Kermit’s Revenge: The Case for Frog-Patterned Topwater Poppers

In the days when the Hula Popper was the king of the popping topwaters, it seemed that every manufacturer had one or more frog-themed models and anglers relied on them heavily. That’s changed, and it’s become harder in that genre to replicate an amphibian.

Part of that, I’m sure, is because when Rick Clunn, Zell Rowland and other East Texas guides revealed the power of the otherwise-to-be-discontinued Pop-R, they were fishing it fast to replicate shad. The other is the rise of soft-bodied frogs, including popping models, that stole some of the treble-hooked models’ glory.

But ignore frog-colored poppers at your own risk. They can still be made to look like a calorie-packed easy meal, and that means you should probably keep some of the following in the boat:

Yo-Zuri 3DB Series Popper

Prism Frog

Yellow Magic Japanese Popper

Yellow Frog

Rapala Skitter Pop

Frog

Lunkerhunt Impact Popper

Lily Pad

Lobina Ricos

K Frog

LIVETARGET Frog Popper

Green Yellow

Caperlan WXM PPR 65 Popper

Frog

Berkley Bullet Pop Popper

MF Frog

Storm Rattlin Chug Bug

Bullfrog

Imakatsu MJ Popper

Tree Frog

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