If you don’t know how to fish with poppers and get the most from these lures, now’s the perfect time to learn, as the topwater bite is in full swing and will stay good through summer and into fall.

There’s rarely a warning. Not with pike. When a striped bass attacks a topwater fly, you often see a boil or a swirl before the toilet flushes. Snakeheads will track a foam frog and wake the surface ...

Freshwater anglers have lots of topwater options. In the bass game especially, those looking for surface eruptions can dip into practically any lure genre and find the perfect bait to call up a hog.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... There’s simply no experience in fishing like a topwater strike. Whether it’s a violent eruption of water or a subtle “gulp,” the strike is what keeps anglers ...

Topwater lures are in a league of their own. Nowhere in the fishing world will you find a more eclectic, bizarre, and curious collection of tackle. Companies have spawned seemingly every conceivable ...

Topwater lures are the go-to fishing lures of mid- to late summer. These are effective artificial lures that float and move on the top of the water. They can work when other lures fail. A topwater ...