5" white punker

I also made one or two of such flat-sided topwater lures , but I much prefer the round-bodied ones .

It's not , that they don't provide sufficient action for me , but the round one are simply easier to turn down !

Yours looks very professional with its gill plates and tied rear treble:yes: , and I always wonder , wether such rear hook won't slow down the lures glide ?

But all the guys here on TU dressing rear trebles can't be wrong , so maybe , I oughta try it , too , lol:lol: !

Greetz , Dieter

Nice "clean" looking bait.

Thanks for the comments.

Braided Line,

I was trying to make a simple, fish attracting topwater, without going nuts in the detailing.

When I walk a lure, it's moving fast, and there's a lot of commotion and water movement, so I don't think detail is as important as size and general color scheme. I have detailed topwaters for clear water and brighter times, but I wanted something that would work for off colored water and low light, with a lot of flash and visibility.

Dieter,

The bottom is more rounded than the photos show. I leave the part under the head flatter, to give it a planing, lifting surface for the glide, but round the back two thirds more.

On this bait, the rounding isn't as pronounced. I was able to have the flatter sides because the lure is heavy enough to overcome the water resistance when I walk it or turn it on the glide. It's PVC, and weights around 2 oz.

I make my lighter baits more rounded, like the 5" trout I posted a while ago. It shines in brighter, clearer conditions, when the bass get a better look at the bait.

But I've found that a flat under the head is really important if I want a bait to glide, and not just walk.

And I agree that feathered trebles tend to inhibit a lure's walking motion. In this case, the lure is heavy enough that it overcomes the drag of the feather, and walks just fine.

Nice job Mark. I make my poppers to walk, and I put feathered trebels on all of those--I just won't hardly throw a topwater without a feathered treble, but like you say, it is easy enough to allow for the extra drag. Sometimes I think that the only purpose of the lure body is to carry that feathered treble out there!!!

--Especially when schools of big Stripers are busting on clouds of bait that is about an inch long: and I've seen big smallies do the same thing!!

Dean