i live in NC, 55-60s all last week though the nights got chilly. this week all 80s, extended i believe next week we see 60s & 70s. when ole when is a good time, i heard during spawn they may hit if ya tick em off good enough, So unless you are from Florida when do us Southern peeps start topwater.. as i write this i am staring at 2 topwater rods, a rod just for my buzzbaits and a brand new never used 7'2 compre with a sexy nw 7:3.1 quatum smoke with some suffix 832( was told it didnt sink, hope it will be good frog line) for my frog rod.. they are saying Steven pleas use us..

thank ya

I use spooks, sammies, and chug bugs just about throughout the year. I always have one tied up and anytime I see surface action I'll throw it

maybe i should try it tomor then,, also i know what chus and spooks are, whats a sammie

Lucky craft top water walk the dog type bait

http://www.luckycraft.com/luckycrafthome/products/topwater/sammy100.htm

A buzzbait is deadly at peak of spawn.

hey NCmaster were ya fish at lol and thanks, urghh, more rods to carry tomor, lol oh a lucky craft no wonder, oh i have seen some by other companys that look like that, i love topwater and dont have any, i see a trip to buy some is in the near future

I'm in SC and they are crushing all top water now. Should start in NC soon!

I caught a few nice ones on a Pop-R yesterday.

I fish anywhere brother, mostly Falls and Lake Michie.

Also most of you guys from the south should keep an eye out for the spawners anyday this week it's on.

sounds good guys, might take a top water rod tomo.

I caught a few on a topwater frog today in Southern North Carolina. Water temp was 60 this morning.

What lake were you at Fluke?

What lake were you at Fluke?

pretty sure he fished richmond mill mon-wed!

Jeff

pretty sure he fished richmond mill mon-wed!

Jeff

Must be nice I can't even get a military discount...

I heard the frogs out singing today. I guess the time is now.

hey i know that ponds get warmer quicker, so this may be indication, cause today after spring cleaning at the camper, i was throwing a shakey head, but kept seeing bass blow-up on mating dragon flys and other bugs,.. i was hurried when i left and didnt bring a single tackle box with a topwater today, though i did bring my topwater setup... ewwwhh. i was ticked lol

Usually in NC when the trees just start to bloom and turn green the bass are on the beds and it's prime.

To me, 60° is the magic temp, though last year I was catching them in a pond on topwaterswith temps in mid 40s. But that's a pond, so...

I got three pretty violent hits yesterday in central WV twitching a Rapala minnow on top. I was cranking it but we weren't getting any hits so I thought I might try something different. Never would have dreamed it would work this early. We've had a bit of a warm streak but the water was still pretty chilly.

So correct me if I am wrong it takes longer for a stained lake to warm up than a clear lake?

No, stained areas warm up quicker.

I used 832 last season for frogging and didn't lke it one bit. The line sinks on pauses and will get cought up in the underwater branches of the lillies and be hard to pull throught if not snagging, forcing you to go in there and free it up. My recommendation, stick to floating line for frogging in pads.

yea, that sux, all i heard was steven try it , yea it is great, never dreamed that there was a sinking braid, i am not sure what to do with it, i could back it off, last time i did that i got a terrible knot in it, guess i could put back on spool

thanx

We caught several on topwater here in N.E. Kansas today, buzzbaits and poppers. 55 seems to be the magic temp around here but it doesn't get good until it gets to 60.