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Found another good topwater bite this weekend. Had to use a pretty aggressive cadence -- almost walking the popper at times -- otherwise just got blowups. Bite was so good that I used popper all day long -- prob made less than a dozen combined casts with anything else. Biggest fish (6lbs 2oz) came at noon off a bank I had worked ca. an hour earlier. Second big fish (5lbs 7oz) came at 3:30pm at the back of a cove. First fish had apparently already spawned out, second was clearly full of eggs. Both released on the spot in good health -- kept them in the water while I prep'd the camera. Feel like I made hundreds of casts today -- bite was often dependent (but not always) on long, accurate casts. Really broke in my new BPS Pro Qualifier reel -- it does cast like a dream but its drag system leaves something to be desired (teflon washers were very jerky with big fish, even with a fairly loose drag settings). Will solve that ASAP by upgrading to Carbontex washers.
I did change out my leader from flourocarbon to 20lb mono. That kept the leader from snagging constantly on the front trebles and I could shake out most tangles that did occur. Guessing the flouro sinks just enough to allow the front trebles to tangle up with leader -- esp with a popper.
// joel
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I did change out my leader from flourocarbon to 20lb mono. That kept the leader from snagging constantly on the front trebles and I could shake out most tangles that did occur. Guessing the flouro sinks just enough to allow the front trebles to tangle up with leader -- esp with a popper.
// joel
