I have a few small poppers but none that could really be cast any distance to be of any use when flicking a good distance on a beach (For an example think of browns and trying to cast at the fish up the back of the lagoon). Although I do own a halco roosta 105 (bonito) that I haven't flicked around yet but I think could be cast a fair distance. I also have a TD popper (translucent bluegill) that my mate has done quite well on ST's with.

What do you guys/gals use for chasing salmon on poppers? And what size/s do you recommend? And colours you find most successful

Just looking to expand my ever-growing lure collection and give me a few more options

Salmon big or small I want to cover all my options!

Cheers
Squid

I use 40 - 50mm Riley's Cone Pop Toppers in all sorts of colours-my fave is Silver Baitfish colour. Havent scored a salmon yet but its only a matter of time i reckon as they have a great action and cast well.

I've not heard of those before, I'll have to look them up and see what i reckon. Let me know how you find yours when you score yourself a salmon or three

Come on fellas I've searched the forum and haven't found many examples I want your opinions on what works best for you.

Cheers
SS

I use the surf poppers to get em... if not in surf need a bit of weight... sometimes a SP below it...

I like the surecatch poppers, their weighty enough to cast a decent distance, I use the 120mm for big surf salmon and the 60mm for st/coota, their most important benifit is that the dish/scoop has holes that produce a bubble trail for the fish to hone in on, they also have a large dish to displace plenty of water which can help get the salmon excited enough to hit the surface.

cheers

when you say the scoop has holes? do the holes run thru the body of the lure? or more dimples in the scoop?

Ive got some Softy, will show ya. - holes are in the scoop

I use the same the 105 bonito. I use a seajigger and a heartland 4000 and it casts a mile. I cast far enough for any surf beach to get a salmon on it....

I'm still waiting to break in my seajigger that i bought the other day. Pairing it up with a 4000 of some description. Just wasn't sure on the size of the popper I should use.

Softy the holes are essentially where the gills would open on a real fish so it makes a stream of bubbles which attract the fish to the lure (as Piranha said).

I'll have to check out the surecatch ones and see. I do like the halco's and will stock up on them but looking for a few alternatives as some lures work on some days and get shunned the next

You wont be dissapointed with it, excellent rod for luring. I run a daiwa heartland wid 15pound saltiga surf braid. Awesome outfit for luring...

hopefully breaking in my Seajigger 305 and Sol 4000 soon aswell.