Anyone use the plopper 60 with any success? Was kind of thinking the bite-size bait might be fun, especially for river smallies.

Ya know, I watched Chris Lane win a MLF event using one in bone color. I spoke to him personally about it. So I bought one of both sizes, took them to my favorite lake "Stickmarsh" on a 50 + fish day and could not generate a bite. Now it had GREAT action and noise however I did just not get a look. Please do not just take this as the product not being any good! I just could not understand it. Chicken one day and feathers the next. I would not give up on it because of my own review.

R/Ski

Other than those who have never caught a bass on a Whopper Plopper I probably hold the world record for most Whopper Plopper casts per bass caught.  They just don't work for me. 

Yeah, smallmouth like them.

Don't waste your money on one because Chris Lane won an event using it.  I got sucked into the hype and they more or less just sit around collecting dust here...

24 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Don't waste your money on one because Chris Lane won an event using it.  I got sucked into the hype and they more or less just sit around collecting dust here...

They were hot lures at first. I think the fish got wise because I can't buy a bite on them anymore.

3 minutes ago, Michigander said:

They were hot lures at first. I think the fish got wise because I can't buy a bite on them anymore.

Me either.

 

I've had great success with them when the conditions are right. Most memorable was on vacation in Maine.  Numerous northern pike, largemouth and smallmouth is was golden that morning. The pike were between 24 - 36", largemouth I had a couple that were in the 4-5lb range.. smallies went 2-3lbs.

FM

I had thoughts of using them on the river. But areas I fish the most have established grass and other areas have a lot of chopped floating grass. Figured I’d be fighting it wrapping or getting caught In propeller. I stayed away from them. Not to say I might not give it a try someday. 

I use to see a lot of guys fishing them locally.  Now I never see one being fished.

I just bought the 60 in bluegill.  I tried casting it and it was tough to send out there.  I’ll try it at my local small lake when it gets warm around here.   Man, it’s light. 
 

I see guys crush the bass with the giant loon colored one on the Cali Delta. It’s still popular around here. 

I regularly use the 130 size for smallmouth.  Just don't see any reason to use such a small topwater bait like the 60.  If you really want a more subtle presentation just use the 90.    

Nowadays, I use a Toadrunner for this type of presentation and I don't have to worry about getting hung up

2 hours ago, Michigander said:

Yeah, smallmouth like them.

 

You play bass guitar??

Not gonna lie, the Whopper Plopper bite has been going downhill for me for awhile. Do bass become wise/conditioned/trained? A lot of guys say NO, and get aggressively adamant about it. I continuously find in my own fishing experience that they're not dumb bricks and do get wise/trained/conditioned. Oddly though I haven't found them line shy at all.

56 minutes ago, NorthernBasser said:

 

You play bass guitar??

LoL 

34 minutes ago, ironbjorn said:

Not gonna lie, the Whopper Plopper bite has been going downhill for me for awhile. Do bass become wise/conditioned/trained? A lot of guys say NO, and get aggressively adamant about it. I continuously find in my own fishing experience that they're not dumb bricks and do get wise/trained/conditioned. Oddly though I haven't found them line shy at all.

I think that the Whopper Plopper is easily recognized by fish once they bite one or two.

Probably my favorite size is the 75. It casts great makes just as much noise as the 90 or the 110. The 90 is the one I won't touch, I know a lot of people like the 90 but for me if the prop gets fouled it rolls badly and creates significant line twist. Both the 75 and the 110 are deeper keeled (fatter) and don't have the tendency to roll or spin on the retrieve like the 90 does.  The 130 and 190 in Loon or Bone are supposed to be a serious big fish bait.

Fishingmickey

The 60 size has a loud plop and works great for ponds and rivers . I’m Casting on a spinning rod and have no issues . 

i use the berkley 130 el choppo version and caught bass and pike when nothing else worked.

My 75, 110, and 130's work pretty good. So I'll be picking up a 60 to throw in my pond bag

Did the 60 not just come out recently? I picked a couple up as soon as I saw them available but that was too late in the year here for them to be effective.

 

Everyone that has them just collecting dust or your fish wised up to them, send them to me, I'll dispose of them for you ? One of the stupid easiest topwaters to catch fish on here.

7 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Did the 60 not just come out recently?

Ya - new this past year. I picked up three myself, can't wait to try them out.

12 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Ya - new this past year. I picked up three myself, can't wait to try them out.

That's what I thought. A lot of comments making it sound like it's been around a while but I have a feeling there's either some mixing up of what one the 60 is, or just seeing Whopper Plopper and assuming the question is just about ploppers. I had to look, got mine in late October, not prime time topwater season here unfortunately. 

 

For those asking "why fish one so small?" My oldest son has always wanted to fish one because he  likes watching me use them, now he can throw one on his spinning rod too.

7 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I had to look, got mine in late October, not prime time topwater season here unfortunately. 

Ya, I ordered mine during TW's BF sale - we already had 'hard water'...

 

8 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

For those asking "why fish one so small?"

Why fish micro-plastics on a Ned head, why fish 3" grubs on a drop-shot...same principle - sometimes the bass want something smaller.

It's one of the first baits I start out with early in the morning, catches fish here.

Choppo 105 and plopper 90 are the ones I throw the most. 

The cheaper gimmicks don't work nearly as well.