RHODE ISLAND POPPERS Casting lures

Our Casting lure collection and helpful hints.

Whether for striped bass in the North East, reds in the Gulf or salmon on the pacific coast you won't find a better assortment of quality hand made wooden or acrylic lures than right here.

Here is a little "How To" section on our inshore casting lures. To order or for information on pricing click on the pictures or use the link above to contace us at Rhode Island Poppers.

The Big Bass Popper

What a fantastic Popper this is. Made from Basswood and fully sealed than using the best U.V paint for an extreme view by the fish. This lure is 6.5" long and weighs 2.7 oz and they cast like a rocket. Build with 4X strong VMC Red hooks, Krok swivels and Wolverine Split rings.

The RHODE ISLAND POPPERS JOINTED SWIMMER

It's a beautiful 6.5" long jointed swimmer that is just slightly under neutral boyant. This lure will dig and wiggle like only a jointed can. And the weighting is just right to allow a very VERY slow rise when it's paused almost sitting still. You can cast this lure our in any conditions and it's action will draw the strike your looking for. The super action allows for use in calm waters but will hold in the rough.

Acrylic Poppers, WOW these lures attract and reflect sooo much light into the water its completely WILD. They are sinking lures so you need to start your retrieve as soon as they hit. Either a fast steady motion or slow popping will keep them up and draw the fish.

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Acrylic Flaptail Darter: Can you say STRIPER CANDY? These smaller 1.5 oz sinking darters have an indiana blade on the rear that causes incredible vibration and flash to this lure. After the cast give it a count down and bring the lure in with slow rod tip rises and 1/2 turns.

Fat-Head DEEP Swimmer!

There have been a couple article written that say there's no deep swimmers out there and I have to completely dis-agree with them This fantastic deep swimmer has been putting people on fish for a while and they are just a super lure that cast better than most other metal lips and are built from Hard-Birch and built to get your fish in.

HERE IT IS: RI Poppers Large PIKIE

This large classic looking pikie is just "The Best" swimming plug you'll find. The large wobble and wiggle is incredible to watch. This enticing action will stir the most finicky fish to strike. It's unique design allows you to very slowly retrieve it along the surface and it will dance like a star. The difference with RI Poppers version is the lure can dig! You can effectively work this lure down to 4 - 5' and when you find a rip in the water this big girl shines. Just feed her back in the current and she'll do her dance.

Classic Needlefish Lures. They are great fish catching lures. I make both Floating and Sinking models. The floating models work best when retrieved very slowly (if you think your going too slow *SLOW DOWN MORE) with occasional twitch of the line and add some pauses. The sinking models can be dragged through the sand like a sand eel hatch or stagger your retrieve like your walking the dog under water.

The Real-Eel Thin Popper. This is the most realistic looking eal color pattern you'll find anywhere. This light weight 1.9 oz. lure is over 8" long and is a floating popper that is deadly in the shallows and bolder fields. Just swim it very slowly on the surface with occasional pops and HOLD ON.

RI Large Slant Head is a 8" long and 3.4 oz (approx). This lure when retrieved wiggles side to side and runs from 2' to 5' depending on where you adjust the lip. I send them out to run at 2 to 3'. If you pause the retrieve this lure will rise slowly to mimick a dying fish. This lure can be trolled behind the boat or cast and retrieved from slow to moderately for a nice action.

Junior Slant Head is 5" long and 1.8 oz. This lure cast very well and has a unique wiggle action It digs right in and runs down to 5 feet deep depennding on your retrieve speed. It's a pretty tight action for a lure of it's size. If you paus the retrieve it will slowly rise to mimick a dying fish.This can also be trolled for great action.

OLD FAITHFUL: The leadered Bluefish popper. This lure is what got us started it is through wired with 100 pound *American fishing wire multi SS. This lure has caught me thousands of fish without losing it to the toothy blues. I've gotten many striper on them too. It's a floating lure that lies flat on the surface and make s a popping noise.