Is the Whopper Plopper DEAD? (Berkley Choppo, Savage Gear Smash Tail, and Lunkerhunt Propfish)
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- Will the whopper plopper still reign supreme as the king of the plopper tail lures? Berkley, Livetarget, and Savage Gear all have their own version of this lure. Are they any good? How do they stack up against the whopper plopper? We'll discuss all of those questions and more in this video!
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Damn you Debo! I had almost gone 72 hours without ordering some kind of fishing gear and then I go and watch this video about choppo and now I ordered one. You got me again!
The Whopper Plopper will never be replaced. Often imitated, never duplicated
Agreed, always in my rotation man!
Agreed
I have been fishing the choppo and whopper Plopper side by side for a couple of years. I like the choppo better. When the lure lands I like to give a sweeping pull to get some heavy splash and sound. the WP will dip under the water half the time, no ruckus. Choppo makes a ruckus ever time. Plus the WP is not an original design. We had musky lures that, although twice as big were exactly the same design as the WP. Nothing wrong with that, WP is a great lure, just saying.
@@mjnagan I like your non biased opinion, when do you throw them? I picked up a 75 today with the cash I got from selling a old rod
@@mjnagan Watched a guy fishing with a wooden Shakespeare mouse and he was killing smallies. Upped his PB to 6 lbs. 11 ounce. Just shows all lures regardless of age will work.
Thanks for another great video! I have been enjoying ur variety of product testing and different tricks and techniques! Fish on!
Thanks man, I really appreciate that. Have a good weekend. More tests and such to come!
Great stuff I'm very interested in these lures! After some education from a few of your videos I have realized frogs and maybe that lunker hunt have been sorely missing in my fishing arsenal. Ya dont know till ya know...thx Debo!
I'm the same way man. Never know till you try it! Hope you get some huge frog blowups man!
new sub here, thanks for the review DEBO, really liked it. I'm a big believer of the plopper up north in Canadian waters and it did me really well so far. Seeing the comments about the others, I feel like I'll keep my money with R2S and the plopper for true durability and quality of components and keep on ploppin'.
Thanks for watching and subbing! You sir are a #verifiedfeeshinfriend Yea, I'm really excited to try the other baits out next year!
Wow. That was a great, detailed comparison between the WP and the choppo. One I've never heard. Thanks Debo.
Great vid Debo! Not much beats the excitement of the top water smash. Can’t wait to check out your vid using the prop fish. It looks very interesting.
It's too dang fun! Yea, gotta wait a bit for those vids lol. Oh well, ice fishing in the meantime!
This is the first time I’ve watched one of your videos, and I’ll be honest, it was really good. I’m going to subscribe.👍
Hey! That makes you a #verifiedfeeshinfriend thank you very much man!
Gotta finish the video after work! Good stuff Debo!
Appreciate you tuning in man!
The Chasebaits drunken mullet and the whopper plopper are my two favorites. I also really like the Heddon Torpedo.
Hey Debo, just wanted to mention that I swapped over from the whopper Plopper to the Chopo.
Reason being,I had better control of the noise that the impeller made with the chopo than the Plopper.
And with these baits, the noise is everything! At least in my experience. Also, I use a Bass Pro product called the Double Down Plopper, witch as a forward impeller as well as a aft one. I find if one gets tangled with something the other impeller is usually free to spin and thus remain a valid target. Plus I think they star at 8.99 for a size 90.
I have caught a lot of fish with both of these baits. Thanks for a great video, I really enjoyed it!!!
Keep doing what you doing man all I really like your videos bro I learned so much with you I actually started bass fishing because of you I love watching your videos and the way you explain everything man I really appreciate your videos I am a catfish fisherman and I just start bass fishing this season because of your videos I really appreciate it man thank you💪💪👍🎣
That's awesome man and really great to hear. Bass fishing is a lot of fun. Thanks for watching my videos, I appreciate your support! 👊
Great video!!! I am interested to see how the other versions work!! I haven’t had much luck with the whopper plopper!!!
Yea, I'm excited to try them too. Keep tossing it man, it's definitely a fish catcher!
I've thrown the whopper plopper for.years, once I tried the choppo, I never went back, the sound isn't even close, it's a louder plop than the whopper plopper, the hooks are just as good, and the tail will NOT break from fishing it. I've caught hundreds of 4 plus pound fish on it, and it may ding the paint job from fish, it does not mess the blank itself up. So for me, the choppo hands down. Good video
I like these comparison videos, also that savage gear plopper looks pretty sweet.
