POP or SLOP ?

[Jigman]

Originally Posted by capesams

ccb popper trick.........pop it,,let it sink...for me they always hit on the sink.....same with bomber's.....rip it...stop..bang.....jig's...bounce it..stop..bang.........same with most everything else....seems striper's an large mouth bass think alot alike.......pop's an slop's wake's them up....then when the plug is at rest....BOOM!

Also if you mix it up a little. I.e., walk them slow, then add a couple of quick jerks to the plug, wake it for a distance, then pick up the pace, etc. If you can actually see the fish targeting the plug, even better, make the plug react to the fish like a bait fish would. Couple of half hearted swirls behind the plug, pick up the pace BLAM.

Jigman

[NIB]

I don't use spooks at ALL.Zero confidence in em.None I am a popper man.Many big fish have come on the popper's Not 30 lb jersey fish,I'm talking 50's.Places like the Canal an all the points the bait fish have to migrate around like Point Judith,an Montuak.I had a fish miss my pencil last yr at PJ at sunrise looked like someone dropped a bus in the water.I have not had a spook I tried that worked like advertised.I really see no reason for em.Hey thats just me, thats why they make Vanilla an Chocolate Ice cream.

[Skitterpop]

With a small variety of poppers you can make them PoP, Slop, Swim, Skim, Dip, Rip.... I love bass hitting poppers. I had some large on small poppers as well, not just big poppers.

A few just sitting still after doing the popper dance.....Kaboom!

[Tagger]

Originally Posted by Skitterpop

With a small variety of poppers you can make them PoP, Slop, Swim, Skim, Dip, Rip....

yea .. like Bob Pond schooled Frank D,, A good popper will swim ..need some of those .

[Skitterpop]

Originally Posted by Tagger

yea .. like Bob Pond schooled Frank D,, A good popper will swim ..need some of those .

I have one you made...chunky cream white with red cupped mouth.

Swims sorta like a danny when you go slow....its sweet!

[Flaptail]

Being relatively newe to this sport I find the one plug that I can say I have truely mastered is the popper, more specifically the Creek Chub Series 1900 and 2100 in Chrome (fav) and Pearl white (2nd fav).

Now as a beginner may I be so bold as to suggest that those things will catch when most others fail. So far it has been my good fortune to have taken bass up to 40lbs with them and a couple Bluefin Tuna found them interesting as well last year.

It has also been my good fortune to have have this tip given to me by a friend a few years back as he was stating his dismay on a how a fifty pound bass could be and was fooled by one of them along the Elizabeth Islands. I guess bass ain't really that smart

There are certain groups of plugs that are given to morwe success in different areas. On the boat while sliding along the Elizabeths the CCB poppers, Bernzy's Howdy (which to me is a better boat fished pluig than shore fished) Beachmaster Danny's, Gibbs Pencil Poppers and Predators ( the only place they consistently catch fish)

On the Beach it's Needles. Sinking , floating and intermediate by whomever. I make my own now and they are pretty rough but they catch and catch well. After needles it's minnow type plugs like Yo's, Bombers and the good old reliable and still a fish producer Rebel 5-1/2 and 7 inch floating. Pencils cross over here as well and occasionally (especially in the fall) Danny's catch along the sand edge.

The canal has it's specific plugs ( and all should pay homage to Msrs" Gibbs and Kuzia) Polaris Poppers, Pencils and Lead head jigs.

Pop and slop, it all goes into the mix for successful fishing. (Pretty heady stuff from a tyro like me)