JPH Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Wondering if anyone took over would like to get some for the season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanJ_88 Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Did they ever stop making? Wayne sent me a few wires recently and will be doing 2 shows this season... "I learned from Javier the Russian, that you never, never sit down while fishing a chunk. You gotta respect the fish, respect the bite." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zak-striper Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 44 mins ago, JPH said: Wondering if anyone took over would like to get some for the season i bought some from their website last year. i believe they took a break, maybe pandemic related, then they were back last year. i love their poppers. they are the 1st poppers out of my bag at the canal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PI Guy Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 He was at Surfland for their demo day, pretty sure he’s still in business. mare liberum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.R. Bridge Fisher Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 I have a couple of his pencils away in storage. For some reason I never go for them. Too many options I guess troll #122 <*)))< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.R. Bridge Fisher Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 18 hours ago, JPH said: Wondering if anyone took over would like to get some for the season Would be nice if someone took over CCW.... wjtoggin 1 troll #122 <*)))< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark lobster Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 I thought he just stopped supplying stores Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zak-striper Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 On 2/3/2023 at 6:14 AM, R.R. Bridge Fisher said: I have a couple of his pencils away in storage. For some reason I never go for them. Too many options I guess Guppy poppers are my favorite for thre canal. They don't dig in so you can work them as soon as they hit the water. They cast a mile as well, as good if not better than Superstrike Little Neck poppers. The SS popper, which I love on the beaches, digs in too deep once it hits the water at the canal, especially once the current is moving. It takes a few pumps to get the SS back on top and splashing. If fish are breaking way out in the middle of the canal SS poppers take too long to get going, often drifting out of the strike zone if the current is no longer slack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ged Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 3 hours ago, zak-striper said: Guppy poppers are my favorite for thre canal. They don't dig in so you can work them as soon as they hit the water. They cast a mile as well, as good if not better than Superstrike Little Neck poppers. The SS popper, which I love on the beaches, digs in too deep once it hits the water at the canal, especially once the current is moving. It takes a few pumps to get the SS back on top and splashing. If fish are breaking way out in the middle of the canal SS poppers take too long to get going, often drifting out of the strike zone if the current is no longer slack. Manual pick up reels are quicker to keep a top water on top. My line is on the roller before the plug hits the surface. Joe G, SC, EliasA and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ba Ba Buoy Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 39 mins ago, ged said: Manual pick up reels are quicker to keep a top water on top. My line is on the roller before the plug hits the surface. Not to get off topic but, why can't you achieve the same thing with a automatic or manual bail? Most of the bail less reels have slower retrieve rates, that and the learning curve in manual pickups make it much harder for me. Give me a Stella with a XHG or HG retrieve and I have that surface plug dancing on top as quick as can be. Give me a VS, ZB, or 706Z and the fumbling I experience guiding the line on and slow IPT's does me dirty! "Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after." ~Henry David Thoreau (member formerly known as MV Bluefish) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditch Jigger Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 4 hours ago, zak-striper said: Guppy poppers are my favorite for thre canal. They don't dig in so you can work them as soon as they hit the water. They cast a mile as well, as good if not better than Superstrike Little Neck poppers. The SS popper, which I love on the beaches, digs in too deep once it hits the water at the canal, especially once the current is moving. It takes a few pumps to get the SS back on top and splashing. If fish are breaking way out in the middle of the canal SS poppers take too long to get going, often drifting out of the strike zone if the current is no longer slack. I wonder if they're using the same trick that Brad used, that allowed them to be ass weighted but still float, when they were Hawg Hunters. R.R. Bridge Fisher and bradW 2 "…if catching fish is your only objective, you are either new to the game or too narrowly focused on measurable results.” - D. Stuver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zak-striper Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 7 hours ago, ged said: Manual pick up reels are quicker to keep a top water on top. My line is on the roller before the plug hits the surface. It's got nothing to do with manual bails or bail-less reels. The plugs are designed differently. The SuperStrike little neck popper has a big cup for scooping out a lot of water to make a big splash. As soon as the SS hits the water at the canal, if the currently is moving, it digs deep. While I love that action on the beaches, 'cuz I want a big splash to attract stripers & blues on the beaches, that same scooping action does exactly what I don't want the lure to do in the canal. Meanwhile, the Guppy has a considerably smaller and shallower cup so it doesn't dig into the current. The Guppy also has a flattened bottom, similar to how the Gibbs Canal Special popper has a flat bottom, to help it ride on top of the water. The lures have different designs to produce different actions. However, they both cast great. Guppy on the left, SuperStrike on the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt0791 Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 2 hours ago, zak-striper said: It's got nothing to do with manual bails or bail-less reels. The plugs are designed differently. The SuperStrike little neck popper has a big cup for scooping out a lot of water to make a big splash. As soon as the SS hits the water at the canal, if the currently is moving, it digs deep. While I love that action on the beaches, 'cuz I want a big splash to attract stripers & blues on the beaches, that same scooping action does exactly what I don't want the lure to do in the canal. Meanwhile, the Guppy has a considerably smaller and shallower cup so it doesn't dig into the current. The Guppy also has a flattened bottom, similar to how the Gibbs Canal Special popper has a flat bottom, to help it ride on top of the water. The lures have different designs to produce different actions. However, they both cast great. Guppy on the left, SuperStrike on the right. These 2 plugs have completely different actions its like comparing apples to oranges. The super strike is more comparable to Polaris popper. Much more slower and methodical compared to the faster slashing and gliding motion of a pencil popper. Either way both fish magnets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.R. Bridge Fisher Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 For me tops is Mikes ditch witch pencil along with afterhours makes a couple styles I can't go without. Then there's the jigman tailweigted. Top tier pencil in my book. Larson makes a great canal pencil also. Aaron Barmmer 1 troll #122 <*)))< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEM Parking Lot Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 Guppy poppers are nice but I find they dig too much while fishing in inlet currents. I gata' shake the pole like a madman to get it to work the surface. I always find myself going for the cotton cordell pencils. /off topic R.R. Bridge Fisher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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