Berkley Choppo better than whopper plopper???
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- In this episode I try out the Berkley Choppo and give my thoughts on it compared to the popular Whopper Plopper. Subscribe for weekly videos!
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Dear Berkley, the Kelly’s Outdoors just sold a couple of Choppos. Broke off a Whopper Plopper a few weeks back. That price tag makes it hurt. Thanks for reviewing something to ease my lure addiction guilt. 👊🏻
That's funny, these sure are expensive. But with that said we all have hobbies or interests we spend even more on. Boy if I had all the money back I've spent on fishing tackle over the years.
That's sounds like a neat idea!
Yes they did i just picked up a couple at the local tackle store going to throw them tomorrow on the CA delta
@@norcalimages Catch a beast!
Another great video brother!! Even when I’m not fishing, I can watch your videos and feel like I am , keep em coming
Appreciate the kind comment, more videos coming soon!
Awwww man! I'm a have to give a few of these a try now!...y'all sure do have some nice calm scenery too! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, definitely blessed to live here! It's absolutely peaceful and beautiful here!
Hi, Andrew and Tiffany! I truly enjoy watching you fish. You made my day.
Thank you for watching
Your casting is beautiful with this rod. Perfect aim. Such a beautiful location and the fish loved the lure. Take care.
Thank you, it's a very special place!
Man I love you’re videos I fish almost every day and when I’m not I watch you’re videos and I think I am keep it up man!
Awesome man, I love hearing that! I have no intentions of stopping, heading out in the morning to try to record a new video. Thanks for watching!
Whopper Plopper and similar lures are just incredible. The cast to strike ratio is just phenomenal.
Sure has been for me, they are producing when others lures simply will not. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Totally agree! I feel like using a Whopper Plopper (or fake plopper) is cheating, cast, reel, release!
Caught my first largmouth bass on a Whopper plopper a few days ago.
Once you start it's hard to put it down. I can't believe how many bass I've caught on it. Just wondering when I'll catch a big one.
I have a bigger one I plan on throwing to see if it produces bigger fish.
I know its been 2 years now, but I caught my first largemouth 2 years ago almost to the day. Congrats and I hope fishing is still keeping ya happy. 👍
Congratulations! I'll never stop loving fishing
It feels like the whopper has been over fished and I get no
Action on it even tho it’s my favorite to throw
2 of my choppos showed up from Amazon today and I decided to see if there was a vid on it. Your vid is the one I decided to watch. I'm glad I did. I enjoyed your vid very much and subbed. Thanx!
Glad you enjoyed it
I just bought a choppo can't wait to use. I love his use of needle nose, I'll have to try.
Enjoy the choppo, tight lines!
I love the whopper plopper and similar style lures. Never had issues with hooks or split rings. Choppo is louder but you can slow it down to make it quieter.
In whopper ploppers defense, all my split ring issues were on lures purchased a while back. The new ones appear to have a bigger split rings. Time will tell
way to go I am a Bass fisherman from Missouri and I m always trying different stuff and videos are pretty helpful. keep it up
Chad Wakeman Missouri angler here also. It’s been a solid year in southern mo so far. Best of luck to you.
BRad
@@bradfarren3049 thanks Brad. Good fishing for me as well. Going to be headed down to Table rock here in september and LOZ in oct.
Great video! My wife and I have a honey hole as well where the WP 75 & 110 shine over the 90 & 130. They really like the Bone & even more so the Perch WP. I've looked at the Bluegill Choppo like you used in this video since it's obvious that's the main forage in our spot. The Frog pattern looks nice as well. Keep the good videos coming!
My go to plopper is the loon 90. It absolutely works when nothing else does. I think they all have their strengths in certain situations and depending on what you are targeting. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@TKOutdoors
I agree. Loon is probably the best WP for most situations. It catches the most fish for us too. (Mostly stained to muddy water in Texas) It's just that one spot where it's ultra clear which is rare in our area that they like more realistic or just more white on baits.
Clear rivers are pretty rare here as well. Most of our rivers are very dark tea colored. I have a bluegill colored whopper plopper I do pretty well on too
Perfect day for topwater! Cloudy and rainy. Nice vid
Yes it was, to bad the big ones didn't bite. Thanks for watching!
@@TKOutdoors haha right check out my most recent vid. 7.2 on the whopper plopper.
Nice, I'll check it out
New Subscriber. Glad I stumbled upon your channel. Nice vid and all. My wife and I dig the Choppo 90 as well!
