Whats the lowdown on Whopper Plopper?

Gonna try it but was wondering what color, size and retrieve works best? Thanks guys!

130 Bone!

caught my first keeper on Thursday on a small white one

bone yellow magic

the only thing i ever hooked on whopper flopper is my net and the carpet in my boat !

Slow and steady.

I fish two colors Bone and Loon. I use a heavy action rod and braid for my set up. I generally pull into an area cast at high probability targets and use a steady retrieve. The key to the Plopper is the ability to cover so much water quickly. The 130 size has gotten me the most strikes but the other sizes work. You can use mono but just remember any surface clutter that gets in the prop will make the line twist.

anybody try the double that looks like a buzzbait?

At 12 to 20 bucks they can keep them...

Sometimes a quick twitch of the rod tip to spray a little water. The strikes can be violent. FUN!!

Yep, they tricked me into buying a couple. It's basically a very expensive, lightweight buzzbait that doesn't sound like a buzzbait should. There are a couple of guys on here that make a 3 or 4 dollar buzzbait that will outfish them any day.

Only two colors you need are bone and loon, if you can't get loon yellow head will suffice.

If the whopper plopper can catch them, a frog is a better choice that day. That said, sometimes you just want to chunk mindlessly and not have to worry about precision or cadence. That's where a WP is ok.

I’ve been throwing one sparingly for over a year and haven’t had a bite on it yet. I can be catching them on another topwater and then pick up the plopper and nothing. Throw the other one again and still catch them. I guess I’m not doin it right

Over rated lure

I’ll be the oddball here. I’ve been using one recently. It has its time and place. When they hit it, they come unglued on it. Won’t get a ton of bites, but the ones you get will be quality. It’s no more under or overrated than any other bait. Just have to know when and how to use it.

I caught an 8-1/2 in 2’ of 48 degree water then proceeded to put 22#’s in the boat during a tournament all on a whopper plopped ..... I’m hooked. Would I have done the same thing that day with a buzz bait or a yellow magic? Possibly, maybe, I don’t know.

I have had great luck with the 90 in Crystal Minnow lately. During the TTZ tournament on lake Buchanan last week I caught a 8 keepers in 30 minutes including a 7 pounder

could have had 23lbs throwing a frog.

in with him ^^^^^^^
Except where it says frog insert yellow magic !

Y'all are right there no good send them all to me

I guess I'm the only one that goes to Academy and buys them off the shelf for 9.99 .But they don't catch fish......nevermind.

I use a 130 phantom shad....I find it's best in low light conditions when the water is fairly clean.
Pop it, slow n steady, jerk it, just put it next to every piece of cover you see....oh, and hold on.

90 for numbers 130 for that kicker, and bone for both