Topwater plugs may not always be the most effective way to catch fish from the beach, but they are definitely the most fun. There are a ton of topwater plugs available to surfcasters, and all of them catch fish, but here are five of my favorites.
Top 5 Topwater Plugs for Stripers in the Surf
Topwater plugs may not always be the most effective way to catch fish from the beach, but they are definitely the most fun. There are a ton of topwater plugs available to surfcasters, and all of them catch fish, but here are five of my favorites.


I want bay this5 top plugs
Tattoo Sea Dog, Lordship Agitator, and Yo-Zuri Surface Cruiser.
Guppy pencils
Left Hook Pilgrim
After Hours Jr Blip
Yo-Zuri Surface Cruiser
Tsunami Timber Polaris in the bunker color.
Super Strike Little Neck Popper, Guppy Pencil, Rapala Walk the Dog
Gag’s grabber 5 1/2 ” topwater, color-holographic. It has the best action and sound!
D.Mag 3.7 oz pencil popper
RV Surfster wooden swimmer
Big Rock 5.2 Shovel head wooden swimmer
Sunset Customs large wooden swimmer
Lex Lures large pencil popper
Saltys surfster,Diawa sp minnow,Gibbs pencil,super strike Darter,lonely angler needlefish
A pearl or chartreuse/yellowback bomber have caught me more stripers in the Nantucket surf than any others.
Gold w/red top & silver w/black top split-body Rebels floaters (Casting or trolling), Pet Spoons (Casting or trolling) and white or chartreuse Hair Raiser bucktail jigs with long curly tails (trolling only). The Hair Raisers are deadly during the daylight hours.
Rebel Jumpin Minow
Tattoos spook
Woodys large swimmer
Habs small needle
Yozuri surface cruiser blue white
Mambo minnow
Thank you Steve have a great day vinnie
I started surf fishing I like to catch fish on top could on long island what is the top 6 surface plugs I should have. Thank you Vinnie fernsndez
Lights Out Pencil
I only know the jumping minnow and the super strike popper.
What are the names of the other 3?