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Marvellous catch and great photo! Very well done indeed. Ian

The clip captures it all. Very well done and congratulations on a beautiful PB Nicely done and thanks for sharing. Keep up the superb work. Ian

Nicely done Bigfed and good on you for persisting That's a beautiful looking flathead. Keep up the great work. Ian

Tremendous session Yowie You always deliver the goods and bring home a nice feed and good on you for looking after your mum too. Congratualions on your 1000th post by the way! Top work and keep it up. Ian

Excellent work Mrs & Mr Swordfisherman! Nice photos and top report. Thanks for sharing and good luck with the marlin. All the best Ian

Tremendous stuff Witha! Well done on getting a few nice fish. Congratulations on the yak and keep up the top work. Ian

Nice work TC and some quality fish there in top condition. Excellent stuff mate and good luck with the new rod. Ian

Great fish mate and congratulations on your tremendous PB! Excellent session and keep up the great work. Well done sir. Ian

Great stuff Dave as always. Nice report too! Love the infringement part! Well done Ian

Nice work and good on you for taking your youngster out. Well done Ian

Luc / Witha: Thanks guys and it's my pleasure That's what this is all about sharing experiences on the Forum and learning something that you would probably otherwise not try yourself. Have a top weekend and hope you have a chance to get out there land some big ones. All the best Ian

Nicely done TC. Beautiful looking fish. Great stuff and well done Ian

Great work as usual Yowie. You always produce the goods. Well done Ian

Thanks guys for the nice comments Luc: The lure is a Megabass PopX 64mm in the Modena bone colour. A bit pricey but I got it on special. It has a great rattle system inside and a crazy popping/walking action to create a lot of commotion to hopefully draw the fish in. It casts like a bullet too. I down sized the trebles a little too as the standard ones were too big for my liking for bream. For surface I usually target shallow water/flats a couple of hours either side of a high tide. A good cast away from you will see you spooking less fish. Then begin your retrieve with a series of pops/bloops and pauses and mix it up too to see what they want on the day. Sometimes 5 or 6 quick pops then a pause, then 2 or 3 pops then a longer pause etc. Shaking the rod at the same time as winding will also create a sensational zig zag popping/walking action. Walking the shoreline and covering ground is also important. If you see a bream following your popper but won't commit just give the popper 1 or 2 very very slight pops and pause it and see what happens. If it is still there add a few more subtle pops and pause. I've hooked them while the popper was paused as well as while it was moving briskly so it just depends what they want on the day. I'm certainly no gun fisho but this has produced some fish for me. What helped me a lot also was reading through 'Hodgey's How to Guide' which is pinned in the Saltwater Lure & Fly Chat Section and Roberta also made a significant contribution to this article too. This is a must read for anyone wanting to get into surface breaming. I hope this helps mate and give it a shot as it is an extremely exciting and visual way to fish. Good luck Ian

Exceptional work Pete! That's a tremendous effort especially the horse of a bream. Must have pulled like a freight train Good on you on the release too and for not keeping the fish out of the water too long. I've only used mono once for surface and couldn't really notice any difference compared to fluro but I'll keep experimenting. I suppose it will more critical for smaller lures as you say. And yes shallow flats are always worth a shot. Keep up the nice work mate and thanks for sharing. Ian

Hey Raiders, Went out on the weekend to my local waterway to try and pop up some bream or whiting. Wasn't expecting much as the the tide wasn't that great, the wind was quite strong plus full sun conditions as well but I thought I would go anyway and enjoy the sunshine at least before the family needed me back home. With the considerable chop on the water I thought I would tie on a larger popper than usual that also walks nicely to make more splash and noise rather than a standard walker. I'm glad I did though as about 15 mins into the session I got a nice hit followed by a few sizzling runs taking line and landed a nice one which gave a solid account of itself. A quick measure and what do you know...... a new PB I could only manage a few small whiting after that on the same lure and they really smashed it too coming out of nowhere and charging it down. Some of them were not much bigger than the lure itself! Might have to use this lure more often in the future All fish safely released to fight another day. Many thanks in advance Raiders for any comments posted. Have a great week everyone. All the Best & Happy Fishing Ian

You're in fine form Kingfisher Well done mate and please keep em coming. Ian

Great stuff Ryder and congratulations to you and your Mrs. May these be the first of many for both of you. Keep up the good work. Ian

Congratulations Rah and Mum You have done very well catching a legal bream on SP only on your second attempt! May this be the first of many more to come for you both. Great to see you sharing the sport with your mum. Well done and keep up the terrific work both of you. Ian

Nicely done Pete and terrific effort Top healthy looking fish there that's for sure. Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing. Ian

Excellent stuff Kingfisher They are classy looking bream alright. Very nicely done and thanks for sharing mate. Ian

Please include me on the list Thank you so much Mr & Mrs Swordfisherman and the Admin team for organising this event. Thanks also to all the Raiders who will be helping out in one way or another on the day Looking forward to the day and it will be great to meet everyone and learn from the experts. All the best Ian

Lovely story and nice pictures too! Great that you spent some quality time together while at the same time getting into some nice fish. Keep it up! Ian

Great fish and congratulations on your PB! Nicely done and good luck with COTM! Ian

Great stuff Kooks! Sounds like an action packed session. Well done and keep up the top work. Ian