Kyrazzy7

The weight difference is quite a bit. The frogs are kinda heavy. And the popper is very light. Not exact on the actual weights. I'll have to look that up.

That's how I do it when I change lures. But it casts just a little farther when it's not as tight. Maybe it's just me ha. I'm going at 5a.m so I'll try a couple different things and let you guys know.

There's definitely a difference in distance between the 3. The hollow bodied pad crashed casts the farthest but not by much to the plastic. And the popper is even shorter than the plastic. I have my magnetic brakes on free and the spool drag isn't that tight at all. My frog or whatever I'm using will hit the ground pretty quick if I take my thumb off the clutch. (Excuse me if that's the wrong word for it)

When I say slapping the ground that's cause when using a popper or frog I'm pointing the rod tip down and jerking down slightly to pop or walk the frog

ok. i knew i should gotten the 7' or even longer. i just didnt want to be hitting the rod tip on the ground when i fish from shore.. maybe ill add that to a wish list. thanks

Wow didn't know there was so much too it. But I appreciate the information. And hopefully I can get some kind of boat than if they're going deep. Thanks.

Ok. Thanks a lot for all your help!

Ok awesome. Just want to make sure I'm on the right track. And as far as casting distance is there any trick to getting it out there far or is that due to only having bought a 100$ reel? And 1 more thing, the place where I'm fishing is a man made lake pond ha and it's mostly for flood protection from the surrounding mountains. The WDFW stock it with trout. And there are a couple other fish species in there but my question is. We are going through a drought in my area and because of that the water has drop severely (5-10ft in places). When I first started fishing there the bass were hitting like crazy. Now I'm lucky to catch 2-3 in a 4 hr period so where are the fish going?

Ok so I want to loosen the drag when fishing the popper only? Also I guess I should have mentioned that my magnetic braking system is on free. I just want that extra 10-15ft in my cast distance it seems everyone else is getting. Also is my rod and reel combo right for top water? Should I get a 7ft heavy action? Or is what I have sufficient?

Hey guys. So I just recently (about a month ago) started fishing for bass. And since have experimented with a lot of different lures. And I have fell in love with the top water. I've had a lot of success with a pop-r in shad color. I have a few questions about my set up. 1. my rod is a 6'8" duckett ghost MH. Not sure what the tip is but it seems very sensitive. And I know the length might be a little short but I don't have a boat and so to avoid slapping the tip of my rod on the ground I needed something shorter. 2. My reel is an okuma Citrix in a 7.3.1 gear ratio, with 40 lb power pro braid. Is this what I'm looking for as far as top water lures? I mostly throw pad crashes, poppers and soft plastic frogs. Another question is, how can I get a maximum cast distance? I see videos where it looks like these guys are heaving those frogs a mile. And I cast mine an alright distance but I want to try and get the max out of it. So if anyone has any ideas or can help me out I really appreciate it. I'm new to the forums and bass fishing so I'm like a sponge ready for information where I can get it ha. Thanks ahead of time for any help offered!

Hey thanks a lot!

Well my picture won't upload unfortunately. Says the files to big. Does anyone know how to change that? I'm doing this all on my phone

Hey everyone! Looking around the forums so far has been a blast! Ha As the title says I'm from eastern WA and just recently (1 month ago) started fishing for Bass, an so far it has been great! Growing up in Alaska I'm used to fishing all salmon species, trout and halibut. But Bass fishing has quickly become my favorite type of fishing. I'm eager to learn as much as I can so any veteran knowledge is greatly appreciated. So far my biggest fish is around 3lb. (That's just a guess). I'll put a pic up. Anyways look forward to talking with you guys! And hearing any big Bass stories. Thanks for reading!