The crush of a big fish on a big topwater lure is the king thrill of plugging. It is the moment that defines the technique. Fly fishing, for all its pomp and circumstance, usually sacrifices the big ...

Capt. Theophile Bourgeois is an admitted topwater diehard. He'll fish surface plugs during the seasons of the year when other anglers don't even carry them in their tackle boxes. He loves seeing ...

We find ourselves back in the saltwater, this time using top water plugs targeting striper and bluefish. For attached your top water plug to your line, you can tie it direct, though I suggest using a ...

Arguably the most underrated pattern along the entire Gulf Coast is throwing big, noisy topwater plugs to speckled trout as long as a man's arm during the late-winter and early spring months. It's a ...