Finally...popped my popper.......
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dunner
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Finally...popped my popper.......
At last...got a Bass on a surface lure tonight......only took me years............and years and years........and .........................years..................
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Re: Finally...popped my popper.......
nice well done, that is a yozuri . 
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Species....good film.....I'll get my coat
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Re: Finally...popped my popper.......
well done dunner, i have yet to get one on the lure, mainly cos i bait fish mostly!
still can't wait for my first on a popper nice fish too!
still can't wait for my first on a popper
nice fish too!species 2009, whiting 
, three beard rockling,.shore rockling, 5 beard rockling, flounder, lesser spotted dogfish,bullhuss, dab,bass(13), more whiting : pollock,poorcod,pouting, sea trout(the dodder!)brown trout,sea scorpion,mackerel, silver eel,
topknot:), cod, conger, corkwing wrasse,smooth hound.
, three beard rockling,.shore rockling, 5 beard rockling, flounder, lesser spotted dogfish,bullhuss, dab,bass(13), more whiting : pollock,poorcod,pouting, sea trout(the dodder!)brown trout,sea scorpion,mackerel, silver eel,topknot:), cod, conger, corkwing wrasse,smooth hound.
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Re: Finally...popped my popper.......
Nice one, well done. Now you won't stop catching them off the top...
Took me a while too before to get the first one on the surface but after that it became a lot more consistent
maybe it's a confidence thing ... or else the purchase of Mr Patchinko 
Took me a while too before to get the first one on the surface but after that it became a lot more consistent
maybe it's a confidence thing ... or else the purchase of Mr Patchinko -
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Re: Finally...popped my popper.......
well done on your perseverance - it can be hard to keep at it at times
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Re: Finally...popped my popper.......
Give the LC Gunfish a go...they also catch well on the top. Padge73 is stocking them at the moment.
Why not join Cobh SAC - looking for new members....
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Re: Finally...popped my popper.......
Congrats, that mustve been an adrenaline rush all right BTW, what stage was the light at, fading or gone?
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Re: Finally...popped my popper.......
Well done man most exciting way to catch em.....
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pretty dark! i was using the force!!Hugo wrote:Congrats, that mustve been an adrenaline rush all right
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Re: Finally...popped my popper.......
Congratulations dunner! There is nothing like plugging in complete darkness. Good job!
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Re: Finally...popped my popper.......
Hmmmm! darkness you say! my favourite fishing time!
a good incentive to try as i know the bait works.
a different scrap too!!!
a good incentive to try as i know the bait works.
a different scrap too!!!
species 2009, whiting , three beard rockling,.shore rockling, 5 beard rockling, flounder, lesser spotted dogfish,bullhuss, dab,bass(13), more whiting : pollock,poorcod,pouting, sea trout(the dodder!)brown trout,sea scorpion,mackerel, silver eel,
topknot:), cod, conger, corkwing wrasse,smooth hound.
, three beard rockling,.shore rockling, 5 beard rockling, flounder, lesser spotted dogfish,bullhuss, dab,bass(13), more whiting : pollock,poorcod,pouting, sea trout(the dodder!)brown trout,sea scorpion,mackerel, silver eel,topknot:), cod, conger, corkwing wrasse,smooth hound.