Fishing Planet - Topwater fishing at Everglades, Florida including a 3-dot popping presentation.

I am doing some topwater lure fishing at Everglades, Florida and I am showing different ways I can retrieve and set the hook. It is a long video, so please use the time stamps to skip to the part you want to see.
There are better ways to get the Unis at Everglades but I wanted to have some fun with topwater lures and catch Unique Largemouth Bass, Unique Butterfly Peacock Bass, Unique Florida Gar and Unique Common Snook. Usually I don’t do this type of fishing because it can be frustrating with lots of missed strikes. In competitions it can be even worse and I am not sure why.
00:01 - Intro
00:26 - Setups
02:25 - Straight retrieve. This retrieve gets me smaller fish compared to what I can get if I have 2-dot presentation with the same lure. It is still possible to get some Uniques with bigger lures or x-series lures but it takes time and persistence. See 16:05 and 16:49
5:25 - Straight retrieve with pumps. This is the one I use the most
6:47 - kind of Stop&Go retrieve with pumps. I use this one when I have small/short strike zones.
8:07 - Setting the hook after the fish attacks the lure and sinks it.
10:37 - Setting lure before fish strikes.
12:21 - Setting the hook at the same time of the fish strike. Hardest for me to do with smaller fish such as LM Bass and Peacock Bass. Smaller fish like that has faster animation and often doesn’t give much warning and is hard to time it right. With bigger species things are a little easier.
13:46 - Perfect 3-dot popping presentation with major poppers. Right now this is the only perfect topwater presentation I can achieve at will. Pump(1sec), reel(1sec), pause(1-2secs). Holding the rod at good angle(not too high and not to low) helps to get the 3 dots.
16:05 - Unique Peacock Bass on straight retrieve with 4/0 walker at “The Floating Tickets”
16:49 - Unique Largemouth Bass on straight retrieve with x-series walker at “Lily Pad Channel”
17:30 - Unique Peacock bass at “The Floating Tickets”.
18:13 - Unique Florida Gar at “The Floating Tickets”
19:00 - Unique Largemouth Bass at “Lily Pad Channel”.
19:47 - Unique Common Snook at “Salty Delta”
Thanks for watching.

[@luckyjeniusjm]

I know this video is 2 years old, but I wanted to say thank you anyway. I was having a really hard time with Popper's and with setting the hook with top water lures(which is almost embarrassing to say, because I never have those issues when fishing in real life...lol). After using the techniques you shared in this video my top water lure game has gotten so much better!! So thank you for making this video, and taking the time to go into detail while showing a number of different ways to do it. I'm now a subscriber too!

[@frankhughes7679]

Thank you for the time and effort you put into these videos and may I say your english is very good

[@igors4731]

Honestly mate this is most successful video i have ever seen regards top water lures how you motion them. I have two accounts both with many rangs on them but still struggling with top waters. Much appreciated for your effort. Would be great if you can shared your experience on Kongo. Best regards

[@Alberto-mz4oq]

very very nice!!!

[@absolem6585]

Thank you for sharing those very intresting informations.

[@q1164]

Nice video Bulkan 👍 very informative 🙂.

[@yagzerol2048]

thank you

[@Dirk_Von_Dickshlinger]

The hook set while holding stike before the fish hits is for sure the best. Just one problem I had was the advertisement every 2 mins. It really sucks. I'm not sure if you are the one in control of that, if you are please lay off the ads almost made the video not watchable. Love the videos. Please make a video about the complex rigs and what presentations work best for you. I'm curious to hear your opinion. Keep making videos Bulken! (wanted to add that at the position you were casting at 8:00 is best uni butterfly spot. X series frog popper usually gets me one in about 4 casts just make sure that you cast it all the way to the bushes. Best way I have found)

[@RucaTuga]

In the video you are reacting exactly at the time the fish is striking the hook but I don´t see any clue of when the strike is about to happen. Unless this is post-comment, that would explain it. If not, while using the Popper, how exactly do you know when the fish is going to strike?

[@Coveite]

nice one buddy :)

[@garyevans9589]

Thank you

[@lauramarcu5677]

I like to see this vide because i fish here right now:)))

[@m.sspeckyy7494]

Thank you man for your video! I really enjoy it! Im currently level 28 trying to make some money on everglades, i currently use walker 1/0 on my spinning setup! What setup do you suggest me to buy for making good money?

[@hermesdoom3703]

Hello Bulkan I prefer using titanium leader because thouse lures are expensive, to avoid pike and gar bites

[@marchfifth1754]

It's so weird, i've literally never lost a lure to a fish and never touch leaders. When snags were a real issue in the game years, years, years ago I lost a few at low level but snags don't seem to happen anymore.

[@cemmarcmeyer3133]

The best one is frog. I catched today 2 unique gar and 3 unique largies

[@CleverBoy0098]

what is leader and what's the best leader for spinning ?

[@zhivkogeorgiev2996]

Bulgarin si nali :D

[@xxlynx_icexx5156]

I don’t have the 3 dot and I can’t catch anything

[@TitanBeats]

you're supposed to wait for the fish to take it down, thats how topwater is designed to feel like a real frog so they don't let go immediately

[@lauramarcu5677]

Yeee

[@dragfire6263]

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