Glad you found us as well, thanks for subscribing! More videos coming!
I bought a choppo a few days ago and I've never fished a whopper plopper. I finally got to try it out today and had one of the best days of top water I've had in a long time. I caught a couple nice ones one being over 6 pounds. Goodbye buzz baits! Lol
I totally understand, I've been a huge buzz bait fan! However these types of baits produce well for me. The buzz bait still shines in vegetation over the choppo or plopper. Thanks for watching and commenting!
I just got my Choppo 90 from Walmart. I can't wait to use it 😁
Good luck! They both have been working well for me
How much did it cost?
I paid around 10 bucks for mine off of Amazon.
Thanks for the review. 6 small fish and the hook bends. I'll get a choppo but I'm putting thicker trebs on
Isn't any better with the whopper plopper. Video after video I loose hooks due to crappy snap rings. You pay this much for either bait you expect quality. They work, but they do need upgrades.
I havent had any problems with the plopper so far but I'm throwing the 3 oz one so the hooks are already sturdy
I'm throwing the smaller 90 series most of the time.
Maybe It could be as simple as grabbing the hook with needle nose and shaking it every fish could bend it slightly. 🤔
What I’ve found is just opposite, I believe the WP (130, 110 & 75 models) to be louder a lot louder than the Berkley CheapO. I’ve had problems with the hooks bending out and also breaking on the Berkley, though they are extremely sharp.
A very helpful tip I stumbled across to help with line twist and keep the baits from twisting/spinning when the baits tail section becomes bent and or fouled up is to add a split ring and swivel to the bait. -Brad
I agree with everything you said, but I noticed that you left the whopper plopper 90 series off of your list. That's the model I throw the most and it has the smallest tail of all of them. It is with out a doubt the quieter bait. I catch more on the 90 than the 75 or the choppo. I'm going to do a direct comparison soon between the same size and color choppo and plopper to test my theory. Going to fish them at the same time as well.
The Kelley's Outdoors I catch a lot of fish on the 90. Lot of guys talk it down though but I’ve never had an issue catching when they’re on.
When you said the crap we put our self thru to fish got me!!!!
You got a mean back hand cast. Accurate as all get out. Good job
Thanks man, I've had a few people point that out. I've just learned to fish the way I do because of all the swift flowing rivers with over hanging branches. Overhead casting doesn't work well here unless you are on a open lake.
I’m definitely a fan of the choppo. I’ve used the whopper also but it works the same at half the price
I have had luck with both, but have mixed feelings on the two. The 90 series whopper plopper seems quieter and a little more productive for me the more I fish it.
The Choppos are great. I have the ghost bluegill in a 75, a bone 105, and every color under the sun in a 120.
Great lures.
I bought a bone choppo yesterday while getting hurricane supplies at Wally World. Found an hour between rain and caught 3 nice bass. It is louder for sure, but almost has a POP-R at 350 rpms kind of a sound. I was in the middle of my second cast wondering if it made get be too loud when that 4 pounder hammered it. I will be buying several more.
I keep hearing bone is a great color, I need to get one.
Love when you think what you're doing isn't working , than bam, it all lines up. Thanks for your input on bone colour, just picked up that HD bluegill
Got the Bone color in 120 size too! Can't wait.
Awesome man! I've been coming around to the Choppo this year... I still love my Ploppers, but I sure love how the Choppo's seem to catch about as many. And the price tag is easier to swallow! We kill the Smallmouth on them here in Indiana. New Sub, congrats on your good luck! That's a beautiful setting you're Fishing there.
Awesome vid!! Btw True North just subbed to you too!! I'm from Indiana too!! Come check out some of my fishing vids on my channel too!! Please subscribe as well!!
Love the berk whopper. glad to find your channel man.
Thanks for watching!
Great video as usual! Do those Suwannee bass get a big as the regular large mouth?
Not at all, world record is 3.9lbs if memory serves me correctly. Average size is around a pound, a 2 pounder is starting to get big for them. Thanks!
I love this river it looks so pretty
It is a beautiful river!
Your hook sets are perfect every time
Tear em up! Great video again!
Thank you!
Great day on the water for sure 👍🏻
Yes it was!
No telling what y’all would catch if you could slow down that trolling motor. Great video, lots of good fish. Like
It's just way too swift, there are some spots I can troll back up current for a slower presentation.