Thanks, I appreciate the feedback! It does look like fun, I'm excited! Thanks for watching!
i have used both, both are great lures. I have more of the choppo sizes and only have the 90 in the whopper, so far the choppo has stood up very well caught a ton fish on it . My favorite is the 120 caught all sizes of bass and pike, been using the new 105 chopper and seems to work very well. Keep up the great videos, love your stuff.
Nice review, subscribed. Plopper lives on, every box needs for the unique variety it offers.
You sir are a #verifiedfeeshinfriend 👊 The plopper had been a beast! I'm excited to try the other types. Thanks for watching my friend!
Never heard of the Lunkerhunt Propfish before. I'm definitely getting one now. Will be great for Bullseye Snakehead down here in South Florida. Snakehead love frogs and they love ploppin and the LHPF will provide both! Great review by the way, very appreciated!
I feel your pain Debo. I'm up here in Wisconsin and it is that time of year where all I do is talk and think about how awesome my new lures will be. Stupid winter.
Hahah yea. I'm going to do the ice fishing thing. Just waiting for ice that is thick enough.
@Brayden31 I'm right there with you man!
Sorry boys but I'm down here in Dallas. I fish every day at lunch. hats off to y'all. I couldn't do it. Hang in there...winter can't last forever
I’m from Canada times are getting sad don’t even have time to hunt because it gets dark at 5:00 :(
@@CowboyCarCrushing damn you! Hahah I'm envious of you. The ice is sooooo fun... (sarcasm) hahah thanks for watching man!
The 75 is hands down my fave model, its loud and you can cast it a country mile. I have a Choppo 90, tried it a couple of times this fall, caught SM and pikes on it, seems an ok bait, will prolly change the hooks on it, one thing good is its loud like a 110.
Nice! I will try to get my hands on a 75. I do think the choppo is going to have a good sound. Thanks for watching man!
I have found that these work the best in waters with an abundance of cover. Doesn't do as well on bowl ponds where the fish do more roaming for forage.
I bought my 75 Wopper Plopper at Academy Sports Warehouse. Still haven't been able to use it yet. It's Feb 16th. Not time yet. Going to get the Choppo too. Wish you would have fished both in a side by side comparison. Great VIDEO! SHAWN
Thanks for watching man! The choppo did well for me this year!
Love the whopper 90. Haven't landed any yet but 3 good blow ups on frog pattern. Great vid Debo.
You will man. I have confidence if you keep throwing it! Appreciate you watching man!
I like the looks of that LH prop fish!! Good stuff, Debo👍
Thank you sir. I like it too and hope to catch some toads on it!
I hope you do a comparison video in the water. I was looking at buying the choppo, and had never seen the other two.
Yes, I will definitely follow up with that video this spring. I'm already excited and that's months away lol.
75 and toadrunner worked for me late summer/early fall. Teckel sprinker was awesome until it decided to go rogue and became one with the nearby forest. Run wild Mr. Sprinker. Run free... (sniff...)
Hahahah come on sprinker...get with the program 😂 Thanks for watching sir!
Lmfao Nantucket
LMFAO...
moths later....feel the pain broski
I just picked up a choppo and have multiple poppers in 75 90 and 110 I was questioning the same stuff how did you like the choppo I havent thrown mine yet and a video ideal is compare the double plopper by Express to the standard plopper
I haven't heard of those from Express. The choppo has done well this year for me!
I got a 10 pack of knock-off Whopper Ploppers and a Lunkerhunt prop fish in green and orange Perch. Super excited to use both!!
Great comparison video. That savage gear design though. I like the way that one looks. You will have to do a followup video on the performance comparison between the four baits. When you grabbed the lunker hunt propfish the first thing that came to mind was "Pop pop ppppaaaauuusssseee". I only have the whopper plopper myself, but I have heard other people in the local bass group that I am in have had success with the Berkley designed version. I cannot wait for the ice to recede already. It is a drive to get to places that allow ice fishing here.
Yes, I'll definitely follow up with an on the water test. I'm there with you man, c'mon spring! Lol thanks for watching sir!
@@DEBOSFishing Taking my first major vacation of a few years in a bit over a week to Playa Mujeres Cancun. Going to take my travel rod and some top water baits to see if I can catch anything on the bank. I do know that we are going to be doing some deep see fishing. I may take my Canon and Video it all.
