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#1 Post by weaverboy »

just wanted to ask if other users had used these popper styled lures,
any success with them ,

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#2 Post by anthony2carr »

Tried them, but had no success.
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#3 Post by cortaz »

think you would do better with sammys/sliders, it the sea is calm, poppers are a bit of a hit n miss, although they are quite good if the sea is choppy, the bigger the waves the bigger the popper, if you do rise a fish and miss it rest the spot for 10/15 mins. before trying there again, theres a good chance it will strike again if it misses again just leave the lure dead on the surface for a few secs. before retreveing.
This fish rose 4 times before taking the lure dead on the surface.
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#4 Post by teacher »

I assume you're talking about flies, rather than lures??
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#5 Post by jack01986 »

Tried them as well didnt have any success on them either. Supposedly a gurgler fly is meant to be very good at first light for pollack. Not for me though. :)
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#6 Post by lumpy »

i tend to use a slider for pollack rother than a gurgler, find it much more effective. also a light silver sandeel with a small boyant head fishes very well for pollack. fishes just in the surface film and drives them crazy when chasing small baitfish this time of the year.
shore species 2008(25):dogfish(3.1lbs), bull huss (12lb 2oz), bass, shore rockling, coalie, whiting, pollack, conger (22.4lbs),flounder, thick lipped mullet (4.8lbs),turbot,ling (11.2lbs),ballan wrasse(4.5lbs), cuckoo wrasse, pouting, poor cod, cod (9.5lbs), dab, 3 bearded rockling, long spined scorpion fish, corkwing wrasse, plaice, trigger fish, sea trout, garfish


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#7 Post by weaverboy »

yes guys , the fly-type, will give them a go, see how i get on,

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#8 Post by davearmstrong »

Have you got a picture of the sandeel type Neil?
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#9 Post by anthony2carr »

The water temperature is not very high in this country. For this reason fish do not take as regular on the surface here as they do in other (warmer) countries.
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#10 Post by teacher »

anthony2carr wrote:The water temperature is not very high in this country. For this reason fish do not take as regular on the surface here as they do in other (warmer) countries.


That's true, but it's warm enough to catch bass quite easily on the surface from around June until October on the East coast and probably slightly later in the season on the South coast. As you said, at the ends of the season the water's too cold.
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#11 Post by lumpy »

ive had pollack take surface lures up to the end of november without any hesitation, especially on warm settled days, a buddy of mine had a 5lb bass on a popper in the second week of janurary so i guess they will take them when interested..

sorry dave no pic at the moment i'm afraid.i'l try post one tomorro
shore species 2008(25):dogfish(3.1lbs), bull huss (12lb 2oz), bass, shore rockling, coalie, whiting, pollack, conger (22.4lbs),flounder, thick lipped mullet (4.8lbs),turbot,ling (11.2lbs),ballan wrasse(4.5lbs), cuckoo wrasse, pouting, poor cod, cod (9.5lbs), dab, 3 bearded rockling, long spined scorpion fish, corkwing wrasse, plaice, trigger fish, sea trout, garfish


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