Land-based poppers?
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Topic: Land-based poppers?
Posted By: SufixRockMan
Subject: Land-based poppers?
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2012 at 2:11pm
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Basically another similar thread to what I just started in the Walk About forum. I'm completely new to top water fishing but keen to learn and throw some poppers around when I get back home in a couple weeks. What lengths, weights, colour poppers etc do you use? any ways to avoid wind knots? what length leader etc Cheers |
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Posted By: fatjimmy
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2012 at 9:42am
| i am keen to know also. bump. |
Posted By: Aaron32987
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2012 at 9:31pm
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5m 130 lb mono (I use varivas cos its good. knots well and cheaper than a lot of others) leader direct connection to braid with FG knot. Good quality casting braid - I've never had a wind knot with the stuff I'm using, it cost a bit up front but worth the investment. Only use stick baits now, and only seem to need one carpenter gamma as if there is a kingfish around they just can't resist them. One off investment for 5 or 6 good fish to date and still doing the job. |
Posted By: Kenshin
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2012 at 10:46pm
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braid brand is NOT the cause of wind knots. I have different brand of braid and never had wind knots after watching this. Weight depends on ur gear and Leader length not more than 2 meters for easy asting. Colors and type.. cant comment, seems they take anything swimming like a fish when they are on the bite. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1EdrTvTKsQ ------------- Be patient and calm – for no one can catch fish in anger. –Herbert Hoover |
Posted By: fishntips
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2012 at 8:30am
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I don't agree. Check out that guys spool, it is so over loaded. That is why he is getting the cross overs and that's why he would get a wind knot. Sure those will give you wind knots, but easy way to avoid = don't overload your spool with excess line. The septic yank in that video has typically done more talking than thinking and has kind of missed the point.
I've used alot of different brands of braid and some are definitely more prone to wind knotting than others. There are a lot of causes of wind knots and loose wraps are one of them so always good to quickly check your line after each cast.
They are explained alot better in this. They go onto double footed half way through.
not that those guides are the complete pancea
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Posted By: fishntips
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2012 at 9:09am
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Sorry Havok further to your enquiry. Found kingies like poppers and baits that look like the kind of fish/ bait that they would typically feed on. Not saying that they wouldn't devour anything thrown their way when they are hot on the bite. But all those fluro and bizzare looking poppers best suited for GTs IMHO. Hope that helps. Oh and enough leader for a couple of wraps around your reel and lure sitting between 1st and second guide or thereabouts when casting. Casting from rocks might be a bit different thou, I don't really know. |
Posted By: PoppinTonga
Date Posted: 10 Feb 2012 at 6:22pm
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I do a lot of casting poppers from the bricks for GTs. What you really need to think about is the elevation where you will be casting from. Poppers that work well from a boat at sea level may not work so well from elevation. They tend to skip like a pencil popper most of the way in. I have a couple of sinking poppers that I use from higher locations as they will stay in the water longer as the lure approaches shore. I also have some floaters that I was ready to throw in the rubbish that turned out to work really well up high. So if you find a popper that you have to keep the tip really high to make it pop effectively, try it from a high location, you may be pleasantly surprised. ------------- Tis better to have hooked and lost than never to have hooked at all. |
Posted By: SufixRockMan
Date Posted: 10 Feb 2012 at 10:00pm
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Thanks for the input guys. At the moment I'm actually running a pretty short trace and casting with a glove on so the braid doesn't slice my finger off  I'm pretty sure my initial problems with wind knots (and there were a few) was because my knot wasn't passing through the guide cleaning - essentially causing a traffic jam and tangling the braid up. I had a pretty successful day casting the other day, have been getting good distance on even small poppers. Using the new Power Pro Slick - seems nice. |