landbased Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 O.K where to start???? I woke up this morning ready to tackle the great wide world of popper fishing armed with enthusiasm and about $100 worth of poppers that I have collected during the last week or so. Got into the car and realised that I forgot the addresses of my two new mates Sharky and IFishSick who answered the call to arms yesterday. Any way picked up sharky at about 9ish then got IFS and drove down to the lovley hamlet of mainbar. Whilst driving through said place I couldnt help but be reminded of "deliverence" and I had banjo music running through my brain (which I also transferred int sharky's brain) Anyway long story short we headed out onto the flats and started poppering the edges of the bar to no avail Tried a few different ones but I think the current of the outgoing tide was really too strong for us to keep the units on track Sharky came up with the idea of going onto plastics instead and shortly therafter he landed a small flatty YAY!! We walked the flat casting and nothing untill sharky found a large eddy around the corner to which I casted a bright yellow grub (that I borrowed of wildfish at the social) and BAM first cast got a pretty good flatty about 50cm a plastic pb for me whilst we were looking at the beautiful specimen we saw IFS in the background landing what we thought was a good size whiting so we went over to have a look but it was just him landing a pike Anyway it seemed every couple of casts he got a pike so from now on I cristen him "PIKEBOY" Sharky and I decided to give the little area he was in a go so we cast out and simltaniously we hooked up with heaps of weight and my drag was going off its nut. Eventually I landed a good Flattie at about 50-55cm same with Sharky Another cast for PIKEBOY and he got another pike and another and a pike jumped out and cut his line lol Meanwhile shakry and I cast again and got another DOUBLE HOOK UP Both good flatties YAY!! IFS tried changing to plastics but kept up with his pike lol and me and sharky cast again and sharky got another large specimen of flatheadedness at about 58-60 cms . Total fish 3 kept flatheads each all over 55cms for sharky and my self and about 6 gazillion pikes for PIKEBOY By this time the tide was full down and the fishing went slack eventually we gave up and came home. But all in all a great day with 2 good fellas wd guys and this is what I had for dinner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris 55 Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 Damn I knew there had to be Flatties around with all those bait sized Whiting and Mullet we saw Ahhh well at least got the right time down to hit the place and get results on Flatties Your pic looks like the end of the flats at the bouy where the chanel comes out Good onya guys Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregL Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 Good read LB and yep your making me hungry with your dinner photo Re on the flats, maybe try the incoming tide instead. The fish then will be pushing hard up into the shallows searching the newly covered flats so they should be easier to target. They should be on the chew too if they are up there. Just my thoughts Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 Great post Landbased and well done on the PB Flatties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharky Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 Thanks for the lift mate and I look forward to fishing again in the future. IFS sorry about the zooms mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hottyscotty Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 yea IFS is pretty good at catching pike! i see him do it all the time at lilli pilli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDiko Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 (edited) yea IFS is pretty good at catching pike! i see him do it all the time at lilli pilli You can call me PIKEMAN! It was great fun though watching the Pike leaping out of the water to get at the popper ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ as long as I hear that noise I'm happy. That's okay Sharky, you can thank me by handing over those flatties you caught on my lures and we'll call it square Can't wait till next time. Here's one of Sharky with one of his Flatties IFS Edited September 27, 2007 by IFishSick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondo Rock Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 You really are a dapper looking gentleman Sharky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanger Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Nice work boys!!!!! Its making me get a popper itch!!!! Maybe i should just get some cream though as it would probably be cheaper!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desmond Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 hi, nice flattie. what type of popper were u using?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDiko Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 hi, nice flattie. what type of popper were u using?? I was using a Bushy's 50mm Popper in Red. Only caught Pike on it but did have one strike from a flattie at my feet IFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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