double plopper river 2 sea 5 8 oz fishing lure River2Sea Whopper Whopper Plopper 90 /130 are the little brothers of our larger version River2Sea Whopper Plopper | FishUSA

Use a stronger split ring that wont bend or break easily and bigger, sharper hooks to help increase your hookup ratio

Flapper-style trailers like Z-Mans Billy Goat or Strike Kings Menace are better at keeping the bait up a little higher over vegetation

I once returned from a late June BWCA trip in which we caught close to 100 bass, walleye and pike on nothing more than a tube jig and orange bass crank baits

Now, over two decades later, its still the lure I tie on in the summer when fish just arent responding to anything else

Some of the bigger fish have been around for 25 to 30 years and are as smart as their age suggests