went to a pond and was using a top water popper , now this is one i usually use when i hit any water ,but anyway was using this popper and no result's , when i use this popper i'll throw it out let it sit for 30sec then give it a twitch where it'll make a mid plop in the water , that's the way i'll usually catch most my bass , i'm out here now at this pond about 7:00pm and start seeing bass hitting the top but not my lure , so throw it out let it sit for 30sec then give it a very light twitch and whalla, bass , i mean barely twitched it and then it was bass, where you'd think otherwise. this is after i'd say 45 min trying to figure what and how the bass want it served to them, 

the lightest twitch and bass , just figured different , i think if i done that , it has been a long long time

Sometimes you just throw it out there and they will hit it after the initial splash-down...

 

My guess is that bass was watching your lure and when you slightly twitched it you caused him to react.

I agree, you already had the fishes attention, just the slight twitch caused the reaction bite.  Sometimes they want it barely moving, other times they want to chase it across the surface.  That's the fun part, trying to read the signs and figure out what they want.  

Sometime the bass want it worked fast and sometimes they want the bait barely moving.

Guess how I caught what was going to be my first 10+ lber ? by barely twitching a Rapala Minnow, just enough pull to make the bait dive it´s head a little and barely cause a ripple on the surface.

I was raised to believe that a Hula Popper was to be twitched. It works well.

Josh

I posted this on another topic but can't remember which one. This time of year there are tons of bugs around ponds that attract bluegills, sunfish, and other baitfish. They often take these bugs off the surface with very gentle "plops", much like the sound of a lightly twitched popper. A big grasshopper or cricket on the surface is an easy meal that even a big bass will take advantage of, those soft twitches move the popper a lot like one of those bugs struggling on the surface as well. 

Congrats. You found the pattern for that hour.

 

When you find a pattern parlay it into as many fish as you can for as long as you can.

 

 

My first exposure to bass fishing was twitching rapalas.This was in the 60's. We would seek out any weed opening , shoreline mixed weeds or wherever we could cast a floating rapala. Let it set until all the rings around it were gone, then twitch slighty , wait, then twitch again, if a bass hit, wait til you felt the fish, set the hook. No hit, move on to another cast.....Caught many bass that way. You needed to be able to cast accurately to open water spots or weeds were your catch, but, it was great fun, something I don't do nearly as often as I should these days.