Keepin' it poppin'

[Esox Luciano]

Been throwing the homemade popper at almost every spot I go to lately. Have had some good success with it and decided to throw on a bigger hook on to try for some teeth. Was able to move a few around and oddly enough the popper was the only offering they wanted that day. Nothing crazy, but stayed busy and had a blast with it!
With the high temps the following day, I decided to get off the Passaic and get to some clean water spot I found in the woods so I can take a dip while fishing. The popper got to work immediately helping me land the 1st 2 bass. They get picky in this water and will only bite on soft plastics when using subsurface lures. So after the popper stopped being effective, I threw on some cool soft plastics I got from a bass guy in NY. Some weird looking leech/tentacle looking sticks. Whatever they're supposed to mimic, the bass loved it. Got a few more on that and some nedded kietechs and stayed busy for a few hours. Biggest that day ran 18" @2.2.
Also, was meeting up with a buddy at a northern river to do it up again. Got there about 15 minutes before him so I was intent on wetting my line before he got the chance. This I learned from his brother! With that, after 3 casts my lure gets sucked down by this 1st fish and after a small battle, was able to jump in and land this lil fattie. After snapping the pic solo,(all pics are done solo) and getting her back in the drink, my buddy pops up right at the release. About 3 hrs later he actually caught the same one right near the same area! The mark on the lip & tail were easily distinguishable. No need for him to take measurements either cause I took them 3hrs earlier. Starting & endind the 93° day with a 20" Larry @3.9! Not too bad for these doggy days!
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[Fred E. Goose]

I'm sure it was a great feeling catching on the homemade lure. There are more and more youtube vids on DIY luremaking, some of the results are amazing but most make me jealous of their garage woodshop! And you're right about the dog days man, glad to see you beat the heat with some nice catches.

[Mikey topaz]

The homemade popper comin in HOTTTTT!!!! Love it

[thmyorke1]

wow! Better make more cuz that popper is getting action. Lots of lmbs and a nice pike there.

[icebadger]

Homemade lure success nothing better then that nice fish for your efforts keep up the good work. did you ever get those zaras to run true?

[FASTEDDIE29]

BASSMASTER classic with some Pikes in the mix. Gotta love the damage the homemade popper can do. Well done man!!!:D

[JDTuna]

Awesome man. Always great when you catch on your own stuff.

[Esox Luciano]

Thanks guys, shit was awesome connecting with the popper! If I do make more Luke, the next one would have to be a touch bigger I think.
. did you ever get those zaras to run true?
Hell no!🤣😅 Didn't even mess with it again. Come wintertime I'll have time to tinker with a few things but the summertime always has me on the run. Still surprised the popper works over that spook though.
Got another chance to hit Point View yesterday and had no love with the popper, or any topwater lures for that matter. My buddy was on them quick with soft plastics so after switching to something similar, was able to bag a few also. All 2lbers for the day but stayed busy and had a blast with and old friend!
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[Adrenalinerush]

Awesome job catching fish on your own home made lure! Doesn't get any better than that!

[bigfishy]

How crowded was point view?? We were gonna go but had too much other chit goin on...maybe in a couple weeks??

[bigfishy]

I believe sat the 29th is last day of the 4 open days this year.

I believe you are correct

[Esox Luciano]

How crowded was point view?? We were gonna go but had too much other chit goin on...maybe in a couple weeks??

Wasn't too crowded at all. I think to thin out the crowd, they did not allow everyone to come. Makes sense though during the covid. Still able to shoot the breeze with the next guy though. Always good to bullshit with the other anglers there!