Best Walking Bait Rod

LipRipper_MN reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Hard Topwater (Walking) technique and Dobyns Rods Champion XP Crankbait Rods on Lake Pepin. Additional comments from this report: "Get out early! Beat the heat and beat everyone else out there, have been having awesome success early walking baits over points, and submerged grass! Bluegill or shad patterns based on the lighting conditions and water color! "

Dicky D reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Hard Topwater (Walking) technique and Dobyns Rods Champion XP Crankbait Rods on Upper Cormorant Lake. Additional comments from this report: "Just got back from Upper cormorant Lake for a week with my family. This was some of the most exciting topwater fishing I have ever seen. Water temperature was mid 70s and water clarity was maybe 1 - 2 feet due to a algal bloom. Fins any shallow water cover and hold on. This big bait seemed to really draw them to the bait. It really excelled in the morning and at the end of the day, but by the end of the trip I was throwing it all day. "

Jason Glerum reported catching Smallmouth Bass using the Hard Topwater (Walking) technique and Dobyns Rods Champion XP Crankbait Rods on First Lake (MI). Additional comments from this report: "From shore in a shallow river channel. Vegetation was submerged with pads along the bank on either side. First cast and she smoked it. "

Katherine Field reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Hard Topwater (Walking) technique and Shimano Zodias Casting Rods on Lake Athens. Additional comments from this report: "Had a blast on Athens, chasing schooling largemouth busting on schools of shad. Had good success with the Evergreen shower blow in shad pattern amongst the schools and running parallel to pads and over submerged vegetation"

Ben Miller reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Hard Topwater (Walking) technique and Shimano Zodias Casting Rods on Lake Sinclair. Additional comments from this report: "July 4th, water temp mid-upper 80’s Early morning topwater bite along sea walls and long tapering points. Buzz baits and poppers will also work this time of year. Bigger bites on a walking bait on main lake points with rock or brush."

River Rat Fishing reported catching Smallmouth Bass using the Hard Topwater (Walking) technique and Shimano Zodias Casting Rods on Lake Maxinkuckee. Additional comments from this report: "I was walking the topwatrr down the sides of the docks.."

LipRipper_MN reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Hard Topwater (Walking) technique and Shimano Curado Casting Rods on Lake Pepin. Additional comments from this report: "Got on a nice pattern locating fish with this topwater then slowing down and picking them apart but the big walking bait helped me find the active fish! Don’t be afraid to fish fast and cover water with a walking bait then slow down once you find the fish! "

Will Burch reported catching Smallmouth Bass using the Hard Topwater (Walking) technique and Shimano Curado Casting Rods on Kentucky Lake. Additional comments from this report: "Shower blows perform excellent in the wind. They call smallmouth in for miles. "

Max Newkirk reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Hard Topwater (Walking) technique and Shimano Curado Casting Rods on Pickwick Lake. Additional comments from this report: "We caught 13.7lbs by fishing the edge of grass lines with a topwater. The bass would typically miss the topwater and we would throw in there with a tube or fluke and we would catch the fish. Finding grass in the back of pockets that had some depth would usually produce a few fish for us. "