New Sub.. nice job on the video 👍👍 Berkley products are my favorites.. though I havent tried this one👊👏
Thanks I appreciate it, I have a lot more videos coming up!
New sub here! Gotta love the agressive topwater bite!
Yes I do love it, it's an addiction! Thanks for subscribing!
I haven’t tried the choppo yet, but I can see how both could work well in different scenarios. Sometimes louder is better or higher pitch instead of a lower pitch. I will say the WP 75 is a killer in clear, pressured or cold water. If you haven’t tried throwing the WP 75 on a warmer winter day...give it a shot and see 👍.
I have a 75 and have had decent luck with it, but the softer 90 series is my #1 confidence bait all spring and summer long. That smaller softer sounding tail on the 90 plopper is the ticket here in Florida. However I did a direct comparison one day with the choppo and plopper side by side and surprisingly the choppo won. That video is on my channel if you want to check it out. Thanks for watching and commenting!
The Kelley's Outdoors Will do! I live in the north Dallas area now, but I started really getting into bass fishing in Kissimmee, right after I got out of the Marines. TX has good fishing, but I’ll take FL any day 👍.
That’s why I always carry some rope... had to makeshift some stringers a few time when I left my cooler at home... always carry rope
Love the way you cast 😉 gotta try the back hand wrist flip ... very cool .. lotta practice I bet
Reading comments .. wow am I the only one that noticed ??
I’ve never seen anybody do that cast like you and be so accurate
Appreciate the kind words, I've never really paid attention to the way I cast until people started mentioning it on TH-cam. Yes it's definitely years of practice and fishing a bunch of rivers with low hanging limbs. Overhead casting is my least used technique because I'd be hung up in the trees all day. Thanks for watching!
Love both lures....use a lot! 🎣
Me too!
I prefer plopper over choppo. What I did with my choppo was I took a lighter to the tail until it got a lil soft and then I just repositioned it.
I prefer the plopper myself and actually love the softer sound of the 90 series.
I just bought some Whopper Plopper's from Cabelas, They have a Fathers Day sale on them for 25% off, which is a fantastic Price for such an over priced Lure. I just hope I can catch a Bass or two on them.
That is a good sale! I bet you will catch something on them.
that's a beautiful river, I've never seen so much vegetation in a river
It's full of thick vegetation both above surface and below. Definitely requires a special kind of boat to navigate it completely. Thanks for watching!
Is this in Florida? I use to live In Melbourne
Yes in North Florida, Jefferson County.
I have both in my tackle box and I have caught fish on both. the choppo is a better selling point but basically the same concept
True, however the quieter sound of the plopper seems to work better on these slick calm rivers. In my experience
Whopper plopper invented Berkley choppo perfected ! Great video 😊👌🤙
Thanks for watching!
hey, I got a question. What line would I use if I'm only doing choppo? Idk between braid or mono or fluorocarbon. Could you let me know how many lb line and what type of line I should use for choppo?
I use 30lb braid because I don't want to lose my lure lol. Mono is probably best.
Whatever line you are comfortable with is fine. 12-16 pound mono or flouro should get the job done.
I love the whopper popper it does a great job👍🏾🎣
I just bought the 60 series and love it!
I'm # 924. Just subbed. ENJOYED the vid.
Welcome aboard, thanks for subscribing!
Sweet well done 👍🏻
Thanks!
they are both really good baits. keep it up with the videos there are always going to be haters
Oh definitely, I can honestly say that 99% of the comments have been positive or helpful in some way. Way more than I was expecting, as to the negative comments I am pretty good at brushing those off.
Nice brim... I've been hoping to catch some monsters like that. I think I will give those Fake WP a try.
Not fake whopper plopper. Designed by Justin Lucas to address the problems that plopper has. It’s way better
@@benniemaxwell2869 I agree
About time you got something else to work other than the whopper plopper. Lol. Good video.
Wait for the next video, choppo not doing so well after all
Figured it was to good to be true. Oh well
I was out on the Delaware-Raritan canal with Whopper Plopper tonight, just getting slammed by the biggest bluegills all evening. Fun lures. Gonna try the Berkeley next.
You absolutely need to try the new whopper plopper 60 series. It's small and would be perfect for bluegill.
Bluegill Choppo catching bluegill. Awesome!
What kind of pole is that green and black one??
That was a Lews, I've since moved on to Dobyns rods and love them.
What pound braid you like throwing these baits? Those sun fish are so colorful
30lb, no special reason why. I use that reel for all types of fishing. Those sun fish are very pretty, they look completely different from dark water.
