I took the motorized tube up to Deer Creek this morning for some early top-water action.
Between 6AM and 8:15AM I caught 31 SMB and 1 LMB... all on Pop-R's.
Most the SMB were in the 8-10 inch class with a couple nice 12-inchers.
The LMB was 13.5" -- and a real blast to fight in the tube.
Thanks to those who chipped in with advise on my last thread. I was hammering them this morning. It was really, really fun.
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What no pics? Bass are fun to catch. Especially on top waters.[cool]
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Yeah, I was not happy about no pics.
My camera battery was dead.
But I probably wouldn't have taken more than one or two anyway, those quick morning trips for me are all about getting the fishing Jones sated before work
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what side of the res did you fish if I may ask?
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That particular morning I was up in Wallsburg Bay
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I hit Deer Creek this morning and only caught 1 bass. I was a little disappointed. I've never used poppers before. I watched a few videos on YouTube of hillbillies using them in swamps and tried to immitate their retrieve. I switched it up a lot. Slower, faster. Long pauses, single pops, triple pops. What does a good retrieve for deer creek look like? I've never fished for bass before. Any help or other lures to try would be much appreciated.
Thanks
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The topwater bite just might be slowing down, it comes and goes. I fished it Sunday and caught most my fish on plastics, only a few on top.
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i have fished deer creek the last 4 days and all I can get them on is top water and crank baits... caught 2 on plastics and that is all. today I caught 18 on top water and one on a plastic. what I have found best is to pop it along the bank about 2 feet off the bank and not away from the bank not all were caught that way but I would say 75% were caught popping it fallowing the bank. also I fish the island one day the train tracks over by charleston another walsberg the next and the track's again today..... I work it really slow with a pop here or a pop there than a good 3 or 4 pops and let it sit and count to 8 than start random pops again. after first cast I count to 10 before I pop it or move it. ill be up there again tomorrow hope I can keep it up
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I've also noticed most of my hits come:
1) As soon as the pop-R hits the water within 1 foot of the shoreline
and
2) When it is sitting still
I think Patience is a big part of it.
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That's cool. Crazy plastics were tough for ya between the 2 of is we caught at least 60 fish on plastics. I threw cranks for a half hour or so with nothing. Only a few plastics were working well though. Come to think of it I was probably fishing the topwaters way too fast. A few weeks ago that's what they wanted for sure caught a few better fish that way
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