@@JoeWeymouth heck yea man, that will be a blast. Good luck!
Lunker fish is well thought thru, but the gap between the body and tail gets plugged in weeds. Once it get plugged up the body spins. The body also does spin if you reel them in too fast. But lunker are more versatile in grass and open waters. Caught some really nice bass With the lunker cuz able to go between weeds and then hit an open area where the fish kill it when it starts plopping. Good vid, didn’t know there were more options out there. Sure too try them out 👍🎣
Nice! I'm excited to try that lunker out. Will be fun to see how the others work as well. Thanks for watching man!
thanks for the advice, just bought one for heavy weeds and lilies. Just wondering if the tail still spins when the body does? Cause really I dont care if the body spins a little if Im fishing heavy cover as long as the tail is still making noise when it can contact the water. Would love to hear your response.
I just picked up a few whopper ploppers today excited to use them
@ debos fishing do you have any how to fish videos? I have never figured out how to fish top water very well.
I do have some on frogs. Not one specific to the plopper. Early morning or later afternoon are the best times!
Tried the Choppo 90 and it doesnt seem to start working properly til I've reeled it 10-15 feet. Every size of Whopper Plopper I've tried(90,110,130), starts working properly as soon as I start reeling.
Really wanted the Choppo to work at least as well as the WP, as its several dollars cheaper, but I'm hesitant to spend another $10 to see if the 120 works any better than the 90.
Another quality vid! I'll be interested to see what you think of the Choppo and the Savage once you've used them a bit. For the price point I'd have to consider the Choppo compared to the price of the others. That 16 bucks lost would weally make me aplopoplectic! Ha!
Wait, what? You like to frog fish?
Yea, that's why I was so hesitant to pick up the plopper. It has served me well though. Yea...shocker...I like frog feeshin hahaha
Love the Lunkerhunt prop fish. Gives a more subtle plop presentation if fish are easily spooked. And yes it's pretty weedless which is convenient in getting into places that the other baits cannot. Another option in the Lunkerhunt brand is the turtle which is slightly heavy but has 2 independent legs that twirl. Much louder plop and somewhat weedless.
Nice! I'm really excited to fish the prop fish. Does seem like a good calm water bait. I've seen the turtle but never used one. Thanks for watching man!
You crazy!. I use a split ring barrel swivel with my Whopper ploppers. Prevents line twist. Great video.
I enjoy my savage gear enough that I went out and got the smaller 100 size. I found however if your retrieve is a bit quick the larger one tends to roll
What sort of conditions should I use these
just ordered a 75 and a 90 to go with my new topwater rod and reel i also just ordered. Looking forward to using them.
You have a great voice for youtube. Great video.
Thanks man, appreciate you watching my videos 👊
Since I love to throw frogs, I have to try that linker hunt when it warms up in Eastern PA. I also use all sizes of the whopper plopper, so it will be full to compare them.
Yes, I agree. That little frog/fish seems like it could be useful! Thanks for watching!
I love my old ploppers! I caught two 3 pounders off the dock yesterday :)
Debo! I would absolutely love if you did a ChatterBait video! I've tried several times to buy chatterbaits and fish them but none of them had quite the action that I was looking for. Last year I was out on a lake that was during musky spawn. I was in a kayak and then there was a gentleman fishing on shore for bass with a chartreuse ChatterBait and he hooked into 7 musky over the course of about 45 minutes and landed three of them. A comparison video just like this would be absolutely amazing!
I'm an OG Plopper guy so I wont be switching anytime soon. But that Lunker frog/fish situation looks smashable.
I hear you man. I'm interested to test them out!
I have the LH prop fish and it isnt as noisey as the whopper ploppers . .
It looks like a bait that is good enough to sell a bunch of ignorant fishermen who already have a lot of top water prop baits and hollow body frogs. Why fish a lesser version of both when you can fish the total version of both or either, which ever type you can get a bass to hit? All Lunker Hunt lures seem like that to me. Hybrids=losers
Any update on how these new lures fished for you?
Haven’t tried any of those yet, though I do have a lunker hunt prop I believe that came in a subscription box. Great video Debo 👊🏻
Heck yea, tie that baby on. Thanks for watching man!
"Hey I'm Debo. I love to frog fish" 😂 awesome first look! 👊
I haven't tried any but will be looking at that lunkerhunt. I've always thought the whopper plopper to be a gimmick as well. But the price man! 😮 only reason I haven't picked one up. I actually knew a guy that went for a swim to get his plopper back 😂
Hahaha thanks for watching man!
