Long Island Report
Long Island Report
Well we got on the water around 6ish. The leveles at Long Island are extremely low as well, but it still offers a lot of holes and structure to hold fish. The smallies were following our wolly buggers, unfortunately they weren't taking them. With that we switched to small poppers...instant action! While we didn't manage anything over 9", the action was non-stop. In hindsight I should have used my 4wt to make the most of the small ones we were catching.
"There wouldn't have been any butt kickings if that stupid death ray had worked."
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Mike Lennox
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I love using poppers!I also caught a nice21' pike on one and also has 2 more pike on the i lost in the weeds 
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Bass assassin
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BA,
I like dark colours (Black, Purple, etc) on bright sunny days. I'll swicth to a teal/white/yellow (froggish) pattern in low light or overcast days. A chartreuse has worked occasionally as well.
Size can be a major factor as well. Yesterday there were only nipping at the tail of a #6 foam popper. Switching to a #10/12 made the difference. On other days switching to the #6 (which makes more noice) has induced better strikes. Trial and error till you find the right one.
With respect to panfish poppers, no one in Ottawa seems to be carrying any (or in the disired colours). I'll probably wind up ordering some from BassPro for next season.
I like dark colours (Black, Purple, etc) on bright sunny days. I'll swicth to a teal/white/yellow (froggish) pattern in low light or overcast days. A chartreuse has worked occasionally as well.
Size can be a major factor as well. Yesterday there were only nipping at the tail of a #6 foam popper. Switching to a #10/12 made the difference. On other days switching to the #6 (which makes more noice) has induced better strikes. Trial and error till you find the right one.
With respect to panfish poppers, no one in Ottawa seems to be carrying any (or in the disired colours). I'll probably wind up ordering some from BassPro for next season.
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Mike Lennox
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hey bass assassin:
They arent really picky about the coulors. I like chartreuse/black,green with black spots "leopard frog",black for evening and then gold with black stripes and a red mouth for hot sunny days. For smaller bass try panfish poppers like sneaky petes. O yeah and for pike chartreuse/black or leopard frog seems to get the most strikes.
yff
They arent really picky about the coulors. I like chartreuse/black,green with black spots "leopard frog",black for evening and then gold with black stripes and a red mouth for hot sunny days. For smaller bass try panfish poppers like sneaky petes. O yeah and for pike chartreuse/black or leopard frog seems to get the most strikes.
yff