Hey mat and Tim I would love to thank you guys for spreading the knowledge of bass fishing to the community! I am sure I can speak on behalf of alot of people, you have taught me almost everything I know about the sport! I always look forward to watching you guys Monday, Wednesday, Friday every day! It's incredible the work you guys put into the videos! I love how you guys aren't one sided on company's as well. You guys find what works best instead of taking sponsors and speaking only on there behalf. Instead of taking the easy route you guys persist on finding new and better ways to catch fish! That's what makes you guys stand out of the crowd!

@seanyB223

2 жыл бұрын

Very well put! 👍👍

@440-fishermandrock8

2 жыл бұрын

100 percent. If only the googan fan boys would see this channel and understand why nobody is taking them seriously except for children and ppl that's main subscribers and viewers are 13 and under

@svanginault

2 жыл бұрын

@@440-fishermandrock8 I don't understand the hate for Googan. Yea there's some members I can't stand. But most of them are stand up guy and the baits ( minus their clickbait lure) are fire.

@davidmartinez9993

2 жыл бұрын

@@svanginault I like the googan squad baits but the videos just aren't very informative, especially compared to Tactical Bassin!

@DoinWhatIDo

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Definitely 1000% agree. That's actually the hard part is investing time and knowledge finding out techniques that work. Saves us the headache, especially the finances that most of us don't have to purchase every type and color. The time Matt & Tim put in these videos are very much appreciated. I myself have learned alot from these guys. Keep up the great work! 🙏🏽🙌🏿👊🏿🎣🐟🤙🏿✌🏿💯

I wish I could like this video a thousand times! You're speaking my language in this one Matt. Nothing is better than a huge bass blowing up on your top water. I've actually been scared by some of the strikes if I'm not fully paying attention and it catches me off guard. Also, I caught my pb on a one knocker spook right at dark last fall.

Two 8 pounders 🐟🐟on bone 110 whopper plopper Because of you guys!!

A great tip I saw online for the plopper style Bates is to add a split ring and a swivel to the front.. If it does get bound up with any weeds it will keep from having the whole bait turn and twist your line

I love to throw a small popper in the spring because I've had the experience that in my area the bass like small topwaters in the spring. Great info Matt, you guys never disappoint!

Yes!!! The video I have finally been waiting for! Top water videos are my favorite from you guys.

Thank you for always having the link and size for your baits you use. Great content as always. Cheers and tight lines!

What a problem trying to pick favorites out of so many. Glad it was yours and I think you did an outstanding job Matt. Thanks for another award winning performance.

Love it when you talk about baits you get so excited & you do thorough job, I never caught a fish on the whopper plopper, I have the 110 bone color, I just gave up on it, glad that you have success with it!

This is amazing knowledge thank you! I'm starting my journey this spring and coming out the gate with these winners. I can't loose , seriously thank you !!

Hey guys just caught my pb double digit bass last weekend on a white frog on the Tennessee River its definitely that time thanks for all you guys do!!!

@beavisbrowne3497

2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations 👍

Finally!! Someone who will take the time to show me types of bait, when and how to use.... and hold them close to the cam so i can see...... thank you!!!

I have boxes of top waters also, but the rebel popr is still one of my favorite all time top waters.the best budget bait out there

@richardbossman9875

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Throw some better hardware on it and they will fish as good as baits twice as expensive ( even if you add in the cost of replacing the hardware). I can get them to walk, pop and spit right out of the box but if you shave the lower lip down a bit it really makes them more active on the surface.

@williamgould7807

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardbossman9875 Excellent tips as they have changed slightly over the years.. The original pop R had a bottom lip that was a little more recessed Like you are describing to do by shaving the lower lip down. I never have to change the hooks as I have never had a problem with fish in Wisconsin . Unfortunately we are not catching a bunch of 6 to 10 pounders, but only occasionally Catch a 6 pounder

Thanks for breaking it down to the " nitty gitty", then we can build from that. Please continue this format. Very good information.

Great video Matt! I added the Evergreen SB to my arsenal last year with great success. I was also having a blast using the Heddon Zara Puppy in Flitter Shad.

Dude Matt hearing you talk about the bluegill colored frog just gave me so much more confidence. Lol im a KY boy. Bluegill frogs are my #1 choice👌 Learned so much from yall over the years.

