Hodgey Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 G'Day all Saturday found Dene and I chasing Flathead once again, but as stated in previous posts, they have gone quiet at the moment. Basically, we caught three in 6 hours and none of them were real exciting. (our worst performance in many months ) Undeterred, we tied on a couple of poppers and went exploring some VERY skinny water. Dene was working the popper for bream and I was targetting whiting. *BANG! The popper is absolutely creamed by what turned out to be a whiting roughly 38cm. A promising start! Entered another little stretch of water and then the fun and games began! The water was teeming with bream of all sizes and our little poppers were slurped at, bumped, kissed and down-right smashed for a good hour and a half. Staying connected to the buggers was another issue but we still managed four very good bream. Sunday afternoon we decided to head back to the same place late in the arvo for a brief session, to see if they were still there. The fishing was decidely slower than the previous day, but Dene managed to nail two great fish, including the one below. As we were heading home we decided to have a couple of casts at the same place I caught the whiting yesterday. Second cast, and I watched an underwater torpedo come streaking out of the weeds and smash my popper. Short time later 40cm of sold whiting having his photo taken before being released to the water for another day. Dene informs me that the tides are going to be even better next weekend so I guess we'll be whistling these deadly little lures around next weekend! Hodgey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretsch Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 (edited) Hodgy, Solid whiting champ!! On a popper too That is definitely a technique I am going to try one day. Edited October 21, 2007 by Ceph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snag Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Top fish guys, Nothing like getting good fish on topwater lures,well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Great stuff Must be time to break out my poppers Which poppers did the damage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmar560 Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 well done on the surface fish guys ! I found whiting to be more "accurate" when hitting the lure, unlike bream who might have a go at the lure a few time before hooking them up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendong Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Hodgy, My cousin and I will be spending all weekend of the election throwing Sp's and poppers around your magic water way.......Stewy H charted us there some weeks back and helped us smack 20 flathead on SP but we put most of the back, most 45cm plus - plus a 74cm job (he definitely went back)....good to see the waters warmed up and its popper time once again.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 Great stuff Must be time to break out my poppers Which poppers did the damage? G'Day Iceman We used two types of poppers. Saturday I was using a new Bushy popper (50mm in Bushy's Favourite color, and that is what I caught the first whiting on. After that I changed to the cheap Sure Catch poppers with the trebles upgraded with Owner hooks. Dene was using these ones on both days. The color is a translucent yellow color. There is a reasonably clear shot of it in Dene's photo of the breambo. Hodgey Hodgy, My cousin and I will be spending all weekend of the election throwing Sp's and poppers around your magic water way.......Stewy H charted us there some weeks back and helped us smack 20 flathead on SP but we put most of the back, most 45cm plus - plus a 74cm job (he definitely went back)....good to see the waters warmed up and its popper time once again.... Hope to see you on the water! Stewy is a terrific guide and a great bloke. He is definitely no stranger to BIG flatties! Water in the lake and most of the river system is still a bit cold, but if you hunt out the real shallow stuff in some of the little bays (especially those with thick weed banks) you should have some great popper sessions. It is very hot at the moment so I anticipate the water temp will improve quickly now. Good luck mate! Hodgey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Surecatch in translucent yellow the very same one I have been searching for I only have two left Where did you get them? Is there any available down there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 Surecatch in translucent yellow the very same one I have been searching for I only have two left Where did you get them? Is there any available down there? Pretty rare to find around here too. Have seen the occasional one in the 'set of three' box. I am 'liaising' with clients from Bermagui to Batemans Bay tomorrow so I will see what I can find for you and let you know, mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Pretty rare to find around here too. Have seen the occasional one in the 'set of three' box. I am 'liaising' with clients from Bermagui to Batemans Bay tomorrow so I will see what I can find for you and let you know, mate. Thanx The ones I have came in a box of three all the same colour Havent been able to find any others like it I will be trying the stiffy poppers they look good but you pay more for one than what I got the box of three for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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