Topwater for Smallies

I am going to Maine next week to fish for smallies and I was wondering if
anyone can recommend what to use for topwater?

Chug Bug with a yellow belly


"Pat_RI" wrote in message
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I am going to Maine next week to fish for smallies and I was wondering if
anyone can recommend what to use for topwater?

Pat_RI wrote:
I am going to Maine next week to fish for smallies and I was wondering if
anyone can recommend what to use for topwater?


personal favorites for smallies are a #5 up to a #9 floating rapala
(black/silver is my fav). Also a Zara Pup , Pop-R, Tiny Torpedo. If
it is dead calm I will go with the rapala hands down. Pop-R is also
deadly then. Tiny Torpedo is great if it is a little choppy. Also a
big white buzzbait can be deadly if the water starts getting choppy.

Those are about the only topwaters I use for smallies, except maybe a
tube weightless. They seem to work pretty good at times as well.

Hope this helps.

Chris

How about a weightless sluggo has anyone had luck with these? Just want to
make sure I have a nice variety of lures to toss.
"Chris Rennert" wrote in message
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Pat_RI wrote:
I am going to Maine next week to fish for smallies and I was wondering
if
anyone can recommend what to use for topwater?


personal favorites for smallies are a #5 up to a #9 floating rapala
(black/silver is my fav). Also a Zara Pup , Pop-R, Tiny Torpedo. If
it is dead calm I will go with the rapala hands down. Pop-R is also
deadly then. Tiny Torpedo is great if it is a little choppy. Also a
big white buzzbait can be deadly if the water starts getting choppy.

Those are about the only topwaters I use for smallies, except maybe a
tube weightless. They seem to work pretty good at times as well.

Hope this helps.

Chris

Pat_RI wrote:
How about a weightless sluggo has anyone had luck with these? Just want to
make sure I have a nice variety of lures to toss.
"Chris Rennert" wrote in message
.. .

Pat_RI wrote:

I am going to Maine next week to fish for smallies and I was wondering

if

anyone can recommend what to use for topwater?



personal favorites for smallies are a #5 up to a #9 floating rapala
(black/silver is my fav). Also a Zara Pup , Pop-R, Tiny Torpedo. If
it is dead calm I will go with the rapala hands down. Pop-R is also
deadly then. Tiny Torpedo is great if it is a little choppy. Also a
big white buzzbait can be deadly if the water starts getting choppy.

Those are about the only topwaters I use for smallies, except maybe a
tube weightless. They seem to work pretty good at times as well.

Hope this helps.

Chris



I guess I didn't think of them as a topwater, but as a jerkbait they are
dynamite. Another bait that I have caught a lot of fish on is the 3"
Senko.. Just absolute dynamite on a 1 or 1/0 hook. I have been using
it as a buzzbait or spook follow up and it is has been an amazing
multi-species bait.

Chris

"Pat_RI" wrote in message
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I am going to Maine next week to fish for smallies and I was wondering if
anyone can recommend what to use for topwater?



Never fished for smallies in Maine, but when they are hitting topwater
around here a small popper works great.


--
Bob La Londe
http://www.YumaBassMan.com

I spent a week on the Penobscot river just above Bangor, and they were only
hitting crawfish colored jigs and crankbaits (light brown) on the river. In
the backwaters they killed a small white spinnberbait. As far as topwater we
mostly used flyrods and they ate up silver and white poppers with a small
amount of tail feathers. You could use something like a rebel POP-R on a
spinner also. Good Luck. We caught so many smallies I was actually tired
after four days. Great fishing in Main.
"Pat_RI" wrote in message
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I am going to Maine next week to fish for smallies and I was wondering if
anyone can recommend what to use for topwater?

Don't forget the spitin image, my favorite in open water

RATMAN wrote:
Don't forget the spitin image, my favorite in open water

Ratman,

I have a hard time getting them to walk correctly. I prefer the spook.
Truthfully I haven't given the spittin image much time, but I have
about a half a dozen of them I got out of a bargain bin a few years
ago. I will probably devote a few hours to it coming up.

Chris

The Spit'n Image Jr works much better than the Spit"n Image