@@TKOutdoors thinking of moving to braid , but don't want to loose distance on casts . So i am trying to find a happy medium before i buy .
I still prefer mono for under water, like Texas rigged worms ect. I prefer braid for top water and heavy cover, braid is still more visible under water than mono. I cast heavy plugs on braid so I can't say how much if any casting distance you would lose with light lures.
You know, you can just put 3 to 6 feet of fluoro/mono leader...
@@kaikart123 thx for the tip , i just like to fish and learn tricks and tips on TH-cam.
Hey man when you going to get some merch? I want a Coffee mug with your mug on it! 😁😁
Lol I bet you do
Nice vid. I was just at my hunting lease in Perry and the yellow flies were the worst I’ve ever seen.
Yes horrible, literally choking on them. However the last few days they seemed to have died down.
which bluegill color are you using in this video..? ..thank you in advance
It's been years ago when I bought this lure, I honestly can't remember.
@@TKOutdoors ..sure np, I appreciate the honesty.. it looks like the Ghost Bluegill..
That sounds right
I actually like the Choppo quite a bit as well. I think the Whopper Plopper has the best hooks though. I actually loved the Googan Revolver before it broke. The durability is terrible on the Googan but I love the action and that it can go through some nasty stuff without getting gunked up.
hey mr kelly, does this lure rotate own it own?i meant the body.
Just the tail, I've experienced no rotation of the body.
@@TKOutdoors okay sir, noted on that. I'll buy it for fishing some snakehead in my place.😅btw didn't expect you to reply on a 2 years ago video sir. You've gain yourself a subscriber and supports from MALAYSIA🇲🇾
What a beautiful place to fish
It's an amazing place, blessed to have it close by.
would you recommend the bone colorway?
That seems to be a popular choice.
does it sink ? or just floating while not retrieved ?
It floats
That was some really nice fishing.
Thank you for watching
Ole wacissa is looking good clear and cold lol. one of my favorites places.
Yeah since we were in a drought and it was low, it cleared up. Now that we're getting rain everyday it's probably going to dirty back up. I prefer it a little dirty anyways, the fish seem to bite better
I hear ya bud.im not sure if off works on yellow flies lmbo.. they sure are determined little suckers..oh love ya boat nice rig
It does help, but I hate putting deet on my skin. Skin so soft works, but not as well. The yellow fly bloom is over and they are starting to thin out. Thanks, I'm loving the boat!
I've noticed the whopper plopper doesn't have a rattle in them. The Ozarks mountain trail does and do they smash that one. I use both and in many varieties and that Ozarks takes the cake.
Hmm I'll have to try that one
Nice video! Just subbed. What’s your rod and reel and like set up?
Can't remember if I had switched yet in that video, but for the last year I've been using Dobyns fury series rods with Bruin Paul Elias Legend Series reels. The reels are extremely smooth and I absolutely love the Dobyns rods, especially the 734c model.
@@TKOutdoors Ohhh okay so what specs for the rod would you suggest? Is that a 7’0 med heavy your using?
7ft MH has always been my go to rods. The Dobyns are 7ft3 so I find them quite comfortable. The 734c model is a sweet rod, it can toss just about anything. It's the perfect do all rod in my opinion.
That is a beautiful location and you’re doing a great job catching fish just wondering where is that at city and state
Hey mate what are those fish with the orange bellies? Do you eat them? Great vid, that river looks really peaceful.
Red breast sunfish... We call them red belly and they are usually much darker in the other dark water rivers we fish. Yes we eat them, probably the best tasting pan fish in our area. Very sweet meat and highly valued around here. Luckily most of our rivers in this area have them. Did you ever fish the whopper plopper any?
The Kelley's Outdoors I took it out, had no luck being winter. We’ve just hit early spring now so will definitely give it another go. I think my one is a Chinese knock off tho as it has a hard tail...or maybe it’s a choppo after all lol, the eBay ad did say Whopper Plopper.
Rivers and lakes are getting a little low around here coming out of the dry winter season so hopefully we’ll get some rain which should spark the fish up a bit.
Good Musky lure as well!
Which river was you fishing in, I live in wakulla county Fl, love your videos bubby
Mantap sifuu..👍👍
What type of Line are you using LB ?
