Which Popper?

Big Buddy · Post by **Big Buddy** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 8:28 pm

I need to add a few poppers to my arsenal. I haven't used any in years. What ones do you guys recommend? Thanks

Austen · Post by **Austen** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 9:31 pm

i like the river2sea bubble pop 88 for the river and ricos for the lakes

Bsapp · Post by **Bsapp** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 1:07 am

The Rico....Casts a mile and comes with great hooks. The G-splash from lucky craft. And the Gunfish kinda a spook popper cross. And the Spro popper frog for the grass and mats.

clearlakeoutdoors · Post by **clearlakeoutdoors** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 6:06 am

rico bite is on here now!!

Turkeyman · Post by **Turkeyman** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 2:03 pm

Ditto on the River 2 Sea Bubble pop and rico..

Randy Walker · Post by **Randy Walker** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 6:30 pm

For me it's the Persuader Popping Walker. It's a walking/popper bait all in one. I like the 3/4 oz... great sound, leaves a nice bubble trail, moves a ton of water when needed... I have used this same bait on lakes as well and got nice spots to crush it. There is also a 5/8 version if needing to match that size of bait...
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Cooch · Post by **Cooch** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 4:26 am

Ya really need at least one of four types of poppers in yer arsenal as each has different characteristics for different trigger situations.

Chuggers - These are the t-bones of Poppers, big 5-6" poppers that when worked really fast and hard, creat a lot of commotion on the surface that draw big fish and violent strikes. Megabait Bubble Pops are my favorite. The old Hula Popper excells here too!

Bloop-Bloops - Subtle poppers fished really slow with long pauses, that imitate small bream feeding on surface activity. R2Sea's D88, Iovino's Splash-its and Yamamoto's Sugoi Pop all excell at this.

Fast spitters - Fished best on lakes very fast that emmit a high pitched spitting sound and sends a good amount of water splashing outin front of the bait. Rebel's original Pop-R, Rico's and Michaels poppers fit the bill here.

Poppin Walkers - These spit and walk at the same time and work when ya need a smaller version of a Spook, yet need that commotion on the surface ta trigger strikes. Both the old school Chug Bug and as Randy mentions the Persuader Popping Walker are excellent choices.

: Left Row - R2s D88, Rebel Pop-R, Yamamoto Sugoi Pop
Right Row - Megabait Bubble Pop, Lrg Iovino Splash-It, Sml Splash-It; DSCF0359.jpg (54.38 KiB) Viewed 1537 times