surface lures what to get?

I have a heddon tiny torpedo and jitterbug but im wondering what is the best of the others with the best action?

I am thinking things like heddon tiny crazy crawlers, hula poppers, Rebel R Pop, Rapala Skitter pop etc.

One of my best experiences fishing was trolling a heddon dying flutter behind a canoe for pike. It was awesome. Fish every cast and watching them hit was great. I have one that is painted like a bass, but the white with black striping has worked the best for me. It certainly doesn't work all the time, but when it does, the action is great. I've also tried mouse flies, but not much luck.

luv the popn r also try the reg size tordedo can cast a mile

Try a Sammy style bait, either by lucky craft or one of the ripoffs. They are a really cool bait to fish.

Jitterbug is my favourite. Buzzbaits are good too. Alos have a Live Target Frog which has caught its share of bass.

I have to highly agree with rntducker on the style of bait he recommends but disagree on the "others" being ripoffs. I don't know who was the first to come out with the cigar shaped topwater that has no built in action but they are awesome.

I don't think it's the original but an oldie and a goodie (and my fave for covering lots of water) is the Heddon Super Spook. (Great colour)
http://www.sportpeche.fr/images/HEDD...K_SW_HOS_2.jpg
The only bait that has hooked and landed two bass at once on several occasions for me.
Any bait that looks like that will work in a similar manner, some very tail weighted and I tend to like them less.

Another similar option is the spitin' image, very little forward movement so it stays in the strike zone for a long time, great when they want something slower.
http://www.lake-link.com/images/stor...SpitNimage.jpg

If you want a popper here's a little something I learned from a Rocky Crawford seminar: He likes poppers that spit water forward more than the ones that make a big blop, something about fleeing baitfish. I went with that advice and have had great results.
I really like the frenzy popper:
http://www.purefishing.com.au/assets...renzy/main.jpgot
What I really like about this little bait is if you get the hang of "Walking the dog" this little guy will do that as well. Many times I've had smallies come in to the bait and just sit under it, often I can get them to commit by quickly making it walk away real quick.

Another great popper is the chug bug:
http://www.fishermansheadquarters.co...Storm/Chug.jpg

Change it up a bit and throw a small buzzbait
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...gUNsDkLbe-&t=1

Those are a few of my favorite things :fish:

I use a lot of live target frogs, thunder frogs and this year I've used the live target mouse too .....I love top water

Rapala Skitter pop is my favourite for spin or light baitcaster tackle its not oversized and get hammered by anything. If going heavier tackle a Spook is hard to beat.


For Muskie, Jackpot & Top Raider are my favourite.


I find any colour with an orange belly is best. No matter what lake I have been on.

Like the Heddon Zara spooks alot - one of the few topwater lures I still use regularly. If I recall correctly this may be the bait that one this years OOD sparrow lake bass tourny.

The dying flutter has always been a great lure for me - white with black stripes, and a darker one with an orange belly - never caught a thing on the 'fire tiger' though.

Like the jitterbugs and crazy crawlers as well.

My biggest pet peeve with most of my favourite (all Heddon) topwater baits has been the degradation of quality. The migration from balsa to plastic was not an improvement, and I find I spend more time tuning the baits or wasting casts due to mechanical failure of the moving parts on a lot of them. Someone needs to start building premium topwater baits again.

I used to work with a touring bass guy. He put me onto the Rebel Pop R.. It's been my go to surface lure ever since, and I've caught more fish with that Rebel than any other lure I've owned.