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 ...

chartreuse, or black. Poppers and prop lures can be fished the same way and they’re two of the best smallmouth bass lures. Deliver the bait to a likely spot and let the ripples settle.

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 and divers are my go-to for ... The Clouser Minnow is like the Swiss Army knife of flies for smallmouth bass—it does it all. In chartreuse and white, it mimics a wounded baitfish when ...

Yellow over chartreuse kills ... some amazingly large bass targeting unbelievably small rise forms. If you’re not getting risers to eat, try working a small popper around the sippers, pausing ...

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.

If you are looking for a fun and productive way to spend those long winter evenings, or even now during the "dog days" of August, I'd suggest making foam-bodied bass and panfish poppers.

Several good catches of specks have been taken by waders working mullet-imitation plugs and soft-plastics such as chartreuse Bass Assassins, reported Jim Vratis of Stingaree Marina. Some of the ...

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 ...

BASSETT -- With a subtle splat, the little green popper landed next to the dead tree resting in the shallows. And then it was gone. Tucked-away treasures: Bass opportunities abound at Fairy Stone ...

If you've never fished for smallmouth bass with a fly rod ... and their willingness to smash a topwater popper puts them high on my list of favorite fish to catch. 1. Clouser Minnow If you ...