popper color

[Mike P]

If you fish the Canal often enough, you will see days when one color will outproduce everything else. Even when the fish are on mackerel. That's why some regulars carry three flavors of mackerel (green, blue and pink).

And it's not necessarily true that all a fish sees of a popper is the bottom. If you have a plug that floats almost vertically at rest, like a pencil popper or a floating Polaris, and work it correctly, the entire arse end of the plug can be subsurface between pops. Fast retrieves and exaggerated pops result in bluefish. Some of the better Canal rats make a Polaris gurgle and slurp on the pop instead of making a big slash, and retrieve it as slow as a swimmer at night. And make a pencil popper sit almost in place on a rip and dance up and down

[CANAL RAT]

Originally Posted by Mike P

If you fish the Canal often enough, you will see days when one color will outproduce everything else. Even when the fish are on mackerel. That's why some regulars carry three flavors of mackerel (green, blue and pink).

And it's not necessarily true that all a fish sees of a popper is the bottom. If you have a plug that floats almost vertically at rest, like a pencil popper or a floating Polaris, and work it correctly, the entire arse end of the plug can be subsurface between pops. Fast retrieves and exaggerated pops result in bluefish. Some of the better Canal rats make a Polaris gurgle and slurp on the pop instead of making a big slash, and retrieve it as slow as a swimmer at night. And make a pencil popper sit almost in place on a rip and dance up and down

may through early nov i fish the canal every day or night,i was just thinking about it, some times things are made to catch fisherman not fish.

[Bob Thomas]

About 2 years ago, Dad and I were fishing a cloudy day at the Canal. The fish were slamming Black poppers ONLY. I was confused as to why they were hitting the Black during daylight hours. We were just throwing and scouting after a long night of jigging. They would not touch any other color.

[luds]

Has anyone had success with floating poppers with over-sized mouths?

I was thinking about trying that style more this year as I mainly use yozuri hydro pencils, spooks and Hab's squid poppers for topwater. Just wondering if I should bother. It's tough to leave what's worked for you in the past.

Some examples of the design I'm speaking of would be the new Stetzko popper or a Smack it.

I guess my question is a little off topic but everyone's talking about popper types in addition color and that question came up for me.