My favorite topwater, hands down, is a Spook, but when the leaves start changing color, nothing produces for me like a buzzbait.  I know there are a lot of WhopperPlopper fans here. Do you stick with it come fall, or switch to something else? What are some other, productive baits you guys go to in the fall?

I like poppers and floating jerk baits

Spook and popper are both very good at times. Also a fluke worked basically on top on a light wire hook can be good. But a buzz bait is hands down the best for me. In fact its my favorite topwater period.

Buzzbait .

 

I always have a good time fishing a buzzbait, but the Pompadour has become my favorite over the last few years. 

Buzzbait when it’s calm and around light/moderate cover... Plopper/Choppo when there is a little wind/chop and no grass. 

Buzzbait and WTD topwaters are king in the fall when it's all about covering water. 

Late Fall through late Winter…

Start with a hula popper if the weather is stable and go up in size as it warms if the bite slows. 
 

If a front came through a day or so before I won’t even try. 
 

 

 

 

 

Mike

Love me some buzz-bait! I'll throw a plopper if no snags present. 

BUZZBAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PopMax  and Cavitron

Spook (Or insert Walk The Dog lure of choice), buzzbait, Whopper Plopper, popper.

Yeah, the buzzbait is the "reel deal" when the water cools. I like the Chug Bug, Spook, Plopper. I have an old Frontrunner lure that you can tie ahead of a Spook that makes it look like it's fleeing the Spook. I have a bass pattern Spook that I intend to try it with soon. I recently saw a video about how good a Bomber Long A is when used as a wakebait. I've had one for years and never caught a thing off it as a jerkbait. After seeing that video (Bassgeek on YouTube) I moved it to my topwaters box.

I like spooks, poppers, and jitterbugs in the fall.

WTD are my favorite period but will use whatever is working. 

 

Allen 

A spook, for sure.  My recent favourite is a Yo-Zuri 3D pencil popper 100mm.  I run it on 30# braid with a 12# mono leader on an Okuma EVX MH / mod-fast crankbait rod.  It casts great and I find the walking action just as fascinating as the fish do.  I prefer the double hook spooks to the triples - just that much less to remove or get mixed up in the net on a good ‘er.

 

That said, I tried buzzbaits for the first time yesterday.  I will definitely be throwing those again!

Buzzbaits in the fall and if they don't produce the whopper popper gets wet quickly.  

Pop Max, Pop X or a Buzzbait for sure.

I'm hoping for a mild cloudy day  right about now . I'll wear a buzzbait out .

5 minutes ago, scaleface said:

I'm hoping for a mild cloudy day  right about now . I'll wear a buzzbait out .

We have a few of those days coming in the 5 day forecast and I am going to give it some serious time too.