@@unequallytwisted I can't say I wouldn't do that. I've swam for lures before. Sometimes you gotta do it lol. Thanks for watching 👊
I've only used the Savage Gear Smash tail 100 (in firetiger colour) as you know im a Pike fisherman so cant comment on it for Bass. But, for Pike ive had couple of small ones, up to 6lbs. but my buddy whose lure it is (he let me throw it few times, fool that he is) has had Pike to 18lb 6oz. That's pretty big fish hitting a top water and the hooks held fine. Max from savage gear said that the small Metal rivet in the tail enhances the sound and spit calling predator fish. I've just ordered one for myself. I know springs a long way away but there's three spots I fish that are super shallow and weedy. And they have quite a few pike in them and I have a feeling one rolling over their heads just few inches up might still tempt them. we will see.
Interesting, those are darn good pike. I'd guarantee if there are pike in there, they will hit it. I'm definitely interested to see the difference and throw it around pike too! Thanks for your support my friend!
Legit informative comparison, Debo. I love the Whoppet Plopper 90 and 110 but will check out the other options - maybe not the Berkley. It appears to just be a bad version of the Whopper Plopper.👍👊
Don't count it out yet. Those are just my initial thoughts. I definitely will give it a fair chance on the water. Thanks for watching my friend! 👊
I've never seen the Lunkerhunt Propfish, but I'd love an update on that. Have you had any success with it? That little bait looks pretty sweet.
The other Whopper Plopper imitators look like just lesser versions of River2Sea's. If they were a lot cheaper I could see buying some. Until then, I'll spend a few extra bucks for the beefier materials.
Great content, great breakdown, very informative.
I was not a fan of the Prop fish. It did tend to roll and the plop is very subtle. I'd rather toss the choppo or whopper.
Great comparison, Thanks...I just order a few Whopper Ploppers. NC Kerr Lake
You're welcome and thanks for taking time to watch!
Love em but the good ones aren't cheap and it hurts to lose one to an old lake bottom. I do have a question for you if you have time. Where can I get a fair deal on tungsten weights. I imagine they are expensive anywhere.
Yea, the risk of losing them is there but you run that chance with any lure. I've come to accept that I'm going to use some from time to time. I highly recommend beast coast tungsten. Good prices and they are great guys to deal with. Thanks for watching man!
I have both the whopper plopper and the LH Prop frog both are great .the LH fish/frog do roll and are not as noisey in the water .. i also have the Savage 3d ducks . SAVAGE is owned by Okuma Company
Yeah, the plopper is definitely a staple for me. Finally getting on some topwater action in my area! Tight lines man.
great review... thanks for sharing
Just bought the Lunkerhunt and the Choppo , havent tried either one yet either. Really interested in the Lunkerhunt in place of a frog but will have to wait till temps allow,
I hear you there, I'm really excited to put these to work. Thanks for watching man!
love the R2S plopper but you cant bounce it off a dock, rocks or anything without it exploding and taking in water. was only a matter of time till someone expanded on the R2S plopper to make it different or apply to different areas
Yea, that's where the prop frogs are great. Similar action but weedless and soft bodied. Thanks for watching man.
Fished WP 130 in Black (Loon) for years and many Iowa big bass #5-#6.5. Bought six 120 Black Choppos (Maverick) about 5 years ago when an eBay vendor had them for $4.70 each. Since I do some lure and tackle designing I get particular and always look for ways to improve/modify baits. I matched up the WP130 and C120 tail sections, then modified each of the C120's to have near exact copies of the WP130. Best of both worlds! Never use a split ring on front! C120 @ 7/8oz vs WP130 @ 1 1/8oz means usable on many more MH rods and saves on my old arms! The modified C120 blurping begins almost instantly, so it can be pulsed! Berkley uses sticky Fusion hooks. Ploppers now reside in my archives with one of my fondest memories of a #5.5 LMB coming vertical out of surface with it in its jaw, then head first with it still in its jaw. Nothing better than topwater!
Late to the party, but the savage ones have a very noticeable chop chop chop sound. Was throwing both whopper plopper 90s and the 3.75 in savage gears, and caught my 1st largemouth bass
Great video buddy im very interested in that shad plopper
Thanks man. I am as well, gotta wait for this ice stuff to leave 😒
H2O Xpress also recently came out with their own plopper style prop bait. Haven't used it long enough yet, but it sounds good.
