My Favorite Topwater Bite of the Whole Year Starts NOW

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There’s a topwater bite in late summer and early fall that most bass anglers completely overlook — the pencil popper. In this video I break down how to fish a pencil popper for bass: the gear, the retrieve, and the situations where this forgotten topwater bait out-fishes everything else in the box.

Late summer topwater fishing gets tough when fish are pressured and they’ve seen every walking bait and popper on the lake. That’s exactly why the pencil popper works — it’s a big-profile topwater lure that casts a mile, moves water like nothing else, and shows bass something different right as they start feeding up on schooling baitfish for the early fall transition. Whether you fish lakes, rivers, or reservoirs, this is a bite worth being ready for

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