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NathanMcNiece:
heading up to the whitsundays from brisbane this Sunday for 2 weeks. weathers looking great so looking to head out to black reef overnight in the first few days casting poppers. only doing some light popping with 50lb braid and twinpower 10000 and casting poppers like dumbell pop 150's and roosta 135's. any suggestions on locations to pop for G's or poppers to take would be appreciated

Thanks.

Ashley Cotter:

Nathan,

Send a PM to the taylor's mate they will help u out.

Cheers
Ash

NathanMcNiece:
just sent a PM then but i dont think they come on the site too often so fingers crossed they reply. does anyone else know some good spots that I can start off at?

Travis Heaps:
Have you fished for GT's before Nathan?  They're generally fairly predictable as to where they hang out, the Whitsundays will be full of likely spots.  The majority of our fishing is based around Islands, as will yours be in the Whitsundays.  

Focus long casts against areas with waves breaking/whitewater that is breaking over points or even better - bommies situated just off the island.  If these areas have current running past them then even better.  With the current running try to concentrate on the leading edge of where the current is hitting the structure, the GT's will often sit in the pressure wave at the front of these areas.  If you can combine it all and can work you lure out of white water/eddies and through the area of current then you really are in with a chance.  The general consensus seems to be the more water movement (current) the better.

I attached a quick picture of a random spot I picked in the whitsundays on google earth - i've never actually fished there but circled a few likely looking spots that I would try.  The red indicates current and green is where i'd have a go if the current was running that way.  (PS if that cloud at the top centre was actually a bommie it'd probably be the first place i'd go  :D ;))

NathanMcNiece:
na mate havnt done any real gt fishing before except at the whitsundays last week where I was unseccesful with GT's, only managing big queenies on the poppers. thanks for all your advice and hopefully ill manage a few GT's also a quick question, I'm using decoy 200lb split rings on my poppers like dumbell pop 150's and roosta 135's both with 2/0's, will the 200lb rings be heavy enough? also has anyone tried BAck Bone poppers?

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