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The Allure of Topwater Fishing

CAI | By Steve Junker
Published July 3, 2020 at 10:19 AM EDT
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Pencil poppers, chuggers, torpedoes... topwater lures can bring some of the most exciting inshore fishing. There's no greater thrill than when a striper or bluefish smashes one of these on the surface.

Today Kevin Blinkoff of On The Water magazine gives us a primer on topwater lures, the basic types, and why fish respond to them. And we round up the week's local fishing action. Give a listen. 

  

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Steve Junker
Steve is Managing Editor of News. He came to WCAI in 2007. He also hosts the weekly News Roundup on Friday mornings and produces The Fishing News.
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