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First popping trip to Lombok

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Brandon Khoo:
Peter - your post was amended as your referral was to a non-sponsor
Please refrain accordingly

Mark Harris:
Hi Hwee

You are in very good hands with Adhek and his crew. He knows those South Lombok popping waters better than anybody who is still operating.  Listen seriously to the friendly advice he will inevitably impart.

Rod-wise you would be fine with either DJ83MH or CV79/40 - both appropriate for the waters.  Casting distance is not really an issue at the main sites. 

Those lures you mention will do you fine.  You don't need big poppers as the waters are not deep. A couple of the best spots can be very sexy current wise with big chop in the water as well, so I would recommend having a sinking stickbait or two in case you can't get floating lures to work (highly possible in the chop). Heru Bobara would do you nicely - just use it as a sub-surface lure to hold the water if the chop is very nasty.

You can't really get enough PE8 on a 10000 spool and I would not advise going down to PE6 in those gnarly waters.  If a 16000 is out as you want a Shimano lip, then you could look at a Yumeya or Twinpower 12000 spool for your SW10000 - you will get 200 metres of PE8 onto a 12000 OK.

I have done a lot of  trips to South Lombok and it can be outstanding. 50 kg+ monster GTs are there and there are a lot of smaller ones. The by-catch can be fun as well with good size Red Bass, Spanish Mackerel and lesser trevallies.  I will probably be over there 3 or 4 times later this year before your trip and will keep you posted  8) .

It's a fantastic place to fish for the scenery as well - truly stunning part of the world.  Cheers and the best of luck.

Peter:  All very hilarious... definitely not a 1,000 and definitely none for sale  ;D ;D . And definitely not an expert!

Hwee Guang Phang:
Thanks Mark, glad to have some advice from you, especially on the reel size. I actually decided to go with Adhek after reading the reports on your blog. :D

I also managed to source out the DJ83MH (thanks Jon) and MH80M, considering getting one of them to pair with the 18k SW.

Mark Harris:
One day I might actually update that blog....  :-[  . I am though very pleased to hear you found it helpful. For the lures you mentioned, DJ83MH would be a fine choice.

Hwee Guang Phang:
I am back from my trip to Lombok, unfortunately it did not turn out well.

It was meant to be a 2 day quick trip. As with the previous groups this month, Lombok was really quiet even though we hit many of Adhek's favorite spots. A strike was elicited in the morning on Adhek's Big Buffalo which is a really great popper, unfortunately it did not convert to a  hookup. There were no strikes for the rest of the day to our surprise and dismay.

The second day, we decided to head straight to Batu Abah. Unfortunately, the hydraulic pipe burst halfway. It was quickly replaced; however, the spare  unexpectedly broke 10 minutes later. We then spent the a good part of the day crawling back to Bali with the crew manually steering the boat. To Adhek's credit, he and his crew tried their best to fix the pipe and got someone to pick us up halfway so we could quickly get back to Bali. 

Nevertheless Adhek's a great guy to be fishing with, trying to see if I can find an opportunity to go back soon  8)

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