surface lures Maribyrnong

[Cortinaboy]

Given all the success of people with poppers and other surface lures, I was wondering if anyone has had success with these lures on the Maribyrnong. I've got a couple of small poppers and some PX45s and have had a bit of a go at it, but really don't know what I'm doing and soon move to what I know (ie shallow or deep diving HBs and SPs). Am wondering if its worth persisting on the Maribyrnong, and roughly how to go about it. I read elsewhere on the site that poppers work best when the surface is a bit messy (ie in windy conditions). Is that right? What sort of retrieve do i use - just a slow jerky retrieve as per hard bodies or is it a quite different technique? I assume you'd run them as close to the bank as possible?

[Da'Breamer]

Fish the shallows and edges, long casts and as soon as the lure lands some quick short jigs like a prawn skipping on the surface.... watch for swirls behind the lure ( tell tale sign a fish is following) when you see the swirls slow it right down to tiny jigs so the lure is just rippleing the surface and wait for the strike and hook up..... this works a treat for me here in S.A and should work anywhere

D'B

[Minnows]

Nong bream are very worthy of surface fishing. The changes of light and overcast days have been most productive for me, If you need a torch when you arrive, you're there at the right time. Look for the swirls(bream feeding) in the shallows and dog walk the lure past them, pause.. and hopefully an exciting surface smash will occur but if not a few more twitches should do the trick. Put the time in, there's simply not a more fun way to catch them. That's my pb surface bream from the nong.

Michael.

[Drewy]

Yep, and up the back at canning is a great place to fish top water. There are some nice rock walls that fish really well on surface. If you don't have a boat and are only land based, there is some fantastic site surface fishing at the marina at the back of the race course.

I like to keep the lure moving, and never slow it down, once 1 has had a go more seem to get involved.

Good Luck
Drew