Chopper on Popper

Chopper on Popper

Pretty self explanatary...hordes of 'em round the souther beaches at the 'mo. This pair came from half an hour's work down @ Port Kennedy beach. Plenty more released to fight again...


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Well done,,never caught one

Sun, 2009-01-11 18:39

Well done,,never caught one on a popper,,always been a gang and mulies sort of guy,,can you catch them on calm waters? ,,i thought poppers were more white wash type fishing ?

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Hey Shorty - was mixing it

Sun, 2009-01-11 18:50

Hey Shorty - was mixing it up a bit mate :-) Had them hitting the traditional mulie setup, soon ran outta my small bag, then spun some on twisties, then chucked this out to success. Was pretty good fun seeing em hit the surface @ my local beach.

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No worrys,,i headed down for

Sun, 2009-01-11 20:59

No worrys,,i headed down for an hour or so tonight,,had no mulies but decided to use a hard body lure that looks like a mulie,,had one tailor grab it just as it was at my feet ,,that was a shock,lol(i was about to lift it for another cast) and another grabbed it deeper,,,,,it was a bit after dark at the time,,,

Might get myself a popper, sounds like fun,,,,,

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Watch those toes Shorty ;-)

Mon, 2009-01-12 11:23

Watch those toes Shorty ;-)

Sounds like a memorable outing there.

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Nice work mate

Mon, 2009-01-12 12:11

Pretty solid looking fish.
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awesome

Mon, 2009-01-12 13:45

Thats a pretty good sized popper to be throwing around as well, they must have been hungry.  Nice work Ado.

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Well its done the job,,i

Mon, 2009-01-12 16:10

Well its done the job,,i wonder if they work better on the full moon when the oceans calm " just pondering the thought,,

 

I know very little about poppers is that a Cordell cotton thingama jig ??

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Xheers Ads.   Shorty - They

Mon, 2009-01-12 19:32

Xheers Ads.

 

Shorty - They were caught last Wed night and the wind was well and truely howlin mate. Backed off a touch on dark tho still a good 15kn SW

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wow good work (Y)

Sun, 2010-04-25 01:29

wow good work (Y)

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