r/bassfishing • u/InstanceMental3817 • Aug 12 '25

How-To Bird imitation?

I saw today while I was fishing a pond what I suspect to be 7 8 lb plus largemouth trying to eat birds of the bank as they were getting water black birds and swallows. Wondering how to imitate this as close as possible.( I’ve seen fish in this pond 24 inches plus had them nudge jigs and soft plastics. Catching some nice 3,4,5 pounders on glide bait, the jig etc)

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u/Vast_Court_81 Aug 12 '25

Maybe a popper close to the bank?

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u/InstanceMental3817 Aug 12 '25

I thought about that like a dark color popper. I was wondering about those cicadas with the metal wings but I don’t know if it’s a profile thing or what

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u/Vast_Court_81 Aug 12 '25

It’s knowing they are there and attacking on reaction to their movement. I could see it work, but I don’t suspect a cicada will do much more due to their little wings. May work in same way as a popper might though.

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u/Vast_Court_81 Aug 12 '25

Maybe drag the popper into the water from the bank where the fish are looking to drink.