Well might as well put up a report even though the day wasn't that good. Headed out yesterday afternoon so we could camp the night and be right at our spot for the beginning of the run in tide early next morning. We were hoping for a quick pop that afternoon but we arrived just after the sun went down and light was fading fast... oh well a couple of quick casts and then off to find anchorage.

The next morning we woke up and started popping. Glenn hooked a 'petite' GT on about the third cast and things were looking good but it was a while before we got some interest from anything decent. I stopped popping mid retrieve to say something to Glenn when my sea frog was whacked good while it was just floating. Unfortunately I didn't hookup and he didn't come back for another go. Glenn had a 20kg spaniard get 10m airborne trying to eat his popper at a renowned big GT/spaniard spot. Later on, Glenn get's a nice hookup on his Cono Cono from another solid GT but pulled the hooks after about 3 seconds. 0 from 2 damn. Kept on popping and I had another awesome hit on the sea frog in which he grabbed it and pulled it under the surface without managing to hookup. He then proceded to hit the popper about 2 or 3 times while it was 2m below the surface but no hookup.

Decided to move to another island and while I was throwing poppers against a reef edge we noticed some splashes out wider so Glenn threw a cast out into the deep and his Cono Cono was slammed HARD. Glenn set the hooks violently to ensure he didn't lose this one but after the fish tried to run under IMMENSE drag pressure Glenn lost the fish. Closer inspection reveals the uni might have pulled. Damn 0 from 4 and an Orion popper down the drain :(

There was BULK milkfish around the area and one of my casts manage to jag one and it put up a good account of itself on GT gear but I pulled the hooks before I got it in. Kept popping for not much interest. Moved back to where we started early in the morning and had a few more casts and managed to raise another good size GT but no strike. Also did a bit of light jigging between popping spots, all the usual stuff cods, coral trout, gold spot trevally, sea perch, snapper plus a really nice spaniard which managed to get off.

WAAAAAY overdue a good days popping... only consolation is today is the first day in a long time we've been out in half decent weather.