Interesting. I haven't seen that one at all.
That’s academy’s line of hard baits that are good looking but ALL are fragile and have crap hardware. They probably have 1000+ sku’s and sell a ton of them at what I consider to be a very fair price.
I always change out stock hooks and put my own on the piece 😊🤘
In my country a 6cm version would be used the most... we dont have bass here... only pike and perch would attack them here
Whooper Plopper Bluegill color rocks - caught well over 100 bass this summer on that lure
Nice man! I didn't catch as many as I wanted to on the plopper this year. Those blowups are too dang fun!
Nice. Just picked that color up today
Lol "if you're new to the channel, Hi I'm Debo, I like to frog fish" you got me bro, I subbed. Don't care for the Lunker Hunt. Cool video dude
Heyyy! Another #verifiedfeeshinfriend Thanks for joining man. Yea, I'm admittedly a frog fish lover hahahh
Most of my fish in my videos are from a 90 Whopper Plopper. The 75's are very nice, but I got them at the end of last season and didn't get to try it much. The 110 is great also, so I honestly don't know what one is better, but the 90 in loon color was my first and the fish haven't stopped ever since I tied it on, so there wasn't much reason to try to other sizes out too much. The only size I don't personally find useful, is the 130, and that's mostly just because it's too big for what I fish, but for others it may be their favorite size. I have to say the new 75 is the best looking and most different and I can't wait to try it more come September.
After watching this, I will stick with my R2S Whopper Plopper. I Love Berkley baits and was hoping for more from the Choppo. The OG WP is insanely durable. I have bounced it off rocks, by accident of course, and it still keeps going. Still have my first plopper, 2019 will be the third year I use it. Well worth the money I paid for it.
I agree that the whopper has been great. The choppo could perform just as well so I'm not counting it out yet. These are just my first impressions so I'll definitely be putting it through it's places. I also like Berkley baits so I'm interested to try it!
The only topwaters you need are:
River 2 Sea Whopper plopper- bone/powder or loon
Savage gear Lily Ninja - mouse white(they don't black so make your own with a bag o' dye if need be) they make frogs in black but they don't move as good as that mouse.
Storm Buzzbaits - white/chartreuse or black with the extra "clacker" blade for extra noise.
I like all of those picks man. (Especially the frog 😍🐸) Thanks for watching 👊
@@DEBOSFishing I'm always up for some tackle talk!
Awesome video Debo 👍🏼
Thanks for watching sir!
I use the 90 for smallmouths. They seem to like it quite well.
I have the prop fish in blue gill and have caught fish on it but fish seem to miss the hooks alot running it and a rabbit frog side by side the frog is more consistent even running slow letting them have it for a second or two I’m going to get a plopper and a choppo and see what one I like best I’d imagine both with catch but the plopper is lots tuffer built and will most likely last a lot longer
Yeah I have heard that about thr prop fish. I'm excited to try the choppo. Seems like it will be good, I just wonder about the durability. I'll definitely be giving feedback as I try it!
Can you do a video on some shadow shads next. I'm not sure what kind of shads are useful or not.
Hey man. Who makes the shadow shads? I'm not familiar with those?
Choppo 120 is an absolute beast when it comes to topwater pike. The deep plop from the hard long tail has caught me over 20 northerns in a span of 5 hours. The 110 plopper is a dream for smallies, absolute killer. It just depends on the species of fish you're going after for these lures.
Hell fuckin yea. Being a Florida guy stuck in Wisconsin the choppo 120 makes these pike up here its bitch. We use the choppo 120 for bass back home and Snook smash it in saltwater from what I was told.
What color 110 do you like for smallies?
Main man wassup pick up a 75 plopper in t1000 pattern. Bass hate it.not sure why maybe the sound
The whopper plopped is a great bait don’t get me wrong, but I don’t like how I have to hold the rod tip up when reeling from a long cast. But it’s still a great bait, but I slightly prefer throwing a spook. Great video Debo!!
If you put a split ring on ur 90 or 110 you should not have that problem.Instantly starts spinning.Hope that helps friend.
Thanks for watching man. Yea, the thing I've noticed is to just reel as soon as it hits. That, along with holding the rod up, have helped me.
@@carolinaclunkers8809 yes! Love to see people giving helpful tips. Thanks for leaving that man!
