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