A smallmouth bass caught with a popper on the Greenbrier River in WV ... make it the Clouser Minnow in chartreuse and white. It's a classic for a reason, and that reason is it flat out catches ...

There are many variations of the simple foam popper on the market ... rise-and-fall action similar to bass favorites like swim jigs and hair jigs. White and chartreuse Whistles make killer ...

A lot of angers get overwhelmed when searching for the best bass flies. They see the staggering number of soft plastics, jigs, and other baits used by the conventional crowd and think they have to ...

Poppers are best for targeted presentations ... segment of 12-pound fluorocarbon leader and a white or chartreuse bead-chain fly. If a bass misses your topwater, an immediate follow-up cast ...

In offshore saltwater fishing, tuna anglers routinely rip massive poppers across the surface, but many folks don’t realize this works in freshwater as well. In fact, legendary bass angler Rick Clunn ...

McQuiston is a proponent of the "popper and dropper" arrangement where ... This is irresistible to bream and even bass. "I've caught a 3-pound bass on that number 12 dropper," said McQuiston.

Garry Canino, of Brewerton, shows a 17- inch smallmouth bass caught at Big Bay on Oneida Lake during an outing on Aug. 15. He was using a Hula Popper at dusk. His daughter, Tracey Canino ...