Topwater is downright by far my favorite category of fishing! And last year I destroyed them on a good old fashioned Arbogast Jitterbug, not the big giant one or the jointed oh, I'm talking the little 2in I believe 1/4 oz. Probably has more to do with showing them something different than anything else but man after 90 years they still catch fish

@williamgould7807

2 жыл бұрын

Old school Bates still work. It's just that some of them haven't kept up with the colors that attract fishmen

@NeilGraham.I.M.F

2 жыл бұрын

@@williamgould7807 that is a very correct statement.

@suchgr8hieghts

2 жыл бұрын

@@williamgould7807 we are slvts for those pretty looking lures….

And that’s what I appreciates about you guys!

Great video guys I love top water. Can’t wait for the topwater bite to start the river here is still in the mid 30s. PS popmax is amazing so easy to walk it.

Great informative video! Thanks! You made top water simplified.

Wonderful presentation. You didn't mention my heddon torpedo😰😰😂

Just caught my PB today on a whopper plopper. Awesome job and as always gents. Much respect from Japan

Skitterwalk is probably imo the easiest one to get that walking action, great for beginners.

Fantastic video Made me think about my top baits and colors. Walking baits: Super spooks, Spook jr. Rovers. Getting in to shower blows and wow. Hard to find bait is my Balsa Pro/Balsa Bull Poppers: Rico and Rio Rico, Splash it and Mega bass. Pop max Hard to find: Berkeley Frenzy popper Colors are Bone, Shad and Chartreuse I really enjoyed this thank you.

I knew your top water video was coming soon! 😁🎣

Super informative and very well presented so it was easy to understand. Often I find myself wishing that you fished Florida or the South more often. Purely personal since I'm in Georgia, Alabama and Florida most of the year. That said, I spent 18 Winters in Minnesota so the Northern and New England lures work there. Thanks again.

@tacticalbassin

2 жыл бұрын

We actually fish Florida and Georgia a ton. We live 30 min from the Georgia border 👍🏼

@pamelaklemp5615

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't remember that correctly. I watched your Vacation videos and forgot it was a different location than where you normally fish. My bad. Will revisit watching more often now that I can relate better to southern styles of fishing. Thanks!

That small 13 navigator is my new go to. I tie my own feathered trebles and it walks so easy.

Also been a fan since about 20000 subs n love you guys

Bruh!!! Glad the champion is back home! I thought i read something somewhere about you buying a stroker and I thought the champion was done for. I’m glad the ole champ is back where it belongs.

@tacticalbassin

2 жыл бұрын

More to come on that soon 😎 But the champ isn't going anywhere!

Nice to see lures with hook rash and teeth marks in the thumbnail. It shows people actually have lots of experience in what they are talking about.

Love the sb105 y'all got me hooked on that last year.

You definitely have over did it on the top waters. Feel free to send half of them my way to simplify your life. 🤣 Poppers are my all time favorite top water. They flat out catch!

Good stuff, basic simple,, excellent video

Thanks for taking us to school! Appreciate the prioritizing, opinions and pickiness. *Hooks are a whole other topic of course. **Do you ever substitute the trebles for inline hooks? Thanks for your time and info!

The frog that slapped for me last year was the KVD Pad perch! Totally gotta check those out if you see em!

Thank you in Advance brother and thank you for all your Advice

This was really helpful, thanks a lot!

I fish tons of open clear water smallmouth fisheries and the whopper plopper is the deal, as is the popmax. Great video topic.

Matt, if you haven’t tried it, you need to add a size 13 original rapala to your smallmouth topwater arsenal. It is a perfect “finesse” topwater that we CRUSH them on in northern Wisconsin. Try it on your next topwater smallmouth outing. You will not be disappointed 😏

no mention of a hula popper. that's my go to.

Should have known better than to go to BassPro before I watched the video! Great video. Thank for taking us all to school.

Matt I have a couple of things I want to ask about with regard to bait modification, adding a feathered treble hook to some of my walking baits such as the skitter walk that you mentioned? How about experimenting with the use of markers to add various features to hard baits? You’ve made me think of going outside the box with some of my techniques. At any rate keep up the great work that You and Tim are doing.

Thank you, Matt!

