Sometimes a pencil popper is the lure to hurl to striped bass, because of the bait that schools or the waters that are fished.

Sometimes you wish you had a smaller pencil.

Guppy Lure Company wanted to make a smaller one, and introduced a 1-1/4-ouncer.

The popper, the smallest among several pencils that the company makes, is meant for fishing for stripers in back waters

Or it can be worked in calm to moderate surf.

Making a small pencil popper was challenging, because of less wood to offset weight in the rest of the lure, the company says.

Sometimes weight is added to create the right action, and the hardware also contributes weight.

Pencil poppers, because of the angled head, create motion
that entices fish.

They’re visually exciting to fish, when the angler watches the plug splash along the surface retrieve, then a bass smash it there!

Pencils also cast a long distance, great
for covering waters, and can imitate a variety of bait.

The 1-1/4-ouncer, at 5 1/4 inches long, can imitate smaller baits like finger mullet, spearing, sardines, rain bait, silversides, tinker mackerel or peanut bunker.

The wooden, floating lure is round-bottomed and through-wire constructed, and comes with two VMC 1/0 treble hooks.

Colors available are Pearl, Yellow Scale, Blue/Pink and Silverside. 

Guppy makes several other wooden pencil poppers in different sizes, and a wooden bottle-neck or Polaris-type popper.

Guppy’s 1-1/4-ouncer is one of the market’s best small pencils, the company believes.

For more info, visit the Guppy 1-1/4-ouncer’s Web page.