the MegaBass seems like the perfect size to me.  less than 4".  that is coming from me, that knows very little about walking baits.  I want to improve my topwater game this summer.  

 

any recommendations?  (BTW, you all recommending the MB popmax appear to be spot on.)  I dont mind spending a few more bucks.  seems like I won't lose too many topwater baits.  

Spook, any size.

Lucky Craft Sammy

Evergreen SB105

 

Owner Cultiva Zip n Ziggy is 3.2” long, 1/3rd oz, excellent smaller walking lure.

Tom

Lots of great choices…LC Sammy & Gunfish, Evergreen JT & SB, MB Dog-X Diamante…Ima Skimmer if you want something a little more slender.

Evergreen SB. 

 

Also, if you can find the silent Dog X Diamante, it is absolutely killer. For some reason the rattling one walks completely different than the silent one. 

Sammy 100

Gunfish 95

Jackal Bonnie 95

 

These are my 3 favorite. 

 

Allen 

Spooks are good, lots of size options among the range, I like the Strike King Sexy Dawg too in both sizes, there's a couple of River2Sea options too, bubble walker or something if I remember right that can be great, honestly I'm trying to think of one I've fished that hasn't just gotten crushed, pretty simple lures really as long as it floats

15 hours ago, webertime said:

Evergreen SB105

 

I second this vote. Best walking bait I use, and I've got some form of all of them. It's just something about that little spit action the Shower Blows has that makes the difference. And a novice an make it walk like a pro. 

Cotton Cordell Pencil in 3/4oz. Makes alot of ruckus and easy to walk.

So far only 1 lure suggested is less then 4” long?

Tom

21 hours ago, Alex from GA said:

Spook, any size.

The Spook is my all time favorite walking bait.

21 hours ago, swhit140 said:

Lucky Craft Sammy

Sammy 115 for me. 

57 minutes ago, WRB said:

So far only 1 lure suggested is less then 4” long?

Tom

Four of the six I listed have under 4” options…the LC Gunfish & Sammy and Evergreen JT & SB.  The 5th is 4.5” but has a thin profile ?.

Whiplash makes a suuuuuper sick bait too.

I crush smallmouth on the Giant Dog-X, caught 12 yesterday from the kayak but I'll tell you what it doesn't fish like a traditional walking pencil. If you get one try the jerkbait method and from what I learned using it all day yesterday - they crushed it on the pause or right after the first twitch.

I've had success on the Duo Realis Pencil 100 and Evergreen SB125. I've got the Diamante Dog-X and River2Sea Rover to try out.

Nobody mentioned the Berkley J Walker which was a real surprise for me last year.  

Heddon spitting image is my favorite, especially for covering water or fishing schools. It can be walked super fast. 

Duo Realis Pencil 85mm weighs about 3/8 and the 100mm is 1/2.  They come with great hooks and walk really easily.

Over the past two years Spooks have become my favorite topwater bait.