Whopper Plopper 130 | What Will EAT IT?!? | Michigan River Fishing
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- River fishing the huge whopper plopper 130 today. In this video I head out in a Michigan river for a fishing adventure. Kayaking a small stream while throwing topwater....doesn't get much better!!!
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Alane reminded me 10 times that the fish was going to bite you and that pike have big teeth. Keep up the good work babe. Proud of you ❤️😘
🤣🤣🤣 ohhh Alane
I get so nervous for people when they're landing pike. We don't have them here. The closest I've come was trying to land very angry peacocks with a face full of trebles. The guide told me to "Grab that fish!" I asked him what kind of guide has no net for fish like this.
I live in Europe, many of us just grab the pike behind his head or reach under the gills.
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This video is so calming and enjoyable to watch. I have a migraine sitting here at work and feel it slowly ebbing away while watching this. Good work and good fish!
This video reminds me of fishing the Rogue River with my brother near Sparta about 20 years ago. I had strapped my waders to the top of my Chevy station wagon to dry out and some asshole stole them while I shore fished.
What a peaceful, relaxing video. Gorgeous scenery and one of my favorite lures to round it out! Thanks for taking the time to create this.
You are welcome. Thanks for the kind words
Kayak fishing for pike in small Michigan rivers is my favorite pastime. When they are on they are ON!
Fr I don’t live anywhere near pike but seeing them smack that top water makes me so jealous 😭
Hello from Belgium. A little tip: if you want to increase your take-rate on the Whopper-Plopper, I suggest replacing the original hooks by f.i. Gamakatsu hooks with straight hook tips.
The standard hooks have the tips inclined inwards.
It certainly increase my take-rate with appr. 40%
That Pike hit where you got blasted with water 💦 - awesome!!!
I love the plopper - it produces some major surface blowups with largemouth bass in my neck of the woods.
Needed a slo-mo replay of that 1st fish. Vicious!
Hard to get good slow mo off a gopro.
We love that lure & as they say when you missed that Pike twice the 3rd time was the charm & well worth getting soaked. Yea Pike slime is icky but boy are they fun to catch especially on Topwater. This may seem silly, but a SMALL drop of super glue will stop the bleeding when you get nailed as Band-Aids won't stay on & who wants to have to wear a glove the rest of the day. A Pike snag sure beats having a handful of those hooks stuck in your hand. Should you ever end up with a hook in your hand that's very bad then it's time to go back.
Wow....spot amazing....one , two, three cast ,strike....
I’ve been seeing a lot of good catches off these whopper ploppers. Definitely need to get me one.
They are expensive but worth every penny.
I always carry a small tube of crazy glue in my tackle for cuts like that.
Closes it right up and you don't have to worry about dealing with bandaids coming off. 🤙🏻
I keep a little Ziploc bag with bandaids, tape, gauze, alcohol wipes, emergency teepee and super glue. Very convenient to have
The Yellow 90 & 130 Plopper's Is My
Go To: Bass/Pike/Muskie Lure's...
Those are goodns
What a great little adventure. Most enjoyable to watch.
I’ve never ever had a top water blowup and you had multiple pretty much back to back. Hell yeah
I wish largemouth would attack topwaters in broad daylight like this. I can count on my fingers and toes every topwater bite I've gotten in high, direct sunlight and many of those were schooling bass attacking bait. The frog is a totally different thing to me.
They do....I've placed very well in bfl or other tournaments with buzzbaits midday bright sunny sky's. You just have to know when. I caught 2 back to back 4.5 ĺbers on the Shenandoah...
.on my special buzz bait.
Smallies especially river smallmouth are one of the best species of our Great Lakes area. They grow slow and old so catch and release for me. Pound for pound best fun. Unless you get addicted to our Great Lakes steelhead.
Fish are weird. I've caught a catfish on a spinner in clear skies at noon.
Those multiple hits on that plopper were awesome 👌
Thanks man
Good vid! Another Michigander (Charlevoix county) and 130 lover.
I'm in sw Missouri, got to spend a week in Michigan and fish, it was a blast. Can't wait to go up there again. Awesome video!
Thank you. Yes michigan is an awesome place for outdoor recreation
I spent 20yrs in Taney County, we caught tons of bass and big ol flatheads on bull shoals. Love it up there
What a fun day on the water. Thanks for taking us along... And thanks for doing all the paddling!
Haha you betcha
Nothing like top water fishing.
Cool video! I loved the way that pike slammed your whopper plopper so close to your kayak. Keep it up!
Scared the crap out of me. It still amazes me how close to the kayak they will hit
Always keep super glue with for cuts.
Yes good advice
I always carry a small first aid kit in an old mint tin. Just some iodine, quickstitch bandaids, tweezers and wrappings. God knows my clumsy ass needs it..
