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I know most people love to throw Topwater, so I wanted to share a couple fun trips that produced some great fish. Made it out for the last hour of daylight Thursday and Friday, and the Topwater bite was incredible on both trips. Landed a few good ones on Thursday, but missed some massive blowups, so I had to try it again on Friday...

I ended up having the best evening of Topwater fishing I’ve ever had, and didn’t miss any of those big blowups this time. Added another second or two to the delay before setting the hook, and it made a difference. Didn’t even have to move for the whole hour, and went somewhere around 18/18 and didn’t miss a bite. More importantly, didn’t lose any of the big ones while they went crazy rampaging through the shallows. Biggest fish of the day bit on the first cast, and it was on from there.

All fish were caught on a custom Conquest 842c/Stile SS with my repainted Sammy 115.

Couple Good Fish Thursday





Some Friday Evening Gators

Wowza! What beautiful fish. Those must have been massive blowups. You have dream fishing spot right there and you know how to navigate it well. Those would be excellent memories to have to fall asleep to. Thanks for sharing.

SO SICK!! Thank you for sharing! I need to be doing that!

Whoa, now those are some brutes! Way to go, on the top no less!

Polkfish1 wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 12, 2020 7:08 pm

Wowza! What beautiful fish. Those must have been massive blowups. You have dream fishing spot right there and you know how to navigate it well. Those would be excellent memories to have to fall asleep to. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks brother, it was an incredible evening that I won’t soon forget. Those bites are loud, definitely a sound to remember

Cristo wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 12, 2020 7:44 pm

SO SICK!! Thank you for sharing! I need to be doing that!

Everyone needs a little Topwater action to reduce some stress, especially these days! Thanks man!

Winstondry wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 12, 2020 8:03 pm

Whoa, now those are some brutes! Way to go, on the top no less!

Getting those bites on top really made it special. I rarely throw Topwater targeting big fish since I hate all the misses. Was determined though, and it worked better than I could imagine!

Nice fish! Thats got to be exhilarating!

MountainMan 83 wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 13, 2020 9:20 am

Nice fish! Thats got to be exhilarating!

I was so pumped up from all of those bites, don’t think I’ll ever beat that second evening.

Awesome! NOTHING beats topwater in the evening

Those are freaks of nature sized trout! I bet that was an absolute blast, congrats and thanks for posting!

Hogsticker2 wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 15, 2020 1:42 pm

Awesome! NOTHING beats topwater in the evening

I don’t throw it often enough, but couldn’t agree more. Definitely gets the blood pumping!

bronzefly wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 15, 2020 2:56 pm

Those are freaks of nature sized trout! I bet that was an absolute blast, congrats and thanks for posting!

Thank you sir, it really was a trip to remember! Right place at the right time.

Holy SCHITE Jeff, sorry I'm a bit late to this party.

You just done crushed it Mango!

Great fish! I fished a carp hatchery when I was about 14 in 1984 that also had bass in it. I went 31 straight with a Devil's Horse one evening before I caught all of the bass in that tiny lake. They were all stunted and only about 13 inches each. I have gone 31 for 32 casts with a Michael (Japanese topwater popper) in one of the golf course lakes behind the house before I caught all of those fish. Those fish averaged about three pounds. When the fish want topwater and they are competing, it is magical. I have a lot of topwaters from when I was a kid that have very little paint left on them. They still catch lots of fish. My FLW tour buddy was throwing the Roumba a few nights ago at the lake in back of the house and got all Quagmire giggity because he was on em.