Bream/Jack fishing with Poppers?

[chubbstar]

Has anyone here caught Bream or Jack's on Popper? I've just purchased my first Popper, it's a River2sea Bubble Pop35 3.5cm 4gm.

What leader would you recomend? I'll be using 6lb braid with either 6lb, 8lb or 12lb leader. I have 30lb:blink: but I think it'll be over kill:blush:

Any tips people?

I'm going to hunt old posts on Popper fishing.

Jayson

[pinkey]

Never caught anything on a popper yet myself, but many people consistantly catch bream and jacks on them, alot more people nowdays are getting into catching whiting on poppers with huge succes. Id go 6lb leader if your chasing bream, 12lb for jacks, and 8lb for not sure .

[Feral]

Go for a soft leader for using poppers. Specially with one that small, you really need to get right down to really small twitches, and a stiff leader does not help! See if Cajun do something that light.

[ellicat]

Feral, funnily enough the guy in the links on chubbstars other thread ( \"Are poppers effective at night\" )says the opposite. He explains why in the second link.

Different strokes for different folks.....

[Dan23]

Hey mate,

You might remember I did a post a while back where I got a Jack and then a bream on consecutive casts on a bubble pop. They work great. My set up for that was 8lb braid and 8lb fluro. I'v read that mono is actually better for poppers as it floats more. When I got the jack I was drifting along past some snags and just letting the lure troll along and every 2-3 seconds giving it a single big bloop. For the bream I cast deep at a snag then brout it back with small blips. When I saw the fish came up underneath it I paused for ages and it just hung there. So I walked it a tiny bit which induced the strike.

Also the earlier or later you are on the water the better and look for overhanging trees or places where critters are likely to have been washed down into the water.

[chubbstar]

Thanks Dan, do you remember the name of your post? I'll go have a read;)

[Dan23]

It's one of those Good Times With HB ones I did. maybe part 2 I think.

They are all great reads:P jk

[Dan23]

Just had a look and it was part 3

[Dazzamcgee]

The R2S bubble pop is a great little lure for bream and jacks but seems to be the bomb for chasing whiting on lures around the sand flats.

From memory there a sinking popper..

[Dan23]

After reading those old posts by KP I looked these up. They'd be worth buying cause you'd be unlucky to loose one.

/>http://www.megabass.com.au/products/Popx.html

\"Tim Morgan has caught the biggest bass at the recent Australian Bass Grand Final on a PopX\"

[chubbstar]

Yeah I posted about them in the poppers at night thread. I refuse to pay more than $15 for a lure, and that $15 is a very rare event.

I just re-read you're HB posts, top stuff. First ever fish on popper ends up being a Jack:blink: Crazy man, just CRAZY

Jayson

[Dan23]

yeah, it was pretty funny.

[Dan23]

Kev can import lures cheaper for us if you want one but it'll still be at least $20, they are $35 here.

So out of your self imposed limit I guess. You really do need to buy 1 sx40 in your life though or you haven't lived :laugh:

[kevinchen19870316]

15 dollars can get u a SX40 if u shop around chubbstar.

25 for pop max....they seem to be favored by a lot of anglers and price r a bit higher than other megabass products

actually i seldom spend over 15 for a lure.....cuz i got them online

[chubbstar]

I've looked at the SX's, I've looked hard:laugh: , But I just cant justicfie(spelling) spending that type of money on 1 lure. Strange how I can spend $15 on a pkt of smokes every day or 2 though:blush: Oh well keeps me sane and stops me strangling the missus and kids.

That popper with the scratch's, I've read in a couple of places that them lures with the paint sanded off work realy well on whiting:huh:

Oh well I gotta go. I'm going to search high and low for some more poppers. Tackle World, Amart, Kmart, BCF and anywhere else I can think of while I'm out, HERE I COME!! Wounder if my old Greek mate will be at Kmart? :laugh: :laugh:

Chat later

Jayson

[Dan23]

Don't forget to go see Rocket! Also if you order online motackle does Sx40s for $15 but it's $10 postage so you'd want to be buying some other stuff for it to be worthwile. I team up with someone else so you only pay $5. If you want to get some stuff off them I'd be happy to pay $5 and order a few things. Just let me know if you're keen.

