I guess the ole' Hula Popper is outdated? Caught alot of fish on them, but quit using them for some reason.

Unfortunately Johnny,
Nowadays nobody fishes slow. The Hula Popper was at its best when fished as a spit and sit bait. Sit baits aren't popular any more. If it ain't fast, it ain't good, cept for the shaky and the jig. I caught plenty of Bass on a hula letting it sit for 30 seconds to a minute after twitching it. Did the same with a rapala too! I guess the cycle hasn't come around on topwaters yet. Let some big name win a tourney working a top water slow and it will be popular again. Notice how the plastic worm is coming into vogue again?

No doubt the Hula Popper has its moments. I think you're right, not enough anglers fish slow any more-a lot of run and gun specialists.

I think that has a lot to do with society today! Everything is run and gun. Get it done as fast as you can, catch as many as you can and move on. Tournament fishing is a lot of fun but just kicking back and having a nice relaxing day on the water is just not the norm anymore (for some). I catch myself doing it all the time, got to hurry and cover as much water as I can in the small amount of time I have to fish, but when I slow down and take time to enjoy everything around me I see my fishing improving. My first boat was a little two man water spider pond hopper. I could not cover as much water so I fished slower and more covered as much of the area as I could. I caught more fish fishing that way than I do now in my big boat. If I don’t get a bit soon in the big boat I head to another area. When really I should probably slow down and do what I know to catch the fish that are there. (I know they are there because of research)

Anyway back to the point the Hula Popper was the only topwater baits in my Granddads Tackle box and they caught a lot of fish!

I still use them today...some I have modified...I fish the other popper baits the same way..."spit and sit"...and do well...

I took an old Hula Poopper with me today, but didn't use it. The bite was worms only-actually a snake lure-10".