Surface Fishing for Bream

[Grant]

Has anyone seen the buggy pops for sale over in WA? Also would like to try out a cricket surface lure because some windy days I see many crickets skipping across the water

Grant

[kevinnugent59]

Originally posted by Dave W
They've also got a single ball bearing in them - and rattle like the blazes on a flicking retrieve Very Cicada like....

Hey, I have one of them! I bought it a few weeks ago when chasing Australian Bass at Lake Moogerah. Worked OK, too.
They work well in the mornings, when the fish are surface feeding, supposedly.

Kevin

[Stuie_02]

Hi Everyone

The ear popper is very easy to make but lacks the weight excellent as a fly, i have a PDf for thoes who want a copy.
You can have a go with Balsa get a hole cutter and cut the desired length and width. Add some rubber legs for stability andpaint.
But for easy bug that dont pop or make noise daves little bug lool like the money. imiations of cicada's or a frog would be excellent
Cheers
Stuie

[Davo]

Bear & AtomicGrant......I have found them here in the West.

Carry on Camping & Fishing World in Kelmscott stock them.
their address is 2880 Albany Hwy Kelmscott
Ph: 9495 1940

A lil' dearer than what Dave W gets them for @ $11.50 each but they look the goods

Dave W what have you found to be the most effective retreive for these buggi pop's


Cheers,
Dave

[LakeConjolaFish]

What water do they work best in muddied, dark green or clear ?

[pw-bream]

Jim,
I think the water colour would be less important than the situation. Poppers would likely be best fished in Summer when insects such as Cicadas are likely to fall into the water. Areas with overhanging trees, etc along the banks would be the best spots.

[LakeConjolaFish]

Thanks PW what you said rings very true, try to match what they are naturally eating.

So much to learn so little time

[Bear]

Thanks for that Davo.

I'll check it out.

[Grant]

Cheers Davo might check it out if I can drag myself away from Bunbury

Grant

[Lizardboy]

I used the buggi pop on bass and redfin the other day very successfully. another thing I like about them is that some colours are semi clear, so that the sun shines through them from above possibly making them more appealing! And yep the hooks are some of the sharpest I've encountered

[kevinnugent59]

I was out popping a lure on the surface the other day.....my favourite "seal" pattern....

[Newbass]

Ive been using River2Sea cicadas too.They are dynamite on bream .Chucking them under the mangroves at high tide.

[Pukka]

I'm sure a few of you have seen this image in another thread, but as it's relevant, here's another "buggi pop bream".
I agree the hooks on Buggi pops are 'sticky' sharp, however they are also quite 'fragile' and can easily bend, even break, if you're forced to put some muscle on a good fish in tight country.

[Matt Ireland]

Ive seen little poppers made out of thongs too. you just cut out a bit of thong and put a screw in eye in one end then stick it in a cordless drill to sand it to shape. Then you take out the screw eye and cut a slot in to put a wire frame in with a treble at one end and a towing eye at the other. You can get them in lotsa of different colours.

Matt

[Kris]

Pukka ,
ooooooohhhhhhhhh that geen looks ppeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrttttttttyyyyyyyyyyyy
just like the old green grocer cicada i used to catch as a kid