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1st Bass on a "Popper"
« on: July 01, 2008, 07:39:46 AM »
Missed my yakking slot last night so decided to have a go plugging instead. There was still a little colour in the water and my old faithfull maria chase wasn,t doing the buisness. They are not the best casting plug, and even though they work the shallows it was still getting snagged on the submerged bladderwrack. Decided to have a go with the yo-zuri mag popper as it would cast a little further and might attract something if I could work it properly  :whistle: Just about to give up on it after a while when a bass came flying out of the water  :surprise:... and missed it  :cheesy: That gave me new confidence and it wasn,t too long before I caught my first popper bass. Managed to get another too a while later and had two other takes by flying bass, brilliant fun!


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Re: 1st Bass on a "Popper"
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2008, 07:49:41 AM »
get in there ray. looks like you where plugging in the dark. theres nowt like a bass rising to a plug to make your heart pound
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Re: 1st Bass on a "Popper"
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2008, 08:06:45 AM »
well done ray  :cheesy: tidy looking fish  :yes:
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Re: 1st Bass on a "Popper"
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2008, 08:20:23 AM »
Ray well done mate, some of us were having doubts as to if they work up here but you definately answered that one, i lost a thunderstick last night in the shallow kelp, gona have to try a chug bug tonight now :wink:
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Re: 1st Bass on a "Popper"
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2008, 08:55:03 AM »
Nice 1 fella!!!!
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Re: 1st Bass on a "Popper"
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2008, 09:05:12 AM »
Well done Ray  :yes: I bet you are one happy chappy, now that conditions have calmed down a bit I think some evening sessions are in order with the surface lures  :wink:
Keep up the good work mate, shouldn't be long before we see pics of you with a nice double  :cool:
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Re: 1st Bass on a "Popper"
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2008, 09:13:31 AM »
Nice one Ray, and a confidence booster to boot.

I had a good swirl to a Chug Bug last night but alas it didn't really want it enough.

The Yo Zuri's soon led to a miracle catch though.............


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Re: 1st Bass on a "Popper"
« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2008, 09:31:03 AM »
Well done mate very nice bass one to try for the future me thinks  :yes:
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Re: 1st Bass on a "Popper"
« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2008, 10:53:09 AM »
Nice one Ray I know you always had confidence in the poppers, and it's great to see it's payed off for you  :cool:
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Re: 1st Bass on a "Popper"
« Reply #9 on: July 01, 2008, 11:42:25 AM »
Well done looks like a nice fish.

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Re: 1st Bass on a "Popper"
« Reply #10 on: July 01, 2008, 11:53:06 AM »
Well done Ray,it does wonders for your confidence once you have popped your cherry on a surface plug.Canny fish too  :yes:  :yes: Bucko just off for a couple of hours now I will do my best to catch its mate then you can have a matching pair   :laugh:  :laugh:  :laugh:
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Re: 1st Bass on a "Popper"
« Reply #11 on: July 01, 2008, 12:00:29 PM »
well done mate, what a lovely evening for it, now the bloody winds up again  :angry:
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Re: 1st Bass on a "Popper"
« Reply #12 on: July 01, 2008, 12:34:44 PM »
well done ray, great fish.
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Re: 1st Bass on a "Popper"
« Reply #13 on: July 01, 2008, 12:56:59 PM »
well done, i cant wait to have a go myself, must be a great feeling just to get a take on one
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Re: 1st Bass on a "Popper"
« Reply #14 on: July 01, 2008, 02:12:25 PM »
Can,t wait to have another go now  :cheesy: I nicked all my popper moves off baza and to be honest I don,t think I would have caught one without his help. I tried the hydro popper first which casts a bit better than the mag popper but it does not have the same zig zag motion. My biggest problem was keeping the gulls off it so it must have looked fairly realistic and they were not interested in any of the other plugs. Later in the evening I was trying to get it to pop loudly, anyway I did the best one of the night and about half a second later the second bass hit it  :surprise: maybe coincidence though.

Quote from: baza on July 01, 2008, 07:49:41 AM
get in there ray. looks like you where plugging in the dark. theres nowt like a bass rising to a plug to make your heart pound

It was just before dusk just then baza but I used the flash. Using surface lures is something else, it wasn,t the best conditions but now I,ve got a bit more confidence I,ll use them more often and if conditions are pefect it should be brilliant.

Thanks for your comments lads it,s good to share it with you all.
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Re: 1st Bass on a "Popper"
« Reply #15 on: July 01, 2008, 03:38:25 PM »
Nice one you big little fecker  :whistle: :happy: It gives us all a little more confidence to know they work up here, i have some very cheap chug bugs for sale,11cm and 8cm in all the better colours if anyone needs some  :whistle: :happy: tight lines
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Re: 1st Bass on a "Popper"
« Reply #16 on: July 01, 2008, 03:47:40 PM »
Great stuff Ray, nice one :cool: Once you pop you just can't stop :yes:  I tried a yo-zuri mag popper the other night but the only thing i could tempt were damn gulls.... :whistle: they were trying to attack the lure so i switched to the trusted maria chase lure and caught this little fella...  :laugh:



It took the plug at my feet just as i was going to lift it from the water.

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Re: 1st Bass on a "Popper"
« Reply #17 on: July 01, 2008, 04:40:59 PM »
 :surprise: :surprise:.....You been sneaking about winkling them bass out ,,,,esh u little bass tard ....... :laugh:     well done anyway mate ,,,well deserved ,,,,,,
 Ive tried them poppers abit me self  but seem to lack confidence on them  ,i find the line always gets tangled around the trebbles , when im popping it , is it supose to dart about from side to side , not sure if im popping em correctly......cheers
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Re: 1st Bass on a "Popper"
« Reply #18 on: July 01, 2008, 04:47:39 PM »
Dav,

'Walk the Dog' (Lucky Craft Sammy) style surface lures go side to side where as standard poppers like the Chug Bugs just, well, pop! (in a straight line) :cheesy:
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Re: 1st Bass on a "Popper"
« Reply #19 on: July 01, 2008, 04:54:30 PM »
i got that yo zuri hydro popper to go side to side...sometimes lol, i think it was the yarkin i did on the rod though  :laugh:
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