Whopper Plopper 130 | What Will EAT IT?!? | Michigan River Fishing
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- Опубликовано: 23 июн 2021
- River fishing the huge whopper plopper 130 today. In this video I head out in a Michigan river for a fishing adventure. Kayaking a small stream while throwing topwater....doesn't get much better!!!
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Alane reminded me 10 times that the fish was going to bite you and that pike have big teeth. Keep up the good work babe. Proud of you ❤️😘
🤣🤣🤣 ohhh Alane
I get so nervous for people when they're landing pike. We don't have them here. The closest I've come was trying to land very angry peacocks with a face full of trebles. The guide told me to "Grab that fish!" I asked him what kind of guide has no net for fish like this.
I live in Europe, many of us just grab the pike behind his head or reach under the gills.
@@unicornsteaks6769🎉
Nothing better than being out by yourself enjoying the nature and fishing
Hello from Belgium. A little tip: if you want to increase your take-rate on the Whopper-Plopper, I suggest replacing the original hooks by f.i. Gamakatsu hooks with straight hook tips.
The standard hooks have the tips inclined inwards.
It certainly increase my take-rate with appr. 40%
Every predatorial fish in the river that's what will eat it. Yum yum!
Kayak fishing for pike in small Michigan rivers is my favorite pastime. When they are on they are ON!
That Pike hit where you got blasted with water 💦 - awesome!!!
For a buried treble hook in your hand (or anywhere else) I would suggest carrying a linemans pliers or better yet, a side cutter (dikes) to cut the hook, so you do not have to paddle back to the put-in with a hook in your hand. Also, of course, always carry a good first aid kit. You never know what you may encounter that can wound you out on the water, especially fishing alone. Tight lines.
Pretty good advice for a RUclips comment
I friggin love whopper ploppers, easily the best lure in the world. If you have one in your tackle, youll never go hungry
This video is so calming and enjoyable to watch. I have a migraine sitting here at work and feel it slowly ebbing away while watching this. Good work and good fish!
My man, I watched this video last night. Went out this morning and demolished LM/SM on the Plopper!! just wanted to say thanks for posting.
What a peaceful, relaxing video. Gorgeous scenery and one of my favorite lures to round it out! Thanks for taking the time to create this.
You are welcome. Thanks for the kind words
This video reminds me of fishing the Rogue River with my brother near Sparta about 20 years ago. I had strapped my waders to the top of my Chevy station wagon to dry out and some asshole stole them while I shore fished.
Whopper plopper is one of the most underrated lures. Nice video 🎣
It did the job on smallies for sure
Excellent work, thanks for sharing.
What a great little adventure. Most enjoyable to watch.
Absolutely love the loon plopper! I use it all the time!
Yup 90 loon is the goat
That's the price we pay for pike, but I accept the risk,it's worth it a thousand times over 😁
I like the Plopper as well. I have to use it more often. One of the few videos that teach you how to fish and actually catch fish on the video. So many I've watched and they don't catch fish. Nice job.
Wow....spot amazing....one , two, three cast ,strike....
That water looks like perfect pike habitat nice little current thick cover half shade and sun most of the time if there's pike there's bass and sunfish and smaller pike all perfect pike food. I miss catching theme I lived up north in Ohio now I live in Virginia and no pike only pickerel and they get 10 plus pounds but not quite as big as pike. Great video and that river is beautiful looks like a place where you can get some really nice Bass and decent pike. I love rivers that don't have a lot of bank access and no boat ramps it's either a canoe or a kayak getting in the water keeps the fishing pressure way down nothing worse than a Bass boat with a 500 HP motor flying around the river making whitecaps when trying to be quite a stealthy LoL.
I love the plopper - it produces some major surface blowups with largemouth bass in my neck of the woods.
Great stuff Man! Keep em coming. Tight lines!
Sounds good
Good vid! Another Michigander (Charlevoix county) and 130 lover.
Cool video! I loved the way that pike slammed your whopper plopper so close to your kayak. Keep it up!
Scared the crap out of me. It still amazes me how close to the kayak they will hit
Great video! So many river monsters, so little time :)
Isn't that the truth
I’ve never ever had a top water blowup and you had multiple pretty much back to back. Hell yeah
Excelente video, magníficos señuelos whopper plopper, bonita pesca de lucios y lobinas.
Precioso. Río lleno de lucios y black bass
Needed a slo-mo replay of that 1st fish. Vicious!
Hard to get good slow mo off a gopro.
That was an awesome video man!! Heck yeah gettin the pike and big small mouths...very exciting and especially when that smallie came right up by the kayak to nail that plopper! Holy sweet man! Good job!
Thanks Greg! Glad you liked it
Awesome catch 👍🏿🎣
I keep a little Ziploc bag with bandaids, tape, gauze, alcohol wipes, emergency teepee and super glue. Very convenient to have
I always carry a small tube of crazy glue in my tackle for cuts like that.
