From LastChanceTackle.com
Pretty cool little read from BassMasters with a tip for this time of year...
ISH MONROE: RIVER2SEA WHOPPER PLOPPER
When Ish Monroe needs a big, noisy bait with an oversized profile, he turns to the River2Sea Whopper Plopper, a 5-inch jointed hard bait that kicks up a fuss. The front section looks much like any other walking bait, but the tail end of this 1 3/8-ounce behemoth rotates like a buzzbait blade and sprays water. There are also glass beads inside to make additional noise.
“Since I got it last fall, I’ve been throwing it over grass and around docks,” he says. “In slick, calm conditions, you can wind it like a buzzbait, but in windy conditions you can really rip it. You have to let the fish tell you. I was on Clear Lake one day winding it, and I never had
a bite. Then I started ripping, and I caught a bunch of big fish.”
He uses it when searching for beds, too, and that’s how he’s caught some of his biggest fish this spring. Typically, he starts with a mostly black loon pattern that provides a big profile under all conditions.
“You can catch lots of 2- and 3-pounders on it, but when you need a big bite, 7-plus, that’s when you should pull it out,” Monroe explains. “The strikes are absolutely explosive.”
He throws it on a 7-foot, 7-inch Daiwa Ballistic composite rod, paired with a 6.3:1 Daiwa Zillion reel, spooled with 50-pound Samurai Braid. “I use braid on all of my topwaters except a Devil’s Horse,” he says. “You can make longer casts, get a better hookup ratio and you don’t break fish off.”
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