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Michael
Joined: 28 Jan 2012
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Location: Bridgeport
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 Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:25 pm Post subject: Skitter Pop ROCKS! |
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Chris and I hit the incoming at the Reef starting around 7pm Monday. High tide for Bridgeport was scheduled for 10:20pm.
I started with the MXR-13 that's been working for me at Remington while Chris played around with a Red Fin and Jimmy's swimmer. I hit a sea robin with the MXR-13.
Later as it got closer to sunset, we started seeing peanuts jumping out of the water with the small taylors behind them. I switched over to the chrome Skitter Pop SP-9 while Chris tried throwing 2 other poppers.
First fish on was a sea robin that followed my SP-9. Saw the arh arh right in front of me when I stopped the lure and then just played the lure before it hit it.
Once the sun hit the horizon, the bite picked up. I got into the 1 to 2 pound taylors. Chris wasn't getting into anything until I let him use a silver blue SP-9 I had with me.
For the last 45 minutes we were out there, I caught about 7 blues and chris caught 5. Both of us had as many misses and lost a few. I also caught a 17" schoolie that was feeding with the taylors.
We started heading in around 9pm. |
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MANIMAL
Joined: 08 Jun 2012
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Location: Manchester
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| Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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always loved the skitter pops for my freshwater fishing, never been saltwater
now they do an x rap pop that is even better - was killing top water the other night - great design |
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Zach0208
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| Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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| SP is one of my favorite!!! You can play music with that thing, and it works!!!!!! |
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Jeff
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| Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice! I gota stop chunking....all I'm catching is sea robbins. Gona start stepping up to some lures. |
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Michael
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| Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Jeff wrote: | | Nice! I gota stop chunking....all I'm catching is sea robbins. Gona start stepping up to some lures. |
Getting out there when the bite is on and getting the feeling of them hitting the lure is lots of fun! If you're looking for some great action, put the chunks away and throw a small topwater out there in the evening so you can see what looks like a cannon ball hitting the water! Setting the hook right as they hit the lure gives you a better feeling of the fish than letting the line run with it taking the chunk. |
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Jeff
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| Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Michael wrote: | | Jeff wrote: | | Nice! I gota stop chunking....all I'm catching is sea robbins. Gona start stepping up to some lures. |
Getting out there when the bite is on and getting the feeling of them hitting the lure is lots of fun! If you're looking for some great action, put the chunks away and throw a small topwater out there in the evening so you can see what looks like a cannon ball hitting the water! Setting the hook right as they hit the lure gives you a better feeling of the fish than letting the line run with it taking the chunk. |
Topwater is a blast no matter what you're catching! Definitely going to try it next time I'm out. What rod/reel combo have you felt the most comfortable with? |
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Michael
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| Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Jeff wrote: | | Michael wrote: | | Jeff wrote: | | Nice! I gota stop chunking....all I'm catching is sea robbins. Gona start stepping up to some lures. |
Getting out there when the bite is on and getting the feeling of them hitting the lure is lots of fun! If you're looking for some great action, put the chunks away and throw a small topwater out there in the evening so you can see what looks like a cannon ball hitting the water! Setting the hook right as they hit the lure gives you a better feeling of the fish than letting the line run with it taking the chunk. |
Topwater is a blast no matter what you're catching! Definitely going to try it next time I'm out. What rod/reel combo have you felt the most comfortable with? |
Currently I'm using an 8' 6" medium light saltwater St Croix. Another rod I've used is a medium action 6' 6" Shimano. 2 reels I use are an older model Penn 4500 and a newer Penn Persuader 400. That's what is considered a schoolie setup for when the smaller fish are around. Line I'm currently using is 10lb Cajun Red Fireline. |
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