Pencil popper help.

[Circlehook]

At the canal at daybreak. Throwing white with pink stripe pencil to breaking fish mid-canal. The fish where tailwhipping the popper, out of the water at times. They where not biting it though.

What would you do? I changed retrieve speeds many times. THe one that worked the best was a fast noisy retrive for a few yards, then I let the popper sit, it would get whacked, then I would move it a few more yards and it would get whacked again. I saw tails afew time stick out of the water.

Should I have switched colors? Whey do fish do this? Very frusterating to have all the fish out in front of me, and still get skunked - thought I had the tide and location right, and they where there...but nothing.

Jon

[Slingah]

twitch rod fast...make that thing throw water everywhere...you might have not been going fast enough...happened to me today..I sped up and that what they wanted, with a pause now and then...
Then I put on a BigFish Danny and started getting bigger fish...

[moosh]

Reel that sucker as fast as you can , and twitch

[tattoobob]

some times fish just want to play

[Cranium]

I have that happen to me. Usually, I let twitch the plug fast w/o reeling, let it sit for a quick second then start again, this works sometimes. I also like using split rings on top water plugs.

[gone fishin]

Welcome to the ditch! frustrating eh ?? The fish and current are moving so fast and with plenty of bait, they slap and continue. I like to try and keep the plug jumping - thrashing and hope for a solid hookup. Ditch Trolls