Closes it right up and you don't have to worry about dealing with bandaids coming off. 🤙🏻
I'm in sw Missouri, got to spend a week in Michigan and fish, it was a blast. Can't wait to go up there again. Awesome video!
Thank you. Yes michigan is an awesome place for outdoor recreation
I spent 20yrs in Taney County, we caught tons of bass and big ol flatheads on bull shoals. Love it up there
Wow very cool!!!!
Great video man nice work!
Michigan has some very good fishing.
What a fun day on the water. Thanks for taking us along... And thanks for doing all the paddling!
Haha you betcha
liked and subscribed ! :) followed from your FB posting. Cheers !
Impressive smallmouth size for a narrow stream . Nice video
amazing man!, what a beautifull day of fishing!, love the place, the bites are amazing!
Those are some nice smallmouths. It was great going with you thank you for posting. When i was young my father and i would go to a place in northern indiana where youre at looks and sounds alot like it. I miss him. Thanks again. Stay safe cheers. 🎣🩹. Dont forget the bandaids and first aid kit next time.
Great video! 👍
The Yellow 90 & 130 Plopper's Is My
Go To: Bass/Pike/Muskie Lure's...
Those are goodns
This guy fishing is medicine
Those multiple hits on that plopper were awesome 👌
Thanks man
My first Aid is cotton bandana, hand sanitizer, and gorilla tape.. Love this channel man.
Nice action. Nothing like topwater. And sometimes you just have to make a blood sacrifice to the "river gods". 😁
I have a kayak bag that goes in the boat when I go out that does include a first aid kit. Also a copy of my launch permit, fire starting materials a spare knife sun screen and a flash light. It does not weigh much and is prepared in advance
Prepper?
Yes and no spent 12 years in the scouting program with my son and have hunted in some areas that are very remote so yea preper lol
Dude this video is so sick, good job
Thanks man
Great content! I too am a Central-Michigander :)
Nice fish 👍
I have the Whopper popper I got every one of them all the way from Big to small I absolutely love them Bob Elkhart👍👍👍👍
Nothing like top water fishing.
The Whopper popper is my go-to lure here in Killeen, Texas. The Widemouth Bass have no defense against it.
That's my flathead spot darn it😁.amazing river fish it yr round till ice.she is always full of surprises helluva fisherie
I always carry a small first aid kit in an old mint tin. Just some iodine, quickstitch bandaids, tweezers and wrappings. God knows my clumsy ass needs it..
Nice peaceful area to fish in with nice small mouth and pike does not get any better then that.
No trout though 😉
@@CrouseOutdoors That's OK it has Small Mouth :)
Dude awesome!!!!
Thanks man
Please… awesome video.
Nice Pike! He missed it so many times because the bait is being worked downstream going upstream! Fish are facing head up in the current, so the bait is coming up from behind them, spooking them turning away then striking! Instead of the bait being thrown upstream working towards the fish which is already in an ambush position and mode! Making a harder strike and almost hooking itself during the strike! Fishing lakes it's the suns position that is critical! Rivers & Creeks, it where there's a current break so fish can setup for prey being pushed downstream and not use a lot of energy holding place! That's why fishing saltwater no tide movement then no active fish! Rivers & creeks are similar especially in tidal situations! But during major lunar activity then fish will be active or in deeper rivers when majors fronts especially a deep low then fishing will be crazy especially in a lake low biometric pressure allows fish move up or down in the waters column with less pressure on their air bladder! High pressure blue bird days! Fish are sitting tight to cover allowing their bladders to adjust! Nice CPR!
Very cool video and the blowups were awesome. Good stuff.
Thanks man
Great video, I fish central Michigan as well. Keep the videos coming.
You got it!
New to Central Michigan and have only found maple river in gratiot County but I'm looking at the grand river are there any smallmouth down that way or do I head to Mount pleasant and fish those rivers
Great video be safe and GOD BLESS
Great fishing with that whopper plopper
Thanks
First time viewer, will be coming back lol dig your video style. Reminds me of NDYakAngler a little
Ya know I've heard that from several people
I definitely like the rematch of that.
The first second you said "Band - aids" I added it to my list of what I need on the boat. I knew that was a good idea the second I heard it. I added rags too - not into fish slime on the hands.
Yup. Pike are especially slimey critters
How does this video ONLY have 31k views??? Awesome video man!
Haha thanks man
Great content!
Thanks sir
Awesome man! Ive used a wopper plopped a few times with no luck but looks like I'm using the wrong size for bass.
