So i went out last night to a local pond in ashburn va, and was crushing with my top water popper lure type thing.  Does this mean the fish are done doin their groove thang, and are now hungry?  I only landed 1, but had a ton of strikes in about a 20 minute period....

Everywhere ive been, the fish are post spawn for the most part. There are still a few trying to spawn but ive been catching them on secondary points and stuff the past week or so.

So i went out last night to a local pond in ashburn va, and was crushing with my top water popper lure type thing. Does this mean the fish are done doin their groove thang, and are now hungry? I only landed 1, but had a ton of strikes in about a 20 minute period....

Some are and some aren't.

In most waters up here it seems the first wave of spawners has completed.

On my favorite little fishing hole the second wave has begun since the full moon last week. yesterday we were able to see a ton of fish on beds but in deeper parts of the lake we were hammering em on topwater spook jr.

Not all of the fish will spawn at once. You may be catching the pre-spawn or post spawn wave.

Regardless, there are always fish out there that you can catch during any time of the year. Keep hammering em! 

The other day i was out there and noticed tons of fishing hitting the top of the water for bugs or whatever. being the genius i am, i put a floating popper on my line. 4 trips of about 1/2 hour each, i have hit for 8 or so fish. so in my mind, top water is where its at, right now. When do you think this will change?

The other day i was out there and noticed tons of fishing hitting the top of the water for bugs or whatever. being the genius i am, i put a floating popper on my line. 4 trips of about 1/2 hour each, i have hit for 8 or so fish. so in my mind, top water is where its at, right now. When do you think this will change?

top water will work all summer pretty much, though there are those days when it seems nothing will work