I like the Plopper as well. I have to use it more often. One of the few videos that teach you how to fish and actually catch fish on the video. So many I've watched and they don't catch fish. Nice job.
Awesome man! Ive used a wopper plopped a few times with no luck but looks like I'm using the wrong size for bass.
We are headed up north end off July to hit the rivers again
Thanks for sharing brother, God bless
That sounds like a blast. Should try to talk my wife into doing something like that
My experience with whopper ploppers the 130 and 110 are your pike/musky go tos. 110 for pike 130 for musky. Watched my buddy hit a 48" musky from the bank with a whopper plopper. But for bass go with the 75 or the 90 size. I prefer the 90 size you'll still catch Dinks but it has a great cast ability to it
hi funny u say that i threw the 90 wp in loon for 2 years mainly in afternoons but a few mornings 2.never had 1 strike.then 1 sunday in am i caught 2 in a row near the bank.then i bought a few berkely versions and started catching em mainly on windy days with them.this year i havent caight anything on em.only a few on a mouse pattern buzzbait hy lunkerlure.lol.its been wacky and shakey head,ned rigs for me
What river is that don't gotta tell exact location
planet fishing vibee👍
Never seen them
@@CrouseOutdoors u can check it on this app,it a great game
Everything, the answer is everything.
Haha just about. Thankfully it didn't catch ME
Nice! Those fish were ANGRY
My first Aid is cotton bandana, hand sanitizer, and gorilla tape.. Love this channel man.
Nice Pike! He missed it so many times because the bait is being worked downstream going upstream! Fish are facing head up in the current, so the bait is coming up from behind them, spooking them turning away then striking! Instead of the bait being thrown upstream working towards the fish which is already in an ambush position and mode! Making a harder strike and almost hooking itself during the strike! Fishing lakes it's the suns position that is critical! Rivers & Creeks, it where there's a current break so fish can setup for prey being pushed downstream and not use a lot of energy holding place! That's why fishing saltwater no tide movement then no active fish! Rivers & creeks are similar especially in tidal situations! But during major lunar activity then fish will be active or in deeper rivers when majors fronts especially a deep low then fishing will be crazy especially in a lake low biometric pressure allows fish move up or down in the waters column with less pressure on their air bladder! High pressure blue bird days! Fish are sitting tight to cover allowing their bladders to adjust! Nice CPR!
Impressive smallmouth size for a narrow stream . Nice video
Manistee river.
The first second you said "Band - aids" I added it to my list of what I need on the boat. I knew that was a good idea the second I heard it. I added rags too - not into fish slime on the hands.
Yup. Pike are especially slimey critters
Those are some nice smallmouths. It was great going with you thank you for posting. When i was young my father and i would go to a place in northern indiana where youre at looks and sounds alot like it. I miss him. Thanks again. Stay safe cheers. 🎣🩹. Dont forget the bandaids and first aid kit next time.
Great video! So many river monsters, so little time :)
Isn't that the truth
Remember to go as slowly as possible...TH-cam compensation is based on video length...hide the fish in your net until you've f'd around for a while, then toss him back, then make us watch you put your glove back on. Hall of Fame content right there!!!
Excellent work, thanks for sharing.
Nothing better than being out by yourself enjoying the nature and fishing
Awesome catch 👍🏿🎣
That's my flathead spot darn it😁.amazing river fish it yr round till ice.she is always full of surprises helluva fisherie
The poor baby ducks!🦆
Best places to fish are areas with little pressure. Fishing is usually very good.
Do you ever catch good sized fish on the 90 and 75 sizes? The monkey butt and phantom shad colors have been excellent! Also, you should consider using a pike glove to handle pike. It will save wear and tear on your hand and will make handling a slippery like much easier to handle.
Catch tons if bass on the 90 and 75. May have to look into a glove
I buy a 120 berkley choppo Last week and i catch a 19" smallmouth bass on my first cast after 3 more cast i catch a 4 inch bluegill haha since that i never think again this lure is too big i have à 90 size frog color and à catch a 17" bass and 15 min later à 5" bass ... so cast reel and enjoy haha i dont speak english but i think you understand what im writting
Nice action. Nothing like topwater. And sometimes you just have to make a blood sacrifice to the "river gods". 😁
How does this video ONLY have 31k views??? Awesome video man!
Haha thanks man
GOD BLESS,.
Hallo brother,, Im from INDONESIA good fishing video👍👍👍
Hey man!
I have never been able to catch a fish on a whopper plopper. But I have caught a bunch on a buzz bait.
That was an awesome video man!! Heck yeah gettin the pike and big small mouths...very exciting and especially when that smallie came right up by the kayak to nail that plopper! Holy sweet man! Good job!
Thanks Greg! Glad you liked it
@@CrouseOutdoorswhich color is best for clear lake.
I just got my first bite today on the plopper, early march i didn't get the hookset on em i wasn't expecting it ao close to the bank but hopefully its a good sign.
