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I can't figure out how to get a bite on top water. I've tried whoppers, poppers, buzzbait. Not even a bite. My 13 year old daughter loves throwing them, but no bites. I'd love to get some bites for her, and ultimately get her landing some. Ned rigs always land us some, and even lipless. But these top water are a tough nut to crack... Windy, warmer water, stained, clear, rain, cloudy... Tried it in all the different supposed good conditions and nothing.

I don't get these pros who say that 80 percent of the time they throw buzzbaits or the like. And they throw them year round.

Any suggestions?

Thank you! We have the chug bug and the popper. The buzzbait we have is this one https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Booyah_Buzz_Buzzbaits/descpage-BYB.html

Are there any videos you would recommend?

I live just south of Dale Hollow but mostly fish the small lakes and streams in the area. All bank and wading.

Thank you!

Try a Ned rig for a few trips and look where the wind is blowing. Put it next to structure and just gently and slowly hop it back to you. Don't cast far out cause you are likely just wasting time. I was where you were just a few months the ago and now me and my four kids caught over 55 fish in about 4 hours doing what I just told you. Ned rig is your friend.

BTW, what I mean by, "look where the wind is blowing" is that the fish will often be on the bank that the wind is blowing against. We were fishing a local mini-lake which is in-town so you can imagine the number of people that fish it. And there were at least 10 other anglers other than myself and my 4 children fishing when we showed up. There was a decent breeze coming across the water blowing against the NW bank, but everyone was gathered on the NE bank - and they weren't catching much. So we headed over to the NE bank and started working that area, with our Ned rigs and we cleaned up. In fact, we ended up pulling out our lipless crankbait and proceeded for the next 15 minutes to catch a fish every cast - which is fun. This happened in the beginning of March this year.

This of course doesn't happen every time, but every little thing you do that stacks things in your favor can tip you into starting to catch fish.

Any progress?