Bream Poppers

[troutsmith]

Hi guys,
I am looking for small poppers to throw at Mr Bream around the foreshore of Sydney any ideas,thanks.

[mangajack]

Hi troutsmith,
my fav topwater lure for bream is a heddon tiny torpedo.
Cast amongst the snags or overhangs and twitched for 30 secs before the retrieve starts works well for me. :D
failing that i have two tiny rebel grasshopper lures about 30mm long which i use with the same technique.
Top water fishing for bream in secluded creeks with no usual human interference is amazing stuff. :) Nothing better than to watch a huge bream moving around the crystal clear waters hunting for anything that moves. If you see a big bream on the prowl throw your lure near some structure not actually directly at him. Then twitch the lure or pop it, but dont start the retrieve until you are sure hes not gonna investigate the disturbance.
A handy hit for popping the lure is to remove most of the slack line without moving the lure and flick the line with your finger. creates a hard loud pop that really gets them excited.
Good luck with your top water fun.:D :D
Tony

[Dave W]

Go the 'thong thing' !

I haven't seen them in any of the local tacklo's for a while, but you can make them - there was an article in one of the major fishing mags recently - can't remember which one.

They were made out of massacered kiddies paddle boards and cut/melted into shape, with a wire insert pushed into them when hot.

Could be time for some experimentation:D

[troutsmith]

Thanks guys any others out in cyber land

[mike_mad_fisho]

hey guys
my mate matt(15) actually mad his own poppers out of wood he waterproofed them and cut the shape with a bench grinderhad heaps of follows at raby bay which is in cleveland in brisbane but the bream down here r a bit finiky when u r fishing with lures.
and he actually made some bigger models too and he gave one to me and me and my dad tried it at flat rock andgot a couple of 4 kg trevally on it which was kool to catch something on a homemade lure that u watched getting made :D :D

[pete s]

hey dave a thong thing?? no thanks i prefer boxers :D :D :D


cheers pete

[Dave W]

lol... good one Pete:D

And Trouty - someone mentioned something about making poppers out of earplugs somewhere on here but I can't find it atm, not a bad idea at all!

[Bassifier]

Hey Gary, would you like me to pick you up a River2sea cicada?
I can no probs....
Just make sure you take the daichis off!

[troutsmith]

Thanks Richard that would be great

[Newbass]

:) Hi Bassifier
Just a question what is wrong with the daichis hooks.Are they not up to scratch.
Only asking cause i need to buy some hooks for my hard bodies as they are looking pretty crap. And i have one of those cicadas.
The bream sure do love them i went for a flick on the Para today and the cicada caught 6 out of 8 bream the rest were caught on Sneaky scorpions.:)
Newbass

[Heaney]

Dave i worte the earplug info in the Qld hotspots forum

[matt_mad_fisho]

G'day everyone
i make my own surface poopers and sell them to friends and fisherman at boat ramps, so if ne 1 is interested just ask me about it or send me an email tonnesof_fun@hotmail.com