Only one lure sounds like the chugging, spitting, dog-walking Cotton Cordell Pencil Popper. That action and sound attracts stripers and big bass from long distances resulting in heart pounding vicious strikes; however, there is more to fishing a pencil popper than just casting it out and walking it. You have to know when to fish with it and where. After you know when and where, an angler should fine-tune their presentation with size and what color pattern will catch fish.
Pencil poppers come in a variety of sizes and color patterns. While the pencil popper has been a standard topwater bait for coastal anglers for years, inland striper and bass anglers are quickly becoming quite fond of them. The tail weighted Cotton Cordell Pencil Popper (www.lurenet.com) allows for ultra long casts and creates a chugging, spitting action when using the walk-the-dog retrieve.
Ever wonder how the smallest kid at the dinner table always seems to eat the most? How do they do it? It's like they have an bottomless pit. Well, the white bass on Beaver Lake in Northwest Arkansas have that same attitude. They will try to eat anything that looks like a quick, easy meal. That includes a 6-inch Cotton Cordell Pencil Popper in Chrome/Black. The splashing and walking action of the Pencil Popper draws vicious strikes from striped bass and any bass with an attitude.
Back and forth, back and forth, man I am walking back to the boat as fast as I can. Suddenly, out of nowhere a dark shadow appears under me. My pace quickens, at this point I’m bobbing and weaving so fast nothing could catch me. My trail on the lakes surface lay behind me and the boats refuge only yards away. Hastily, I pause for just a split second, than begin weaving back and forth to safety. Unfortunately, in my rush I forgot about the mysterious shadow below me and now scores of shadows are below me. They are zipping around me like submarines, waiting for just the right moment to attack.
Looking down at my fishing partner’s jerkbait in the crystal clear waters of Table Rock Lake it quietly wobbles back and forth. Not really a wide wobble, but a tight wobble. You can barely hear the wind blowing through the pine trees above us on a towering bluff. The silence is haunting. He shakes the jerkbait, but no sound. Not a rattle or weight transfer system inside it. He casts towards a row of cedar trees just under the water’s surface. One jerk, pause, two jerks, pause, one…bang! Another quality Kentucky bass comes darting out from the cedar tree and eats the lure. He fights the bass into the boat and looks at me then releases it. I cannot believe it. I am quickly get a lesson on the Lucky Craft Pointer 95 Silent and how it catches fish in clear and cold water when other baits with rattles are refused.
Jennifer Wiegmann casts, engages her reel, and begins the rhythmic walking-the-dog cadence. Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, Ka-Boom! A 25 ½-pound striper explodes on her topwater lure in water only 6 feet of water. The striper takes off with Jennifer’s topwater lure searching for deep-water statuary to hide in. Her rod bends, the line strips off the reel but she holds onto the rod. The striper runs, struggling for his freedom and surfaces with a loud splash trying to escape. Finally, the striper surrenders and into my waiting hands.
“Are you going to eat that?” I ask my large mouth buddy. “No, my doctor told me to cut down on prey with high cholesterol,” he replied. I turned towards the meal; it had stopped, just sitting there suspended and without warning it started moving away quickly. Without thinking, I swim towards it and swallow it. Ouch! What is that? The next thing I know I am being swung into a bass boat and thrown into a small dark box. What was I thinking? I know this water taxi driver is taking me to have my picture taken with him. If I could only resist that Mc Stick this would not happen.
For anglers who do not know, Spro Corp. has teamed up with Bassmaster Elite professional angler Mike McClelland to design a jerkbait. McClelland, who lives in Bella Vista, Arkansas, began his career fishing tournaments in the deep, clear reservoir like Table Rock Lake and Beaver Lake.
How do they do it? It's like they have an bottomless pit. Well, the white bass on Beaver Lake in Northwest Arkansas have that same attitude. They will try to eat anything that looks like a quick, easy meal. That includes a 6-inch Cotton Cordell Pencil Popper in Chrome/Black. The splashing and walking action of the Pencil Popper draws vicious strikes from striped bass and any bass with an attitude. 
Back and forth, back and forth, man I am walking back to the boat as fast as I can. Suddenly, out of nowhere a dark shadow appears under me. My pace quickens, at this point I’m bobbing and weaving so fast nothing could catch me. My trail on the lakes surface lay behind me and the boats refuge only yards away. Hastily, I pause for just a split second, than begin weaving back and forth to safety. Unfortunately, in my rush I forgot about the mysterious shadow below me and now scores of shadows are below me. They are zipping around me like submarines, waiting for just the right moment to attack.