Nice fish 👍
Those Diawa Rods are extremely underrated!!
Agree
You can't beat a top water take.
Especially up close like that!
The Whopper popper is my go-to lure here in Killeen, Texas. The Widemouth Bass have no defense against it.
I definitely like the rematch of that.
Here in Kansas almost every river and stream is classified as private property because of the water right laws, so very few places one can fish on a river!
Nock on doors and ask for permission. I do ot all the time here in mi
What's your rod/reel set up if you don't mind? Excellent video!!
liked and subscribed ! :) followed from your FB posting. Cheers !
First time viewer, will be coming back lol dig your video style. Reminds me of NDYakAngler a little
Ya know I've heard that from several people
Good morning mister. Salam dari Indonesia 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👍
That’s y I always got the first aid in the yak
Wow very cool!!!!
No Kill 👍 👍👍
Hello fishing brother. I’m in Southgate. That water looked good and that river looked like it had plenty of depth changes along your route. If you don’t mind; could you share where that’s at?
My son caught a Muskie on one in deleware river
Good video dude! I was curious what GoPro hat clip you use?
Ha it's actually a homemade one
Excelente video, magníficos señuelos whopper plopper, bonita pesca de lucios y lobinas.
J
Great content! I too am a Central-Michigander :)
I remember the first time I ever had my hand sliced by a fish. It was a rock bass, and I was so young I didn’t realize the spikes on its back were sharp needles…oops 😫
I have been fishing last two months and caught 2 bass so far. Looking at you catching some of those fish I feel like I m fishing wrong spots😃. Looks like no one visit those fish so they going nuts behind the whopper popper.
Nice job, I just fished the Grand River yesterday, had a nice day. Not as much top action though.
Nice
fish grips and bandaids🤙
Great video! 👍
I would love to know where these kind of rivers are in Michigan
Pike are difficult to handle at best , as they have teeth which was demonstrated and for larger pike their gills are razor sharp and should be avoided. I managed to avoid the teeth on a 30 pound pike but tried to use the gills to hoist it and received several wounds on my digits.
Yeah I actually cut myself on the gill plate on this one
Pretty guttsie throwing that twenty dollar lure out there amongst those log jams. Nice catch though.
That's the price you pay for getting that lure in the strike zone sometimes
Good
Thanks for the content. You e got a new Subscriber
Awesome!
what the name of the metal leader ? great videos !
Use the whopper plopper 190 next
Dude awesome!!!!
Thanks man
Great channel
Thanks!
Can I ask why you don't like pike in Ireland and England and Europe in fact they are one of the best fish to fish for I love it .basically catching fresh water sharks 🦈 😆 ps most of are pike are bigger up to 40lb or more real river monsters. Great video by the way.
Over here they eat the desirable fish, trout, bass, bluegill, ect
@@CrouseOutdoors thanks for the reply how come they are all so small do they get bigger or are they a subspecies
@@derekirelandsirsmokepotalo1152 they get larger
I'd love to get a kayak and go explore some of the rivers here in central Michigan aka Mid Michigan.
Nice catches, beautiful scenery, total nirvana!
Do it! It's hard work paddling around and having to get out around all the down trees. But so worth it!
@@CrouseOutdoors lol idk I'm 60.
I think I'm in my 40s but then l my body reminds me otherwise.
I use to do all sorts of things to get to a fishing spot. BUUUTTT...
I even suffer with "fisherman's elbow" from so much fishing. 😆
You've had a good life! Ha but it's not over keep at it
@@CrouseOutdoors maybe, one day, we'll meet each other by the waterside 😀
Until then, here's to tight lines! 😁
I'm in Central Michigan as well. What river were you on?
Great content!
Thanks sir
Are there walleyes in that stream?
This dude is totally copping NDYakAngler’s style.
Beautiful 👍
I do the same thing all summer long in South East Michigan! Good times!
So fun
Since I always catch and release I fish barbless for the fish and for my personal safety. I've had too many hook spits back at me a lightning speed and the last thing you want is a barbed hook in your skin anywhere. Always carry a first-aid kit, super glue and never trust a pike or musky......they are NOT your friend.
Yessir you are correct!
Does the black 90 come with hooks?
Hi, so when you said 69 half degree temperature, is it more suitable to use top water lure? Then, what about warmest temperature something like 80 to 90 degree temperature? Should I use sinking lure for that?
Thanks :)
Do you put new hooks on yours
I retire amy lure i catch 100 fish on,and only have 9 of them.
That's a good idea
Amazing footage & where did you say what river ????? Just amazing fishery.
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Wow! Exciting video! Never thought pike eats Whopper Plopper like this! Who fights better (pulls stronger) pound per pound (smallmouth, muskie or pike), let say 4lb fish?
100% no doubt a smallie