My favorite post spawn is the Megabass I-Loud! It just get bit! That and custom wake baits!

Storm chugbug is my all time most successful and favorite topwater

My fave is the spro pop 80. Good size for all sizes of fish. Loud. Casts a mile. Gamagatsu hooks and spro split ring right out of the package for only $7.

I overnighter some stuff from tw yesterday. Got a bronze eye popping frog 40 hoping it will kill it in the small ct ponds. Also you guys should start a monthly lure subscription and send out a couple of your guys favorites in each box

River2Sea dominates my Topwater box. Bubble walks, bubble pops, rovers, 90s, 110s. They just work!

Thank you so much for the video wow Awesome

I love the river 2 sea bubble walker! It gets bit when no other top waters do for me

Fantastic video Matt, as always I enjoy all the years of knowledge.

Great video as always Matt. You mentioned the conditions for choosing a popper but not conditions for the others. Is there Any way you could quickly explain conditions for walking, straight retrieve, etc. Thanks again, can’t even explain how much I’ve learned from you both.

Great video nice

Hey Matt sweet video Sir . I live here on the upper TVA on Ft.Loudoun and Watts Bar . We figured out 3 spawns ago that a Spook Pupp works great in the same spots and situations as a popper . We throw it on a spinning outfit with 10 lb braid . I was wondering if y'all ever throw the smallest Spook on glass ? Thanks for all you guys do for the community ...

Ok Matt and Tim! What great lessons will be learned today? Been waiting patiently since Wednesday. LET'S GO!!

I watched This video and went out an hour later and caught some fish on a popper just how you said thank y’all for the tips

Rico's and yellow magic are my 2 go to poppers. I throw both of the sizes. I have an obsession with poppers I have way too many of them lol.

You guy done put a big dent in my bank account but I love it been tearing them up

The Rover was the surprise I have been hearing shower blows for a while now😀

Great information ++

5am uploads!

Thank you for bringing up the yellow magic last spring. Since I've gotten a few I've caught countless good size fish and even more smaller fish. It's the best topwater I've ever used

Can we go down the popper only rabbit hole please? 😂

Can we get a full video just on poppers!?! I'd like to learn more!!

I remember when you picked bluegill as a last color because you said they were the toughest for the bass to catch

I dont normally endorse them, but i find the googan popper is great for a good tight walk.

The one thing I learned about all topwater baits is this: the only color that matters is the one on the belly. That's the only color the bass will ever see.

@stoneysdead689

2 жыл бұрын

That's just not the case- fish see far more than you're giving them credit for. I've watched bass track my lure as it flew over the surface of the water and then was in place to basically catch it when it landed- and when you walk a frog or a plug it doesn't just sit flat on the surface, it tips on its side and cuts left and right. Yes, the belly color is predominately what they will see- but they catch flashes of the sides and are able to see things that are above the surface. I think ppl make a mistake thinking the belly color is all that matters. I think it matters most but, it's not all they see.

@440-fishermandrock8

2 жыл бұрын

@@stoneysdead689 Somewhat true, unless the bait is translucent

@LowBrowFishing

2 жыл бұрын

@@stoneysdead689 Unless fish have eyes above the water, it is absolutely true.

@LowBrowFishing

2 жыл бұрын

@@stoneysdead689 It is all they see. Bass only have two eyes underwater. Scientific research has confirmed this. The belly color is all they see. It has been confirmed be extensive, peer-reviewed research. And the kicker is this: to a fish the belly of a topwater always looks dark because they are seeing it from underneath.

@stoneysdead689

2 жыл бұрын

@@LowBrowFishing OK - science confirmed it? Show me. Where's the experiment, where is the paper- I'd love to read it. LOL- The haven't confirmed any such thing- man you're something else bud. Believe what you like- I disagree with you- and science in no way backs you up. Edit: I'll check back though- you come up with that research, that experiment- then I'll apologize and admit I'm wrong.

Y’all need to come down to Santee copper in sc before it gets to hot

Hey mattt great video I just curious do u or Tim ever use the Rico popper and u do believe the 3 picks perform best?

Have y’all tried the duo international walking bait line up? Their tetra works yurapen is a small 2” top water is dope, their Realis Pencils are upsized versions of them.

