on the tube and see all these pros using | | | | most popular baits, Poppers are among the oldest of |
| plastic and spinner baits jigs and crankbaits, forget | | | | topwater bass fishing lures. They have the dished |
| about the fun and excitement you get with | | | | out face with the line tie in the middle. When |
| topwater baits. Topwater baits create great action | | | | retrieved they make a slash noise or "bloop" when |
| and stories to pass on to family and fishing | | | | popped. Poppers work best in warm, calm, shallow, |
| friends.Bass fishing with topwater baits is without a | | | | clear water. You get your action from the rod tip not |
| doubt the most fun you can have fishing for large or | | | | reeling. The harder you snap the bait the more noise |
| smallmouth bass. People watch these bass | | | | and commotion created.Stickbaits are rounded, |
| tournaments on the tube and see all these pros using | | | | hot-dog shaped lures usually plastic or wood. |
| plastic and spinner baits jigs and crankbaits, forget | | | | weighted to float nose up. The only action they have |
| about the fun and excitement you get with | | | | is what the angler ads to make them work. These |
| topwater baits. Topwater baits create great action | | | | baits have appeal for big bass, just using the jerk, |
| and stories to pass on to family and fishing | | | | then real up slack and jerking again produces a good |
| friends.The best time I find for topwater bass fishing | | | | eratic side to side motion that gets lots of attention |
| is in summer, the colder the water the slower the | | | | from bass.Propbaits are cigar shaped and fitted with |
| response, and the more you have to work that bait. | | | | propellers on one or both ends. Propbaits can be |
| Early morning and evening are best for topwater | | | | worked fast or slow, quiet or loud, but stop and go |
| bass fishing.Of course weather effects your choice | | | | retrieves are best. The bass will let you know what |
| of lures also, on a bright sunny day it is better to | | | | is best so vary your retrieve. Be sure to experiment, |
| have a light wind to go with it, a bit of a chop makes | | | | propbaits are dynamite around sunken logs, lily pads, |
| the bass less spooky. On a calm sunny day use a | | | | and shallow cover. Be sure the blades on the lure run |
| heavier lure and lighter line for longer casts. Bass tend | | | | freely,Wobblers and Crawlers, these baits are |
| to become real spooky in calm and clear water, so | | | | particularly best at night or early morning, Examples |
| the further the cast from you the better off you'll | | | | of these are the Jitterbug or the Crazy Crawler. |
| be.Wind can also change the type of topwater bait | | | | They make a loud plopping sound when retrieved |
| you can use I believe that when the wind comes up | | | | steadily. Use a steady slow retrieve for the best |
| you should use a smaller bait that makes a lot of | | | | results with this bass bait.Buzzbaits are a little like |
| noise. The larger baits just plow through the chop, | | | | spinnerbaits desingned to be fished on the surface. |
| while the smaller baits ride the chop and still make | | | | There are two types, the opposite wire types, with |
| that enticing noise to get the strike you want. Also | | | | the blade above the hook, and the inline type with |
| try to fish through the troughs created by the | | | | everything on one shaft. Excellent for clear water, |
| wind.Bass fishing topwater baits has some of it's own | | | | and pick up less weeds. Again experiment with your |
| quirks you want to be able to make pinpoint casts to | | | | working of this bait, twitching and vary speeds to |
| cover areas and make a clear retrieve. Most of your | | | | create different noises.Weedless Spoons are also in |
| topwater bass fishing will be done in shallow water | | | | this category, designed to be fished in dense cover, |
| over weed beds, flats and around objects and | | | | either through the thickest weeds, lily pads, or grass. |
| shoreline cover. The majority of bass population | | | | They go through the toughest cover you can find. |
| remains in shallow water all summer.To fish bass with | | | | Fishing with weedless spoons for bass you will want |
| topwater baits cast about a foot or two past your | | | | to be using heavy fishing tackle, rods and reels. I like |
| target and bring it as close to the cover as possible. | | | | to point my rod tip at the lure on my retrieve, and |
| If you do not get a strike after the first few feet | | | | again here be patient and allow the bass to take the |
| reel in and try again and make another cast. Fishing | | | | lure.Now just remember, get out there enjoy nature, |
| cover like this there is no need to reel the bait all the | | | | fresh air and let's go fishing. When using these tips |
| way to the boat. Work the bait slowly to get that | | | | you will improve your results and of course have |
| strike from the bass that is hiding in the shadows and | | | | more fun.Jack Phillips has been fishing Canada coast |
| under cover. Have patience when fishing topwater | | | | to coast for over 50 years. Fishing Canada provides |
| baits, let the ripples disapear, and let the bait sit a | | | | solid advice for walleye, bass, pike, muskie, a variety |
| few seconds before you make you retrieve.When | | | | of trout and more. Ideas on when and where to go |
| the bass strikes a topwater bait, wait till you feel the | | | | on your next trip to Canada. Ice fishing tips. Delicious |
| fish before you set the hook. If you try to set that | | | | fish recipes to boot! |
| hook when you first see the strike you'll miss more | | | | |