Mondy - Trials & Tribulations... but great winter weather

[warrior]

changing the back treble to a larger single is the go i think ,helping it lodge a bit better in the corner section of the mouth ,

[NAGG]

changing the back treble to a larger single is the go i think ,helping it lodge a bit better in the corner section of the mouth ,

I notice that there is a pretty poor success rate with surface fishing - fizzers , poppers , dog turds ........... be it barra or bass.
I wonder if others find the same

Chris

[yellahunter]

another good report Chris,
always an interesting read!

Cant wait to get back up to Mondy!

[NAGG]

another good report Chris,
always an interesting read!

Cant wait to get back up to Mondy!

Sept will be the go ....... but don't tell anyone

chris

[haggis]

great report nagg , might have a go next wednesday( ecka show day ) drive up after work tuesday night fish till wednesday night then drive home for starting work thursday morning . Ive got to land me a fish at some point .............
cheers jimmy ................

[Steve B]

I notice that there is a pretty poor success rate with surface fishing - fizzers , poppers , dog turds ........... be it barra or bass.
I wonder if others find the same

Chris

Coz your a striker fisherman Chris....fast and hard.

Surface fishing is direct opposite......DONT strike.


Just a thought!

Cheers Steve

[NAGG]

Coz your a striker fisherman Chris....fast and hard.

Surface fishing is direct opposite......DONT strike.


Just a thought!

Cheers Steve

I learned a fair bit from those Borumba bass sessions Steve ...... let the fish hook themselves
The 3 barra were all hooked - but threw the poppers during jumps -

Chris

[Steve B]

I learned a fair bit from those Borumba bass sessions Steve ...... let the fish hook themselves
The 3 barra were all hooked - but threw the poppers during jumps -

Chris

yeah figured that...big difference the bazzas get their heads above water for a good flick hey!! not sure how you combat that...like Al said, maybe a single.

still awesome fun on the topwater!

Steve

[NAGG]

yeah figured that...big difference the bazzas get their heads above water for a good flick hey!! not sure how you combat that...like Al said, maybe a single.

still awesome fun on the topwater!

Steve

i haven't done a great deal with poppers ...... but when limited to just a few lures and I was fishing the crap in the back of a small bay - Als popper was my only choice.
I thought I got the hooks in on two fish .... but they jumped so much - gone!

chris

[warrior]

we changed over one of the rapalas last trip and my mate had one hookup for one success a 118cm beast perfectly hooked in the corner ,i had none in the boat to change mine over this trip my fault for not checking but at least i had the lures in the boat

[Big_Ren]

we changed over one of the rapalas last trip and my mate had one hookup for one success a 118cm beast perfectly hooked in the corner ,i had none in the boat to change mine over this trip my fault for not checking but at least i had the lures in the boat

What do you reckon on the singles Al.....a Decoy and set up like a metal jig assist hook with a dacron loop? Would certainly be free swinging.

Cheers
Paul

[GPB]

The singles on Double Split rings, a swivel or assist are the go for shore, their holding power has been proven in the salt on poppers and stickbaits with the Decoy hooks one of my favorites.
I was up at Mondy last week [Thurs- Sun] with a Mondy regular, gave a popper and sticky a go to no avail and only had one bump on a Slick Rig while my mate pulled a hook on a good fish while walking the shore, we certainly saw a lot of spooked fish over the 2 1/2 days of fishing. No fish but a top couple of days .

[GPB]

Whoops!!Double posted

[NAGG]

we changed over one of the rapalas last trip and my mate had one hookup for one success a 118cm beast perfectly hooked in the corner ,i had none in the boat to change mine over this trip my fault for not checking but at least i had the lures in the boat

HaHaHa ....... what a goose to forget the lures

I reckon the singles will hold better - but the hookup rate would be well down...... unlike many salt water fish which continually attack a popper or stick bait ...... barra usually only have one go at it - 6 points vs 2

Chris

[warrior]

paul have been looking at the decoys at moment i think they would be ok in open water situations as the can swing free,only prob might be catching the front hook when coming forward on the pause,and up in the weed pockets and lillies might be a prob,finding hooks with large enough eyes to get them thru the rings is the hardest thing i find .i only replaced the back treble with the single on the other popper the middle one kept getting caught up with the back one .when 2 singles were on it ,chris 6 points are good but with the larger single i think it will give a bit better penetration in the mouth ass the one that we landed showed .the next few trips will tell a bit more ,next weekend for me i think