Personal Favorites :Top 7 Topwater Bass Lures

[John Sheehan]

1)Hula Popper, Frog or Coach Dog, Red /White Skirt

2)Jitterbug,Black

3)Rapala Silver /Bl.Back twiched on top

4)Heddon Chugger ,Chrome 

5)Zip-I-Dee Dee,Double prop bait,Spotted Pup

6)Rebel Pop'R',  Baby Bass

7)Crazy Crawler

[John Sheehan]

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[Bruce Condello]

1. Zara Spook
2. Jitterbug
3. Hula Popper
4. Strike King Mini

[John Sheehan]

Hey Bruce- Do u change the hooks on the Zara Spook.I've gotten action but nothing stayed on.I have three sizes of spooks.Have a Zara Spook twin prop bait I'm anxious to try. Love prop baits.

[Bruce Condello]

I agree about the hooks on the Zara's. I like to change them out. A lot of times I'll put a new sharper treble on the front, and a new sharper single on the back.

[John Sheehan]

Hmm ...a single on the back! Thanks ,maybe I'll experiment with that. What's a good hook style/make/size for the single back?

[chris]

1. pop-r -ole bass
2. heddon torpedo -brown crawdad
3. rapala skitter pop -frog
4. rapala x rap walk -silver
5. jitterbug -yellow
6. hula poper -bass
7. zara spook -baby bass

[John Sheehan]

Thanks for the color preferences too Chris!
Bass colored Pop R has been good to me also.A yellow Heddon Chugger as well.

A question, are u fishing Ultra clear water?

[chris]

no i fish extremely muddy to stained water

[John Sheehan]

Well then I'm surprised because your color preferences, besides perhaps yellow ,are natural subtle colors.In stained water I usually choose something more striking but maybe topwater(in stained and muddy water) is'nt a as much a visible as vibrational strike for a Bass.Still I like to think my choice of color stacks the deck for me. If you have success with your choices then stick with it right?

[chris]

the lakes i fish are very pressured... i wonder if that has any thing to do with it

[Bruce Condello]

I like fishing with black topwaters at dusk or dawn. Much better contrast for the fish to see. Believe it or not, my favorite Spook is clear, which I use in broad daylight for hybrid striped bass. It always seems to look more realistic.

[John Sheehan]

Black at dusk and Dawn for me too .What color water u fish that spook in for stripers?...does it matter to you,or more importantly to the stripers , if water color is stained,muddy, clear ...and does it not determine your choice of color?My fav natural color right now is frog or coachdog... that's a stained to clear water choice for me.