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    Posted: 09 May 2011 at 9:26pm
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Been looking for this pic for a while - sorry it is ten years old.
 
Made this popper and a few like it from some pine dowel back in the '90s somewhere. Took them to Barrier on a trip and came across a workup just outside Fitzroy. Banged a cast in thinking I would be in for a xos kahawai and this fella turned up! An hour later the baitrunner and ugly stick helped me get it in on 8kg.
Still my most memorable fish.
I had no idea at that point that one day I would seriously consider spending $190 on a stickbait. Finding this makes me realise I will never need to.
 
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Very cool.
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Wicked cool
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Havent seen one of those for years , is it called a Yellowfin Cry
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Memorable!
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so cool -  thanks for sharing with us

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Now that is special. A really memorable capture indeed!
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Thats a real nice fin on 8! how long did you have it just under the boat?
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Good one mate , should have put it in the lure challenge .Wink
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Originally posted by mozz mozz wrote:

Thats a real nice fin on 8! how long did you have it just under the boat?
 
You've obviously been there Mozz - at least 30 mins! Was the worst 30 mins of my fishing career! Most marlin I had caught had been in in less than half that time, I wasn't sure what was going on.
 
"Good one mate , should have put it in the lure challenge"
Funny Ian, the lure challenge was what made me hunt this down - I was seriously going to enter it. Thought the better of it though when I saw Denis' effort - didn't want to take the piss.
 
Has inspired me to get into it though - am about to buy a new house and the main requisite was a pair of man rooms for rod building and lure painting.
 
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