@@DEBOSFishing 👍 no problem.yup just hold that tip up a bit also...cheers
Good stuff brother. One day I'll get that plopper fish! I'm just gonna take it alone and catch one so I can send you December plopper fish pics.
I have no doubt you will. You would send pics like that. I dislike your taste good sir 😂👊
@@DEBOSFishing 😂😂😂
Do it! Don’t know what the water temps are like there in AZ, but We has a warm spell here in North TX and I smashed a 4 and a 6 on the WP Christmas Eve with water in the high fifties. I’ll throw topwater until the water gets into the low fifties, but I’m a bit of a junky lol
Love the whopper plopper (110) caught 8 nice bass in 2 hours, hard to beat!!
Heck yea, I'm the same way. The plopper had been good to me. Thanks for watching man!
I have never seen the Lunker Hunt PropFish but I am going to try one this summer.
Yea, I'm excited to try it as well. Thanks for watching man!
They're pretty worthless though I have caught bass on em around lilys. They make little to no noise, little movement in the water and don't walk for shit(which I expected but remained hopeful.) Definitely a cast, reel, cast, reel kinda lure like the ploppers.
Maybe next video do spooks and how the fish them. Like walking the dog .
Thanks and keep them coming big fan.
Thanks man! I could do spooks. I have a video from this fall where I go over how to walk it. I need to do a dedicated video on it next spring for sure. Thanks for watching! 👊
Chappo 105 in ghost blue gill has been getting it done on the Kalamazoo river.
Do you plan on shooting a video fishing these lures head to head? Maybe this summer. You and Randizzle. Some friendly competition. Just a thought. Love the channel.
I just seen this at the shop😲
Though it was a novelty item😄
But I think I might just give it a go!
Hahah yea, they definitely catch fish. I'm excited to try the others!
I swear brother you read my mind on this. I’ve heard of the whopper plopper but never pulled the trigger and actually got one. wondered if I was missing the boat on that one? maybe I will order a Plopper and a Sprinker after Xmas!! :)
Also, I would LOVE to see a future video on chatterbaits. There are a lot of them out there and I feel like I can only depend on a few. I like all the ZMan’s except for the Original. I feel like the blade isnt always ready to vibrate. It seems the project Z and The Custom from ZMan are solid options. I’ve used the NuTech which are pretty good, but I seem to have had some bad hookups. I don’t know if that was coincidence or not.
I also purchased some Picasso Bladed Jigs and I pulled the Trigger on a couple jackhammers duringTackle Warehouse’s 20% off Cyber Weekend.
Thanks as always for the great content. I’m so exhilarated with your videos!!
Man I've only fished zman lol. The jackhammer is the only one that I haven't tried. I need to branch out but they have worked well so I just stuck with them. Always appreciate your support good sir!
Always my man
I just started using the Whopper plopper this year the 110 size and the 90 size. Have yet to catch anyting but I hardly used them. Before me going out buying more or different kinds I will stick with the plopper. The lunker one in your video looks like one I might have to buy.
I would like for you to do a video on swim jigs or swimbaits.
Keep throwing them man, they will catch you fish! I can definitely do a video on swim jigs and swimbaits!
@@DEBOSFishing
Thanks Brother 👍
maybe a video on the revolver to compare it on
I have the choppo and the plop is like the 110 and the weight and casting “splash” is more like the 90. I like it to be honest but haven’t had the right time (weather) to fish it yet. High hopes but won’t abandon my whopper ploppers just yet but I do like the price.
Yea, I'm definitely going to fish the heck out of it. I feel like it can still be a solid lure, just some initial things made me nervous. I won't decide until I actually put it to the test! Thanks for watching sir!
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I got a prop fish in an LTB. Was excited at first. Very quiet bait. But my hook up ratio was horrible. Maybe others have had better luck.
Really! It looked like the hookup was going to be ok. I'm a BIG fan of frogs that have legs/bodies that move out of the way of the hook. Wonder if that hard back tail is getting in the way?
JACK WILLIAMS I messed around with the hooks to improve my hook up. I noticed the hooks were a little pointing into the body more then what I liked, so I opened them up, away from the body. 👍
I can tell you that the hook up ratio here in Florida for me is about 95 percent but after that you have to rely on kind of crappy hooks. I will say I fish with a lot of there older baits. To every lure there is a preferred cadence to where you magnify your chances, you might want to play around with that and will vary day to day.
@@timprall5417 love the tips!