I use a whopper plopper 90 percent of the time (110) Not a frog guy personally, trying to get into walking baits a little more this season but can't get away from the WP. Crushes smallies and largies here in Northeast Ohio

buzzbaits slapping right now

Major Chug bug fan here

Is that machine gun fire at 9:18? 😅 Great vid!

Good 👌🤝

New moon 🌙 next week big girls 🐟🐟🐟🐟 There coming😎

For hardbaits my 3600 bag has: Prop Walk Pop Wake Then I have a few frogs in a 3500 in the front pocket.

I want to see Matt throw the whopper plopper 190!! Instead of me narrowing down my topwaters, I just buy them all & all the colors 🤷‍♂️

Have you ever used zmans poppin frogz or poppin shadz?? The poppin frogz have became my favorite top water as of last summer. Thier elaztech so they float, u texas rig them so very weedless. Come over & through vegitation with ease, good hook ups. U can pop them or burn them across surface like a horny toad because they have curled back legs. I have done very well with them, better than any other popper for sure, mostly because I can throw them in some sticky area's. I just got the poppin shadz but haven't had chance to fish them yet. Thier way bigger, triple size of frogz. Love me some top water action!!!

Smooth radio voice………oh and great vid too.

Have you ever used creek chub knuckle head and lf so how do use it can't figure it out

Matt I have a question for you how did you get the console out of you boat I think I remember when you bought that boat wasn’t a duel console. I have a charger that a duel and that’s the only down fall to that boat. How did you cut the other console out

Is the st croix legend Xtreme 7’ MHF casting rod a suitable substitute for the 844C MBR for walking baits?

Been having a top water rod dilemma. I got a Dobyns champ 705 glass. Want it to be a top water rod and also a cranking rod. Should I do straight mono or braid to mono when I want to use my top waters and then do braid to fluro when I want to crank?

I cant remember the exact name of the popper, but the Deps Vibration Jr. (I think) is a killer for me. It's the one with a little spring inside body.

Rebel pop r. Red hooks

What do y'all guys think about hook bonnet's??

Hey guys, I was at a local pond in north Carolina today. I saw a couple of large bass up shallow. One had a smaller bass with it, I'm assuming the male. The other looked like it was alone. I tried pitching blue gill baits (on a dropshot, and a savage gear bluegill). One would look at it and swim away, but the other would just back away. We're this bass bedding, what could I have done differently? Any community feedback is welcome.

Mann.....I bought a d pop and hooks were dull and back hook had one point bent out not sure if it's supposed to be like that but I replaced hooks but don't have the feathered treble now😔

My favorite is a rattling chug bug

Oh please do the whole video inside the popper box

Can you make a video titles “why chartreuse” and cover as many chartreuse go to baits out there

Whats your opinion on the whopper plopper vs the Googan Revolver?

I'd strongly recommend the RICOH Popper over the Yellow Magic. Better hooks and easier to walk the dog. Accidentally tied on a Yellow Magic two weeks ago at Trinity. Fish popped off, was shocked. Then realized Yellow Magic with subpar hooks sitting in the box all winter. Cut it off and tossed it onto the bank. Hahaha. Made me feel a little better after losing the 4 LBS smallie.

@stoneysdead689

2 жыл бұрын

I couldn't disagree with you more- the two are almost identical- to the point that even pros argue about who stole the pattern from whom- did Yellow Magic steal it from Ricoh- or did Ricoh steal it from Yellow Magic? And I've used both extensively and neither has an inferior hook on it. Never had a hook on either one of them bent out, never lost a bass on either lure, and they both walk so easy I doubt anyone could tell a difference in that respect.

@elijahteaford2368

2 жыл бұрын

its always the lures fault

@elijahteaford2368

2 жыл бұрын

excuse angler at its finest

@chrisdufour9934

2 жыл бұрын

@@stoneysdead689 #fakenews

@chrisdufour9934

2 жыл бұрын

@@elijahteaford2368 the rod will be next to blame! haha

Can anyone help with What make are the two striped poppers in the top left of the box in the thumbnail picture. The top and lower ones in the top left compartment. They look like they have seen a lot of teeth.

Few things I wanna talk about more on this Friday morning :)

Does the backside color of the topwater bait matter?

I’ve had some problems with my whopper ploppers rolling. How could I fix that?

can you do one on musky lures

What would be good Indiana colors?