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Well worth the money and they’re not cheap. River2Sea’s whopper ploppers come in 75, 90, 110, 130, and 190cm sizes. The only one I do NOT like is the 90. The sound just doesn’t seem to attract fish the way the 75, 110, and 130 do.

190 is a pike/muskie size I haven’t tried but intend to.

Berkley makes a choppo that is similar and well built and comes in a 120 size that I’ve had good luck on.

I wouldn’t look to save $ on less expensive versions as the ones I’ve tried suck and are a waste of money.

Last night the really exciting part was seeing the wake as they darted out of cover after the bait! So aggressive!

So my August edition of Fur-Fish-Game arrived in the mail today. Page 25 has an article on smallmouth. Right there in the first paragraph the author cites using a loon-colored Whopper Plopper; has a picture too! Definitely need to look into those.

I had never heard of the lure, so quick search and found this site with good description/pictures.
https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/River2Sea_Whopper_Plopper/descpage-R2SWP13.html


Yep, they AIN'T cheap.

Yea, FishUSA has them from $10 to $20 depending on size. Better make sure our knots are good!!

Ha one of the first ones I bought was a 130 size in Munky Butt color.

I was tossing 50 lb braid to a small barrel swivel and a heavy mono leader. I mistakenly pulled that swivel into the rod tip and when I went to huk that thing across a river and the braid having no stretch the lure flew off with the leader attached.

DOE!

Injured my knee pretty badly; trying to take it easy & avoid surgery but was able to get to the Meijer parking lot again this morning:

Nice fish and always good to get out! Hope your knee heals up!

Thanks man fortunately an anti inflammatory really helped a ton; canceling my appt w/ orthopedic specialist.

Slid under the fence for some froggin tonight; fish this swampy stuff and it becomes clear why bait casters are preferred equipment for hard cores:



Look at that trail in the background! Here he is w/ no salad:



Here is my first frog fish ever as best I can remember:



Those Booya poppin frog is da bomb!

Went out for a couple hours yesterday morning and had some of the best fishing I’ve had in a long, long time… maybe ever.

I refer to this spot as “under the fence” because I have to slide under a gap in a high fence to get in. Tell ya what… spending time in a spot that isn’t strewn with crawler containers, fishing line, hooks wrappers, and lure containers sure is refreshing!

I had anticipated a morning of froggin and brought a couple rods including a baitcaster with the Booya poppin frog that served me so well last time. Fortunately I also brought a spinning rod with a Pearl-white swim bait rigged Texas style with a little 1/16th Oz worm weight.

I normally walk by the lower pond which is weed-choked and shallow, but decided to give it some time and boy was that a good call!

Skittering the swim bait across the weeds and allowing it to drop through the holes had fish darting out from all directions! Took me a few minutes of such excitement to remember I’ve gotta let ‘em have it for a few seconds before setting the hook.

It took some self control with all these fish making a ruckus coming for my bait! I lost count but got pics of the biggest specimens. I went thru maybe 30 min of just catching fish. Tore that soft swim bait to pieces and of course I’d chosen that trip to travel light, leaving my tackle bag in the car. No matter once the sun was high in the sky the bite turned off.

What a blast; refreshing on so many levels!

EFW- you are great at just enjoying getting out. Take care of that knee. I like seeing your pics.

Slid under the fence for a couple hours of fishing tonight after spending the day at the beach with two of my kids while one went through orientation at college and my wife shot a wedding (she is a photographer).

I brought a medium action spinning rod rigged with a fluke, another with a vibrating jig, and another with a frog. The fluke annihilated em! Caught prolly a dozen but here are 4 of the better ones.

Nice thing about this spot is people ride by but don’t generally see me as I’m driving it of their line of sight. So awesome to have a spot with no litter and unmolested fish!









It’s a really fun way to fish. I rig em weightless on a Reaction tackle swimbait hook with a barrel swivel and heavy fluro leader. I skitter em across the surface of the water over weeds like a panicked baitfish then drop it through holes. They come waking from every direction to slam it. The visual nature makes it rather exciting.

That's awesome!

Nice catches efw! Great pictures and great way to spend the day!

In this tiny little retention pond behind the strip mall??? Wth!?

They don't fight near as well as a largemouth, but they sure eat a whole lot better.

Ain’t THAT the truth!???

Thanks for this thread and the photos it's one of the best fishing threads I've seen. That pond's a fishing gold mine.

Thanks!!!

I hung out behind the strip mall for a bit tonight. Caught a few smallish sunfish & a dinker largemouth, then this:



A definite keeper over 15” and you know he made the trip home with me!

Same tiny little strike king spinner bait slow rolled on the bottom with a chunky crawler on the hook!

Amazing what fun a suburban dweller can have 5 mon from the house!

No kidding! Good looking plug in the water, but geez.

When they work they WORK and being topwaters they’re super fun. I switch out the stock hooks to lighter wire/wider gap models to increase hook ups.

I went out last night with a 75 and got a couple REALLY nice smallies.

Just ordered a couple more.