30lb Berkley power pro
What gear ratio is your reel. Great Video👍
This one was 6.4 to 1
Hell yeah 😎🙌 I subbed n luved. I hear ya
mantap sekali spotnya Bro..😍
Did u notice a difference in the quality of the hook with the Berkeley choppo and how it compares to the whopper plopper
I have several older whopper ploppers and the hooks/split rings are horrible. However I noticed a new one I bought the split rings are beefed up. I did notice I bent a hook or two on the choppo. I can't honestly say which hook is better at the moment.
Good video cousin.
What kind of boat is that thst y’all was in with the gator tail
That is our gatortail 1848 extreme. This video was right after we got it
I like the layout of that boat
We do too, plenty of room in the middle, storage up front and storage in the pod seats in the rear. This has been my favorite boat purchase thus far.
Nice video and about time someone uses another bait. Whopper plopper videos are getting old.
Well about that 😃... My next video I fish both same place and day. Let's just say I'm not throwing away my ploppers.
Great looking water....what river is that? So clear....I'm gonna try a Choppo
This is the wacissa river in north Florida. Wait before you buy a choppo. I have a video coming out Tuesday that will show the difference between the choppo and whopper plopper. The difference is huge!
The Kelley's Outdoors I grew up fishing that river. I graduated from Madison County High School right up the road.
It's a beautiful river, we don't live far from Madison.
I love fishing❤❤❤❤❤
I need to go more
Thanks for making this video...I wasn’t sure if it would be good for fishing!
I'll admit the whopper plopper seems to produce more fish for me. I think it's due to the plopper being quieter. The choppo should be good for windy days when you need the noise. I did another video fishing both at the same spot and the whopper plopper was the clear winner. Thanks for watching and commenting!
The Kelley's Outdoors Thanks and If you get bored and want something to watch...feel free to watch my videos and tell what you think and what I can improve on!
I'll check them out
I'd say that things works pretty good ole buddy
Agreed
Where did u get the choppo?
Amazon
You can buy them at the Walmart
My Walmart is horrible, hardly no lures. They don't have any popular top water products.
What size choppo is it?
90cm series
Foarte interesant 🧐😅😅🤔
The berkley one is way better. I love it way more
I fished them same day back to back in a video I just released and the whopper plopper was the clear winner. It was slick calm so I think the quieter plopper was more appealing. I think the louder choppo will be the right choice for windy or choppy days.
Try the China whopper popper...2 for $5.04 delivered in the 90 size on eBay..comes in 8 colors
That's a killer price! How do they compare to the real deal? Any issues with them?
I got 3 given to me. They suck. Too much rolling if you try to speed up
That choppo always got fish hitting it its crazy
A great bait!
They both are great but the choppo is louder so you could have both for different situations
I like the choppo dont get me wrong but the only reason I think it is not better then the whopper plopper is the durability I never had a whopper plopper break on me but with the choppo I broke the plopper pice when I hooked into a decent sized fish other that that is sounds better but it's cheap and breaks easily
That's exactly what I was worried about. I feel the hard plastic will be the breaking point. I have a video coming out Tuesday where I fish both the same day, same place . Let's just say I still love my whopper ploppers.
What size was that?
Both are 90 series
Ok thank you I’m going to get one today
@@censai8382 your welcome, if you have not already seen this video I do a side by side comparison th-cam.com/video/3G3FRd8ZGp4/w-d-xo.html
I’ll watch it thank you
Nice video
Thank you for watching
Beautiful clear water. Where are you located
This is the Wacissa river in North Florida
Man those are some pretty 'gills.
Yes they are! Thanks for watching!
Nice Video! What color is this? Thanks!!
Thanks, ghost bluegill!
What size was this??
It's the exact size as a 90 series whopper plopper. I believe that's 3.5 inches.
The Kelley's Outdoors do you think the 105 and 120’s work just as well?
For me personally I feel they are too large for the little rivers I fish. We have a lot of of little bass so I prefer the smaller bait. On lakes where more average size bass are, the bigger bait would probably be a good choice. The other reason I prefer the smaller bait is the weight, it's easier to cast and control with my standard rods on these tight rivers.
Those redbellies are also known as redbreast sunfish
Yep that's the proper name, but everyone I know calls them red bellies.
Choppos are awesome, performs just as well and cheaper. How can you go wrong?
I really was thinking the same thing, however wait until you see my video coming out Tuesday. I fish them the same place and day. I was surprised to see the results.
@@TKOutdoors very well, you have earned a new subscriber!
Welcome aboard!
This guy can sling it with a flick of the wrist