Party Boat Popping Rod

[Snagged]

Welcome to the trip Randy.
Most of us like to have a face with a name.

[MrBill]

Randy and Kil,
Since your traveling by air, I could bring an extra empty 162 Quart igloo for you guys to share and store fishing gear and other stuff. It's a good way to keep things dry since the weather could be a little rough. That spray on top where all gear is stored can be hard on tackle bags.

[Anglers Pro Shop]

Hi Guys,

I do see quite a few familiar names on the crew list, will really be nice to meet up.

Thanks Mrbill, really appreciate it. If youi dont get your stuff by Wed, give me a shout and I'll carry them there.

Randy

[SkeeterRonnie]

this is gonna be a great trip just because of who is gonna be on it. The fishing is second. Glad to be able to fish next to a great bunch of fisherpeople. Randy- dont forget your raingear. Might be wet, I will have an extra set if you need it. (5'10"- 165 lbs)

[Anglers Pro Shop]

Originally Posted by SkeeterRonnie

this is gonna be a great trip just because of who is gonna be on it. The fishing is second. Glad to be able to fish next to a great bunch of fisherpeople. Randy- dont forget your raingear. Might be wet, I will have an extra set if you need it. (5'10"- 165 lbs)

Ok, rain gear.. got it.

Will there be time for videos? I can bring some GT popping and Jigging videos if there is.

Randy

[galveston1602]

as slow as this trips going to be in getting out ther in 10' seas id say there is plenty of time for video's

[MrBill]

Randy,
I'll bring the empty cooler for you guys. If you can remember, bring me a spool of your 130 yard Seaguar FC No. 20 - 80 lb Fluorocarbon leader. I'll pay you with cash at the boat. Thanks.

[berniek]

I've found with GTs that generally (note generally), the bigger the popper, the bigger the fish you attract. They seem to go anything that moves and the bigger the nosie the makes, the more it attracts them. On the other hand, I've found tunas to be more fixated on what they're currently feeding on. I've had extremely frustrating trips in the past where we struggled to catch much as they were feeding on really small fish.

Hope you have some luck - it'd be mind-blowing to see a huge YFT inhale a big popper!

Originally Posted by Anglers Pro Shop

Hi Berniek,

I found myself a spot on the Big E trip this weekend, I will bringing a 8' Smith WRC80P/35 to cast poppers and swimbaits up to 150g and a 7'3" Smith WRC Kerama for huge poppers.

Hopefully I get a feel of the yft with both rods in party boat condition; casting, fighting and landing a fish with 30 over fellow anglers. On a private boat, I have no qualms with those rods with better manuevarbility and more deck space to move around.

Another thing I hope to achieve is to find out how big chuggers work out on those YFT, I got my hands on some XXL Hammerhead E Cups (170g) intended for my Tanzania GT trip in Feb, will have to strip some paint and add some character to the poppers before Feb

With 40 fellow anglers on the Big E predominantly using smaller poppers like Yozuri surface bull types, I think it will be very clear how big poppers work against smaller ones on YFT!

[Dr Jeff]

What's a GT? I also see them in pics on jigging & popper sites, but no one uses the whole name.

[Anglers Pro Shop]

Originally Posted by berniek

I've found with GTs that generally (note generally), the bigger the popper, the bigger the fish you attract. They seem to go anything that moves and the bigger the nosie the makes, the more it attracts them. On the other hand, I've found tunas to be more fixated on what they're currently feeding on. I've had extremely frustrating trips in the past where we struggled to catch much as they were feeding on really small fish.

Hope you have some luck - it'd be mind-blowing to see a huge YFT inhale a big popper!

The trip was cancelled because of weather... bummer!

Dr Jeff,

Heres a pic of a GT.

Randy