Topwater Smallies?

  • danno34
    Posts: 170
    April 10, 2009 at 3:45 pm #1321146

    This is coming from a musky guy,What would you Bass guys throw for topwater baits on slack water in a medium sized river?

    jjkouba
    Princeton, MN
    Posts: 31
    April 10, 2009 at 3:59 pm #767425

    I’m a pool 4 guy, and my go to topwater is a zara puppy. Something with red on it. I never fish the river without one tied on. A number 6 chug bug or Rapala skitter pop are always good to have along too.

    wade_kuehl
    Northwest Iowa
    Posts: 6167
    April 10, 2009 at 4:36 pm #767439

    The Strike King Bleeding Spit-N-King has been a great river smallie bait for me. I also give a thumbs up to the chug bug. Colors can vary day-to-day, depending on water clarity and available sun light, as well as the forage base on the particular body of water. Our Smallie topwater bite doesn’t tend to really get going until summer.

    Steve Root
    South St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 5623
    April 10, 2009 at 4:48 pm #767442

    Dahlberg Diver or Block Head Popper……if you use a flyrod.

    Rootski

    dan-larson
    Cedar, Min-E-So-Ta
    Posts: 1482
    April 10, 2009 at 5:19 pm #767451

    Chrome and blue rattlin’Chug Bug, or a Mann’s Baby 1-, twitch it in the strike zone and then steady retrieve back home.

    danno34
    Posts: 170
    April 10, 2009 at 5:29 pm #767454

    Thanks Guy’s So you would prefer a Chug Bug or a Chug type bait over say a Zara spook or a side to side type bait?

    netman
    Wisconsin
    Posts: 74
    April 10, 2009 at 6:04 pm #767464

    Never overlook a buzzbait,some of my biggest smallies have come from a buzzbait.Throw the kitchen sink at ’em,they will tell you what they want.

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    April 10, 2009 at 6:47 pm #767474

    Quote:

    Thanks Guy’s So you would prefer a Chug Bug or a Chug type bait over say a Zara spook or a side to side type bait?

    Bone colored spook with red gills for me

    suzuki
    Woodbury, Mn
    Posts: 18625
    April 10, 2009 at 8:52 pm #767492

    Standard floating stickbaits like Rapalas can also work well on top. I like tiny torpedos too.

    sliderfishn
    Blaine, MN
    Posts: 5432
    April 11, 2009 at 4:18 am #767576

    I will not fish a river without a couple of White Buzzbaits, Chug Bug, Skitter Pop and Skitter Prop.

    Ron

    Grouse_Dog
    The Shores of Lake Harriet
    Posts: 2043
    April 11, 2009 at 9:09 am #767591

    Try a buzzing shad or flapping shad soft jerk bait for explosive strikes. Rip the rod out of your hands ….

    Enjoy

    The Dog

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