Still Singin' the Praises of the Whopper Plopper

I'm talking about my friend, Ron, who sent me a report by email earlier tonight. He had been to a lake on base and found some decent catches, including three dinks, a 2-3, 2-10, and the 2-14 in the picture at right. Everything came on the Whopper Plopper.

"Nothing over 17.5 inches," he said, "but they were fat and healthy. It was nice to have some weight on the end of the line for a change. Even managed a 10-inch white perch on the same bait."

Ron went on to say that, just after sunset, he caught two nice crappie (as seen at left) on back-to-back casts. One measured 13 inches; the other measured 13.5 inches. "They both were exceptionally fat and will make some great tacos," he noted, adding that they, too, fell for the Whopper Plopper.

A friend, who was out with Ron, had a bizarre hook-up: double bass at 17 and 21 inches on the same lure--a Whopper Plopper, of course (see photo at right). Ron theorized that, since his 17-incher weighed 2-10, he figured his friend had at least 8 lbs. of bass on that lure.

"He didn't have a scale," said Ron, "and I was too far away to be of any help. His hollering, though, was indicative of a great catch."