Is there a rule of thumb when when topwatr fishing as to when to use a popper or a walk the dog type bait? :-/

Use both, then choose which one the fish bite.

Use both, then choose which one the fish bite.

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LOL - certainly use the one the fish bite.

I use walk the dog type stuff to cover a larger section of water such as a weed bed and use pop-r's & prop type ones for more specific targets like brush piles, standing timber.

I use the same strategy as Wanderlust.

Somedays a louder chugger bait is needed and somedays a quieter dog walker is needed. If I had my way, they would nail a dog walker all day...LOL

I use the same strategy as Wanderlust.

Somedays a louder chugger bait is needed and somedays a quieter dog walker is needed. If I had my way, they would nail a dog walker all day...LOL

lol

Sammy, gunfish and spook are great tools.

Somedays you need to stir them up a little. The old Pop-R is tough to beat.

I have (2) Buzzjets on the way for this season.

Topwater is so much fun.

Pretty much what Wanderlust said, for me baits like walk the dog type and wobblers ( jitterbug ) are for covering the largest surface I can in the least amount of time, while other topwaters like poppers, chuggers and prop baits are for attacking specific points of interest, not a rule of thumb, it 's just my method and doesn 't mean that It 's the only way I do it, that can change.

I use the same strategy as Wanderlust.

Somedays a louder chugger bait is needed and somedays a quieter dog walker is needed. If I had my way, they would nail a dog walker all day...LOL

lol

Sammy, gunfish and spook are great tools.

Somedays you need to stir them up a little. The old Pop-R is tough to beat.

I have (2) Buzzjets on the way for this season.

Topwater is so much fun.

2 Buzzjets? I'm going into the maple syrup business...LOL

LOL ... Systems Architect but yeah, its the sticks.

I need to have (2) that way I won't cry when a pike takes one away.

Don't forget about prop baits like the Smithwick Devil's Horse.

LOL ... Systems Architect but yeah, its the sticks.

I need to have (2) that way I won't cry when a pike takes one away.

i hate that especialy when it comes to spro frogs at $10 a pop

I lost a LC Pointer 128 to a large pike last year... Got inhaled 10 feet from shore.

Watching $10 -$25 swim away makes me a sad panda.