Whitsunday popping?

[fishinking]

hey all

jsut wondering if anyone has done some popping at the whitsundays?

any hot spots there for popping and the gear/lures used would be great.

thanks in advance guys.

Nathan

[planetfonz]

is it you going on a trip with paul massey?

[fishinking]

yeah hes coming on our boat with me

[planetfonz]

ahh ok .. well you guys need to share the info i've given as this is the 5th or so post on the whitsundays and the answers to your questions are in all of them.

so here's my choice once again.

river2sea bubblepops from the smallest to around 88-90mm and the ecogear px's work great. in fact they work so nice that we didnt try any others

hope it works out

/>http://www.flickr.com/photos/planetfonz/3478168456/in/set-72157617272701777/

[fishinking]

did u do any gt popping? and what did u get on the smaller poppers

[planetfonz]

only GT's we caught during the time of year you guys are going, was in the hot water outlet of gladstones power station on the drive up to airlie. no love elsewhere on that trip.

during summer tho, gt's (no brutes unfortunately but some were seen) coral trout and a golden trev

[planetfonz]

fishinking wrote:

did u do any gt popping? and what did u get on the smaller poppers

/>http://www.flickr.com/photos/planetfonz/3478170224/in/set-72157617272701777/

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[wesfish]

mate i made my own gt popper and its a nomad cross dumbell that is weighted at the rear and weight tested to about 50kgs and its strong as. you could try halco rooster pops, river2 sea dumbell , nomads which are like 49.95 with no hardware all in the big models will work!!! [img size=600]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/phpYSxwXYAM.jpg

[yoyo]

fishinking.... yes i am available....

[fishinking]

so planetfonz, what was the main catch when u went in june/july?

[wesfish]

where exactly are you fishing in the whitsundays fishingking??? the southern just north of mackay or up near airlie??

[planetfonz]

fishinking wrote:

so planetfonz, what was the main catch when u went in june/july?

read this
/>http://www.australianfishing.com.au/forum?func=view&id=187880&catid=3#187914

[planetfonz]

and here are some pics - and before anyone says, yes we're totally aware that the queenfish is being held incorrectly however she did put up a monster revival and swam away to smash crap another day !

/>http://www.flickr.com/photos/planetfonz/sets/72157617269526461/

[fishinking]

great queenie mate, did u measure it? where did u catch it and what were u using?

[planetfonz]

fishinking wrote:

great queenie mate, did u measure it? where did u catch it and what were u using?

queenie came from the hot water outlet behind the gladstone power station on the drive up. we were driving past very early in the morn and took a detour, it was 1 degree when i took that pic and about 6:30am. there were queenies, piles of GT's and about a trillion eagle rays smashing up bait. and thats how we left it to continue driving

[fishinking]

nice and where did u get the longtail?

[planetfonz]

tuna was trolled up from the northern tip of North Molle Islands on our way from airlie to cid harbour

[Travis]

red and white poppers of about 100mm thrown from the boat hard up into the rocks anywhere will chance you at a decent coral trout, nothing to it, throw poppers at rocks, my old man lives there and rings me at least once a fortnight yelling about 60 + 70 cm trout

[noname]

sorry, i was thinking of another popping.:woohoo:

[Travis]

YEP

[fishinking]

ok thanks trav. wheeabouts does ur oldman fish

[Travis]

monday he got a 60cm trout off the wall to the harbour at hammo...., he just goes anywhere, best advice is dont spend all you time trying to find spots youve been told about, go to the general area youve been told about and go with what looks and feel right, you know what i mean

[aichepee]

ive fished the hot water outlet at gladstone

all the barra annd gt's go there cos the river is too cold.

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