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posted by on Aug 7

There is a wide variety of prey that these ravenous predators hunt down, so fishing lure companies have to cover a lot of area when creating artificial fishing lures. They have to take into consideration where the fish will be at certain times of day, how fish behave in certain weather conditions, how fish behave certain times of year, the colour of the prey the fish go after, among other things.

With all the possible scenarios, comes a long list of lure types, sizes and colours. According to this bass fishing lure resource, there are soft and hard bodied lures, topwater lures, bottom baits and suspended lures. Not to mention all of the subcategories for these lures. I’ll discuss one of the all time bass fishing faves, topwater fishing and topwater lures.

Topwater lures are just what you might expect, fishing lures that are fished on the surface of the water. The majority of the surface or topwater baits have lips or cupped heads so that they could generate a splashing or popping sound. This loud splashing will be heard from fish at great distances.

Generally, topwaters are cast near some sort of cover where the bass love to hide and wait for prey. The lure is then pulled with short jerks and pauses. When the bass hits it is an amazing rush, as you not only feel the hit, but you can see and hear it as well! More often that note, the bass will jump clear out of the water.

The best times for topwaters are in the early mornings and evenings. They are most effective in shallow waters.

Popular topwater baits include:

• the Crazy Crawler
• the Jitterbug
• Manns Rat
• the Heddon Zara Spook

Whatever your lure choice, if any type of fishing gets you “hooked”, topwater bass fishing would be it.