If you've been a Dahlberg fan, you've seen the S. american tooth monsters he designed this for, hence the more solid body and beefier hardware. Haven't seen the Lunker Hunt yet, it looks like a design for short skipping retrieves across grass mats rather than a fairly steady retrieve like the Whopper plopper. Really dig Dahlberg's style, but his naming process, (well?)
Hahah yea I've looked up some of that. I'm excited to test the others. Heard good things and water FINALLY opened up here. I'll be testing topwater lures soon!
I love the WP and the choppo so I definitely thought this vid was entertaining (as always).. do u honestly think the eyes make a difference on a topwater bait? IMO the savage gear is overpriced compared to it’s comp
Been fishing the Berkeley for the last month (August) lots of nice fish…..yesterday my biggest….8.9
Love them all but caught the biggest on the googan squad revolver.
My guess for the weight on the prop would be for better cast ability keeping and keeping it from tangling with line if retrieving in a stop and jerk retrieve.
That could be. I had someone say it's to help keep the tail down. That way you're not fighting the nose digging in. Makes sense...I'm excited to throw it!
DEBO'S Fishing My initial guess is that also, to keep the ass end down and plopping.
@@donnie017 yea, makes sense!
I like the original Whopper plopper. I do like the prop fish though it's got a nice body and it's got a decent prop coming to the water same problem if you go through weedy grass or something like that you got to watch out for it binding up but I like the super soft body and I like the way it moves.
Nice! I'm excited to throw that one! Thanks for watching man!
The Whopper plopper 75 is the same kind of shape as the prop fish but still great sound of the plopper so you should pick one up if you the prop fish
I made my old school dad and his buddy believers in the Berkeley choppo recently (Top water in general really). On a dark stormy night in shallow/weeded water I handed them Choppos since it was the only lure I could successfully run and everyone caught fish that night. I agree with what some of the pros tend to say, the bone color and black are the only ones you really need. Side note: I have only really caught dinks on them (under 2 lbs) but I’ve only ran the 90’s so far. I’ll be grabbing some 110’s soon.
I bought both a 90 and a 75 near the end of summer, but have yet to catch anything of either of them. That being said, I haven't experienced a really hot topwater bite recently either, so hopefully they will start earning their keep come spring.
They definitely did for me. Keep tossing them and I'm confident you'll catch fish! Thanks for watching man!
@@DEBOSFishing Heh, well... I just lost the friggin 75 yesterday! I cast it out on my baitcaster, and POP, the line broke mid-cast sending it sailing out into the middle of the river. I think I must have had a backlash or something that snagged up and broke the line. I've had that happen before on several occasions, always seemingly when I am really trying to hurl the lure out there a long way. I'm trying to train myself to stop doing that. Such a dumb and moderately expensive mistake. Sigh. Why is life so hard?
@@Notorious_Nate it was braid wasn't it! That stinks and I've had the same happen. Would be a good video. I'll have to check out a 75. The good news for you is...time to go lure shopping!
Choppo hood but the body seems prone to cracks the prop also.its very hard bbn plastic b ut t yet has that cheap feel..it does work good but seems brittle.huess if u judt hit the water it may last. Hit a rock I'm sure its gonna crack
I've used the Chopo I own 2 one black and one white and whopper plopper in black and one in clear the Lunkerhunt prop fish of which I own at least 6 I haven't caught much on the Lunkerhunts but I dont use them as often as the whopper popper or Chopo but I will have to try to. I caught my PB on the black chopo 6 lbs 15 to 16 inches!!
You gotta watch the video on how Larry designed these for the sound!
Ohhh, I'll check that out. Thanks for watching man!
Bass pro shop have their own version , but it’s a DOUBLE plopper , front and back spinner tails it’s call XPS extreme performance series double down plopper , and cost less then the original plopper
The savage gear looks nice, I haven’t pick one up to try yet ..
The lunker was very quite compare to the whopper ... it’s very quite ..
I've heard of the BPS one. I have yet to find one when I go. I'll keep an eye out for one. That stinks about the lunkerhunt one. I was really hoping it would produce. I'll still throw it! Thanks for watching man!
Don’t know why but I’ve never caught a fish on a whopper plopper!
I lost two of them 😭 but still have one 110 size.
The weight on savage gear is so it doesn’t get stuck above the lure I think
I read about it and it says the rivet is to add an extra sound/squeak. I've caught a couple on it but nothing too crazy. I'll definitely keep throwing it.