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[PondBassin]

As summer is basically here for us down in the south, topwaters have made their way from sitting out the winter in the tacklebox to the tip of our rods for the summer. Which style of topwater is your favorite? A frog, pencil, concave face, buzz bait, etc. Which ones do you have the most success with and when do you use them?
Good luck this summer,
PB

[Jim_M]

Rebel Pop-R's and Spro Frogs in that order. Would like to get in to Spooks more but they're to much like work for me.

[Nashua Nev]

rattling big spooks ,and the new chugger spook 5 inch, the classic big popr, jitterbug in black at night, spro frog red or green in the weeds. also a couple big things that look like the popr that i get in the saltwater section at dicks sporting goods for $5.49 in black and one in silver top with whiteish bottom.

[Bluebasser86]

Zell pop and Cavitron are my 1-2 topwater punch. I'm experimenting with a Spro popping frog because some of the lakes I fish are getting grass in them now and I'm liking the results so far. The Cavitron buzzbait is my hands down favorite though.

[Sam]

1. Cavitron Buzzbaits.
2. RICO's
3. Pop-R's
4. Frogs

[Sam]

When to use them?

First thing in the morning.
Last thing in the evening.
Frogs all day.
Cavitrons all day.

[OkobojiEagle]

When fishing smallmouth over cover that leaves the top foot of water clean I prefer fishing a walking bait. Lucky Craft Gunfish is my favorite followed by a Zara Puppy. If the surface is fairly broken I move on to a Berkley Frenzy popper. Clean alleys between emergent vegetation fish pretty well with a Baby Torpedo.

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[Jigfishn10]

Walk the Dog - All my best topwater days were with dog walkers

[Hot n Tot]

If I had to chose one it would be a baby torpedo. I have used Rapala minnows on top for years, although it's not technically a topwater bait.

[Ima Bass Ninja]

Walk the Dog - All my best topwater days were with dog walkers

Same here. Love to have that bait just a walking the SPLOOOSH!!! Fish on!!!!

[lavbasser]

Everything- from small poppers to big spooks and Buzzjets. They all work and have there place.

[craww]

Buzzbaits
Sammie 95's in MS American shad
x walk 14 in glass ghost
Spooks
Bronze eye frog
zeta bait tadpole
ima big stick
torpedos

[thehooligan]

Zara puppy is #1 for me. I also like throwing ima roumbas, sammy 85, and scumfrog bigfoots in the pads.

[JellyMan]

All time fav is the Heddon Torpedo. Second is the Heddon Spook

Poppers are sweet too.

[PondBassin]

Sorry about the 3 duplicate threads. My posts were moved from the original posting in the general section to here. Assuming the threads did not go through, I remade the topics 3 times. Sorry for the inconvenience.
If you want, just post in the first of the three threads.
PB