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Suggestions for poppers and stickbaits for Landbased fishing

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Mark Harris:
Hey Kiel, you could certainly do far worse than homing in on Carpenter for a first port of call for lures and rods.

You might find helpful Brandon's excellent guide to poppers here: http://www.gtpopping.com/forum/index.php?topic=1124.0

Kiel Hinds:
Very true Mark! But one of the first gt fishing videos i watched was Fukui-San fishing in tonga, after that it was pretty hard to start anywhere else but at carpenter! And it's funny you should direct me to Brandon's post because i had that open most of today. (I was stealing some time at work to read when the boss wasn't looking :o) It's a great read, but i was still concerned about choosing a popper that won't stay in the water when i fish it from height. PLUS, casting distance is very critical when you fish here sometimes!! It's kind of pointless buying a great swimming stick bait that will blow back at you when you cast it into the wind..

Kurt Carlson:
Hey Kiel,

I fish a lot from a short cliff.  I have found that for both stick baits and poppers, that a sinking version is better.   Definitely ones that are very light tumble with even the lightest pull due to the increased angle.  You will also find that you can pull hard for the first few pulls then will have to make the pulls shorter and lighter the closer it gets.  I make some of my own poppers and I had one that ended up sinking because the wood was saturated with a light resin.  It has turned out to be my favorite lure for the cliffs.  I know some people shiver when I say this, but I will.  I also cast bibbed lures from the cliff, it can be quite productive.

Andrew Poulos:
I find floating stickbaits hard to use landbased. I find if its choppy and a bit brezzy they just get dragged around too much.

Used a tailwalk gunz(sinking) yesterday and scored a king. My first on a hardbody stickbait. Finally!!

kriss brown:
Hay guys
Talking about popper and sttick baits.I am curious what sort of rod do u guys use for land base popping?And reel size .??

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