Topwater Poppers

Match popper size to the forage in your water and the mood of the fish. A 2 to 2.5 inch popper covers most situations and works for finicky or pressured bass, while 3 to 4 inch poppers push more water and draw reaction strikes from bigger fish, especially around shad or bluegill spawns. When in doubt, start smaller since a big bass will still eat a small popper, but a small bass often won't bother with a big one.

Poppers shine in low light, so early morning, late evening, and overcast days are prime windows, along with calm to slightly rippled water where the surface disturbance and sound really carry. Warmer water temps, roughly 60 degrees F and up, trigger more aggressive surface feeding, and poppers work especially well around visible cover like laydowns, docks, and grass edges. Flat calm mornings and a gentle popping cadence often outproduce fast reeling once the sun gets high.

A popper has a concave, cupped face that spits water and creates a bloop or chugging sound on the retrieve, which imitates a struggling or feeding baitfish rather than a fleeing one. Walking baits like a Spook use a side to side glide action and don't displace water the same way, so they cover more distance per cast but lack that loud surface commotion. Poppers are usually the better call when you want a bait that stays in one strike zone longer, like next to a dock piling or laydown.

Yes. Every order ships free with no minimum, with tracking included. We currently ship to the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and cannot accept orders from other countries at checkout. Orders to the United States and Canada typically arrive within 8 to 13 business days, and orders to the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand within 13 to 23 business days, counted from the moment you order. Most orders ship directly from our suppliers' warehouses in China, which is why those windows are longer than next-day retail. These are estimates based on typical transit times, not guarantees.