Topwater Popping/Walking Cadence Advisor

Every Bass angler LOVES topwater fishing. It's simply one of the best, and most enjoyable ways of catching fish. Full of excitement and adrenaline. But, it's not fun if you can't get the fish to bite... The proper cadence when popping, walking, or twitching your lure makes all the difference when drawing strikes from those pesky predatory fish. We designed this tool to help anglers fish topwater lures and improve their catch rates. Answer all inputs and get an expertly crafted recommendation for the proper cadence.

• Topwater popper fishing
• Topwater walking style baits
• Topwater Frogs or other hollow body lures
• Great for those who are new to topwater fishing or simply don't succeed in this technique
• Also great for anglers fishing unique conditions which may affect the way they fish topwater lures

Inputs and choices were picked to be universal and reliable source of factors that influence this question. One of the beauties of this is we are able to incorporate various lure types with the tool as well, such as poppers, prop style, walking baits, or frogs. Truly a universal topwater fishing tool. Some limitations include those ultra unique topwater lures that don't necessarily fit into these options. Also, certain bodies of water are famous for ultra unique topwater techniques so this tool uses the general knowledge and understandings of proper techniques to remain universally effective.

Here is an example output for somebody fishing for smallmouth bass in common fall conditions. Clear water, cool water temperatures, light isolated forage schools, using a walking style hard bait. This is common scenario the creator comes into contact with.

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Best Topwater Retrieve For You

1. Slow Walk with Pauses – Use a gentle side-to-side motion with your walking bait, allowing for longer pauses between each twitch to entice curious smallmouth. This slower cadence is effective in cloudy conditions where fish may be more cautious.
2. Sharp Twitches with Short Pauses – Incorporate a few quick, sharp twitches followed by brief pauses to create an erratic movement that can trigger strikes from smallmouth that are less active. This method works well in light wind, as it keeps the bait visible and enticing.

Pro Tip

Focus on making your bait look like an injured or struggling prey, especially during pauses, to draw in smallmouth in low forage activity conditions. Adjust your retrieve based on the fish's response to find the optimal cadence.

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Jacob, Owner of The Tool Collective. I'm an avid bass angler, and truly love topwater fishing. Nothing quite gets my heart racing like seeing a fish blow up on my frog or walking bait. I hope this tool finds the right audience and truly helps out some fellow bass anglers like myself. This is one of many bass fishing tools I have made with many more to come.

Made with The Tool Collectives unique AI engine and human crafted input, logic, and output criteria format. Enthusiasts design the precise required inputs, logic, and guiding prompt for the engine to be able to craft perfectly structred human crafted responses.