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Best top-water lure for sandbass?

Posted By: Paul70

Best top-water lure for sandbass? - 07/11/17 04:54 PM

Can anyone give me suggestions on lures for the top-water bite?
Posted By: briancooper

Re: Best top-water lure for sandbass? - 07/11/17 05:05 PM

tiny torpedos - clear or silver. I have also caught them on small zara spooks. Most schoolies are focusing on smaller baits right now, so if you are throwing a huge top water, you are less likely to get bit. Matching the hatch is somewhat important even when targeting ferociously feeding fish.
Posted By: Stump jumper

Re: Best top-water lure for sandbass? - 07/11/17 05:23 PM

I like a Heddon Popr or similar. Of course when the bait is small it is hard to beat a "Sandie Dandie" or a popping cork with 2 jigs.
Posted By: oakpointaggie

Re: Best top-water lure for sandbass? - 07/11/17 05:53 PM

We called "Sandie Dandie" a Golly Whopper growing up.. best Sandbass lure IMO when they are on top. Coming in second would be a Hellbender trolling combo casted out. I almost never reel it in empty casting around schools.. You can chunk that Hellbender with the hellpet far!
Posted By: T- Gil

Re: Best top-water lure for sandbass? - 07/11/17 06:39 PM

Pop-R,by REBEL, is good. If you can find them, Near Nuthin, by Cotton Cordell is another of my favorites. The Near Nuthin is weighted in the rear, so you can cast it a mile. A quick, pumping retrieve makes it look like fleeing bait! Here is a link for image purposes only:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-In-Box-Vinta...le/362033073677
If they are feeding on top, most of the time they will hit a Humdinger.
Posted By: Dad2rlkm

Re: Best top-water lure for sandbass? - 07/11/17 09:27 PM

Thanks for the link to the near nuthin. I just bought that one, lol. Haven't seen one of those in a long time.
Posted By: T- Gil

Re: Best top-water lure for sandbass? - 07/12/17 01:19 AM

Originally Posted By: Dad2rlkm
Thanks for the link to the near nuthin. I just bought that one, lol. Haven't seen one of those in a long time.

cheers That's funny! I bought a half dozen or so about 10 years ago when I came across a lot of them.
The upper right has caught its share!
Posted By: Jamoke

Re: Best top-water lure for sandbass? - 07/12/17 01:27 PM

yellow magic bone
Posted By: cobryan: OB'S Guide Service

Re: Best top-water lure for sandbass? - 07/12/17 02:03 PM

Pencil Poppers
Posted By: bigcheessee

Re: Best top-water lure for sandbass? - 07/12/17 05:46 PM

YES! Clear torpedoes!
Posted By: Stump jumper

Re: Best top-water lure for sandbass? - 07/13/17 05:10 PM

Another good one is a slab or Little George. Let the sink a little to get below the dinks and jig back to boat horizontally. I have also caught cats this way but closer to the bottom.
Posted By: Bass&More

Re: Best top-water lure for sandbass? - 07/13/17 06:15 PM

Try ripping a 3/8 ounce chrome CC spoon on top with a fast retrieve, its a game changer thumb thumb peep
Posted By: Ledeez

Re: Best top-water lure for sandbass? - 07/13/17 06:25 PM

Exactly what bass&more said!
Posted By: cob

Re: Best top-water lure for sandbass? - 07/13/17 07:50 PM

Clear Heddon Baby Torpedo. Take front hooks off and flatten barbs on rear hooks. Makes it much simpler to get them unhooked. Find surfacing schools and retrieve rapidly.
Posted By: TCK73

Re: Best top-water lure for sandbass? - 07/13/17 11:24 PM

Originally Posted By: Ledeez
Exactly what bass&more said!


X3, that CC slab can be fished many ways.
Posted By: scubaarchery

Re: Best top-water lure for sandbass? - 07/14/17 03:53 AM

Originally Posted By: cobryan
Pencil Poppers


These are fun when they are boiling. Catch some smaller than the lure and they cast a mile.
Posted By: cobryan: OB'S Guide Service

Re: Best top-water lure for sandbass? - 07/14/17 03:42 PM

A-rig on a quick retrieve
Posted By: one.more.day.of.life

Re: Best top-water lure for sandbass? - 07/15/17 03:02 PM

All of the above baits work. My preference is a "Buzz Bait". Tends to catch larger fish, plus you deal with a single hook. Caught 150 SB Friday on a buzz bait. And you can cast pretty far. Fun watching fish race thru water to bite the bait.
Posted By: j791

Re: Best top-water lure for sandbass? - 07/15/17 08:14 PM

A-rig with pet spoons attached...silver color with a white feather
Posted By: blacksheep

Re: Best top-water lure for sandbass? - 07/18/17 06:14 PM

Hard to beat a 3" chartreuse wild eye swim shad.
Posted By: Lowly Net Boy

Re: Best top-water lure for sandbass? - 07/18/17 06:25 PM

Clear or silver Heddon Hell Raiser if they still make em
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