We are headed up north end off July to hit the rivers again
Thanks for sharing brother, God bless
That sounds like a blast. Should try to talk my wife into doing something like that
My experience with whopper ploppers the 130 and 110 are your pike/musky go tos. 110 for pike 130 for musky. Watched my buddy hit a 48" musky from the bank with a whopper plopper. But for bass go with the 75 or the 90 size. I prefer the 90 size you'll still catch Dinks but it has a great cast ability to it
hi funny u say that i threw the 90 wp in loon for 2 years mainly in afternoons but a few mornings 2.never had 1 strike.then 1 sunday in am i caught 2 in a row near the bank.then i bought a few berkely versions and started catching em mainly on windy days with them.this year i havent caight anything on em.only a few on a mouse pattern buzzbait hy lunkerlure.lol.its been wacky and shakey head,ned rigs for me
What river is that don't gotta tell exact location
The poor baby ducks!🦆
Beautiful catch bro
Thanks man
OOH OOH YEAH CONGRATULATIONS MY BROTHER
Thank you thank you
Remember to go as slowly as possible...RUclips compensation is based on video length...hide the fish in your net until you've f'd around for a while, then toss him back, then make us watch you put your glove back on. Hall of Fame content right there!!!
Its good fishing
Nice video..,.you need to get a power-pole micro for your kayak. They work great in the rivers when you need to put your breaks on. Keep up the good work.
PowerPole works be great. Just not in the budget yet
Best places to fish are areas with little pressure. Fishing is usually very good.
New subscriber!
I've had close calls and gotten a few punctures from chain pickerel here in CT.
I have been fishing last two months and caught 2 bass so far. Looking at you catching some of those fish I feel like I m fishing wrong spots😃. Looks like no one visit those fish so they going nuts behind the whopper popper.
Definitely subscribing!
Thanks!
I wish largemouth would attack topwaters in broad daylight like this. I can count on my fingers and toes every topwater bite I've gotten in high, direct sunlight and many of those were schooling bass attacking bait. The frog is a totally different thing to me.
They do....I've placed very well in bfl or other tournaments with buzzbaits midday bright sunny sky's. You just have to know when. I caught 2 back to back 4.5 ĺbers on the Shenandoah...
.on my special buzz bait.
Smallies especially river smallmouth are one of the best species of our Great Lakes area. They grow slow and old so catch and release for me. Pound for pound best fun. Unless you get addicted to our Great Lakes steelhead.
Fish are weird. I've caught a catfish on a spinner in clear skies at noon.
What's your rod/reel set up if you don't mind? Excellent video!!
planet fishing vibee👍
Never seen them
@@CrouseOutdoors u can check it on this app,it a great game
The way that smallie hit that plopper 3, 4 times was awesome
Love their aggressiveness
Hi, so when you said 69 half degree temperature, is it more suitable to use top water lure? Then, what about warmest temperature something like 80 to 90 degree temperature? Should I use sinking lure for that?
Thanks :)
Hi, so when you said 69 half degree temperature, is it more suitable to use top water lure? Then, what about warmest temperature something like 80 to 90 degree temperature? Should I use sinking lure for that?
Thanks
Thanks for the content. You e got a new Subscriber
Awesome!
Nice job, I just fished the Grand River yesterday, had a nice day. Not as much top action though.
Nice
That was a dope strike at 4:00.
And now I see the bite at 8:40! That was sick!
Thanks man. It will get your heart pumping when they hit up close like that!
Those Diawa Rods are extremely underrated!!
Agree
I just got my first bite today on the plopper, early march i didn't get the hookset on em i wasn't expecting it ao close to the bank but hopefully its a good sign.
Beautiful 👍
Great channel
Thanks!
Do you ever catch good sized fish on the 90 and 75 sizes? The monkey butt and phantom shad colors have been excellent! Also, you should consider using a pike glove to handle pike. It will save wear and tear on your hand and will make handling a slippery like much easier to handle.
Catch tons if bass on the 90 and 75. May have to look into a glove
I buy a 120 berkley choppo Last week and i catch a 19" smallmouth bass on my first cast after 3 more cast i catch a 4 inch bluegill haha since that i never think again this lure is too big i have à 90 size frog color and à catch a 17" bass and 15 min later à 5" bass ... so cast reel and enjoy haha i dont speak english but i think you understand what im writting
Everything, the answer is everything.
Haha just about. Thankfully it didn't catch ME
Hello fishing brother. I’m in Southgate. That water looked good and that river looked like it had plenty of depth changes along your route. If you don’t mind; could you share where that’s at?
Awesome video..the Muskegon river is my backyard...I need to do alot more of this this year... Do you use a trolling motor on your kayak? Thanx for the video
Awesome man muskegon river is great! I don't use a trolling motor. Most the time I start at one road and float through the section to the next so I don't need a trolling motor
@@CrouseOutdoors awesome yeah my son I've been doing a lot of ice fishing this year and we're going to get back into kayak fishing which he's done quite a bit of it but I really haven't but I'm going to do a bunch this year since my cabins up north not too far from the pier Marquette and bunch of other rivers up there so thanks for the reply an awesome videos take care good luck fishing 👍🎣🐟
Nice place to fish there. New to fishing here. Haven't had much luck with the plopper yet here in PA. I have the black one and the bone one. The biggest catch was actually a 24" pickerel..
fish grips and bandaids🤙
What kind of knot are you connecting the mainline to the leader? Nail knot?