[kevinchen19870316]

$15 = sx40 at motackle

$12 = luckycraft staysee overseas

$9 = X-RAP overseas

[fishyman]

hahah i petty the fool that pays for his lures

i just finished makin my first small poppers for targeting bream they are about 30-40mm long and look pretty good i think, have a nice blooping action and better yet only cost me about 50c per lure. some of you might be able to see them at the BRC ill be the guy in the blue and red shirt with a straw hat, youll see our team we will all be wearing teh same shirt

[Fisher_90]

How do u make them fishyman?

[Dan23]

Let me guess, Pluggers??

[kevinchen19870316]

lures r easy to make but megabass lures r a bit harder to build then

[Fisher_90]

Did u make em out of broom sticks

[Dazzamcgee]

Smart move Fishyman.....

Floating around on the internet are plans to make bream poppers from an old thong(the footwear kind)....:dry:

[ando_04]

use 2lb- or 4lb leader for your poppers thats only if your using flurocarbon leaders.

[fishyman]

they are made out of driftwood, then painted with and airbrush and varnished.

equipped with owner stinger trebles.

yes u can make popper out of thongs, you can also turn any diving lure into a popper which will work and catch fish.

cut the corner out of an ice cream container and put a hole in teh middle and thread onto your line

works great on the lures me and my dad has tried hes caught saratoga on one of our homemade lures tunred into a popper

[Fisher_90]

Show us some pics these sound awesome.

[fishyman]

i cant take photos as mymum has teh camera and she is away. you will be able to see them tommorow at the BRC if you are there. i will be in a blue and red shirt with two other guy in the same shirt. im about 6 foot and skinny so if u see me come and say hi and ill give you a look

[mackmauler]

look for fisher in a white cloak with a long pointy Hood LMAO

[fishyman]

looking foward to meeting some of you guys tommorow at registration

[chubbstar]

I'm a dead man:blink: . My wife is gunna beat me too death! All worth it:P

I could'nt find Surecatch Poppers anywhere. So this is what I ended up with.

[img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/popper_001_AFO.jpg

And yes Dan, That is an SX40 you see in there. I bit the bullet, now I'm gunna fish it with a 30lb leader:blink:

Jayson

[Fisher_90]

O Shit better hide it from the wife sooner rather then later.

[fishyman]

chubbstar wrote:

I'm a dead man:blink: . My wife is gunna beat me too death! All worth it:P

I could'nt find Surecatch Poppers anywhere. So this is what I ended up with.

[img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/popper_001_AFO.jpg

And yes Dan, That is an SX40 you see in there. I bit the bullet, now I'm gunna fish it with a 30lb leader:blink:

Jayson

30LB is that it!!!!!!!

id be using 6 foot of wire for one of those

but seriously i have been contemplating buying one but 15-20 bucks jeesh

[mackmauler]

You guys get off light, when I run a spread of blue marlin lures there 450 bucks worth dancing behind the boat!

[Fisher_90]

How many lures for $450?

[chubbstar]

I think we would snag ours a bit more Mack:P

Big $$$ mate.:ohmy:

[mackmauler]

4 lures mate

[Fisher_90]

Shit $115 each

[fishyman]

well i wouldt be fishing with them id put em in a glass cabinet and grovel over them

[Dan23]

Sx40s are pretty good for avoiding snags because they float up. I use 8lb vanish and have only lost 1 to a massive ray.

That's a decent haul of lures there Chubs, the red headed popper with the white body should be a gun for Bass just ask Schultzy :laugh:

Good to see you'll upgrade your trebles on those cheaper lures too. You should see what that jack did to my hooks on my bubble pop, nasty.

Looks like you got the sx in 307? That's a great colour. You'll be shure to catch fish on it.

[chubbstar]

The SX40 is a 308, it's got faded dots on the each side.

The tray of poppers was $14 I think. The guy at BCF was realy good, I asked him if he's going in the BRC? He's all over it \"hell yeah:woohoo: \" he said.

Jayson