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This on-the-fly control gives you a significant tactical advantage, streamlining your setup and keeping your focus on the fish

Not the lightest or fastest retrieve ratio, but tough and reliable

Lighter than that you need a whippier rod and the reel struggles a bit with startup inertia

Topwaters, especially frogs, can produce giant bass in places other lures struggle

The most common method for attaching the plastic to the hook is still the Texas rig, where a wide-gap hook point goes in the head of the plastic, back out, rotates, then the hook point is poked softly into the plastic, with the eye of the hook flush with the front of the plastic

Which topwater to use is dependent on the lake