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That's not to say I don't love the sluggo though. It is better than the fluke for shallow water or when bass are nearer the top. Zoom's lizards and worms catch fish after fish for me though as well.

The thing that separates the fluke from the sluggo is the fluke sinks faster, casts further, and is more weedless.

Zoom plastics are some of the best, if not the best. Right there with Yamamoto.

Oh I found it at our local store and fished with it. We used all three lips in one day and the action is amazing. I don't know how many 3" - 7" smallies we had follow it in that were too little to take a bite of it.

I love the heddon spitn' image in that situation, or any shad colored walker. The swimn' image is good too.

I found this new swim bait that has three different lips you can take on and off to change the running depth. It absolutely murdered the smallmouth bass in the Yampa River, caught several pike, and just mops up on the largemouth bass. I've never seen anything like this one. It's called the Khaos. http://dynamiclures.com/khaos.htm

They are great as a floating worm or as a finesse worm. Rub a little megastrike on them and they are good to go. They have a pretty good flicking action.

Rapala skitterpops are the best poppers made IMO, as they pop AND walk the dog very well. Heddon Popn Images also incorporate both actions in one bait. The key to poppers is timing. Almost always good topwater bites will come in morning and evening periods as the sun goes down, or in cloudy weather. I usually give the lure a pop or two, varying the intensity of the bloops or blips. I will pause anywhere from 5 to 30 seconds.

Very, very tough. Due to it's versatility, I would have to say a spinnerbait though because plastics don't work well in murky water.

I use mono for all topwater applications except frogs, for which I use 50 pound power pro. I use 10 - 12 pound mono for poppers and prop baits, and 12 - 17 pound test for dog walkers. Smaller buzzbaits I use 12 pound, bigger I like a minimum of 14 pound. Original Stren is my line choice.

That frog looks awesome.

I peg in any thick weeds or brushy areas. The parasite weights are bar none the best way to peg your plastics.

Mr. Twister Split double tail, BPS triple ripple craw, paca chunk, and Zoom Creepy Crawler.

I use 50# power pro. Fourty will probably do it but might dig in on your spool more.

I throw the tiny on medium spinning gear, a fiberglass rod, and 6 - 10 pound test mono. Little Rips with pauses seem to work the best so far.

I go through all packs of tubes myself and often have to separate a few of the tentacles with a sharp little knife. It's annoying, but tubes catch enough bass to make it worth while.

Make sure your using braid and a stiff graphite rod with heavy action.

The ringworm from Northland is a great lure and their only plastic that I have tried.

Pepper Custom Jigs! pepperjigs.com

I usually rig tail down, has a better action on the drop that way.

A lethal technique instead of throwing your typical worm. I like the bigger grubs for this one. At least 4", 5" all the better.

Plenty of decent bass fishing in the Denver area. Aurora reservoir has a fair smallie fishery with some bigguns, Chatfield has tons of smallies but not many over 2 pounds. Lots of smaller ponds like Ward Pond, and others hold some nice largies up to 6-7 pounds. Why don't you contact Paul Roberts on this board, he lives in the area and does very well.

Looks like I will be picking some up.

Power pro, but always use a fluoro leader unless your using frogs. Frogs are the only topwater lure braid is any good with IMO unless we are talking floating/diving minnows.

Anyone ever use it? Looks like it would be great for all plastics, but especially senkos and rage shads. http://www.menditglue.com/