coraltrout68
17-02-2011, 10:53 PM
I was lucky enough to fish for snapper off Metropolitan Adelaide today. As we all know we can't fish (take) snapper in Queensland for the next 6 weeks, so I was looking forward to getting a few SA Big Reds.
We left the West Beach boat ramp at the fairly relaxed time of 8.30am.
About 15km later we anchored up and immediately started to catch undersized snapper. There must have been thousands of these small fish as all baits got cleaned up in seconds, including live slimy mackeral. The only decent fish was caught on a soft plastic, unfortunately the hook pulled.
Around 11am the decision was made to make a move and 15 minutes later we were fishing on a new ground. Hopes were high for this new spot as the skipper caught a 22lb snapper on the same spot the day before.
I was happy when our baits were not attacked by a horde of unsized snapper.
I had a snapper line out and I also had a line in for whiting and it was the whiting rod that got the first bite, but this was no whiting, the line was peeling off the reel and the rod was bending in half. I had to contend with a large fish on a whiting rod, light line and a small hook. Add to this the line tangled around two other lines a berley pot and the line was under the boat.
I was able to get to the other side of the boat and it was not long after, that a large snapper popped its head out of the water. A couple of minutes later the fish was in the net - it was 85cm long and 16lb. I was stoked as it was caught on a whiting rod and reel, 12lb mono and a size 4 hook.
The next fish was thankfully caught on my snapper outfit and after a short fight a 87cm fish was netted - caught on half a slimy mackeral.
The skipper then caught an 83cm snapper, this fish didn't put up a fight at all and it wasn't until it was netted and on the floor of the boat that it went crazy.
The last fish was caught at 2pm on a half slimy mackeral, this time the snapper fought really well. This was the best fish of the day - 90cm and 18lb.
As we had our limit of fish over 60cm the call was made to head in.
Thanks Chris for a really enjoyable day.
P.S. SA have a one month snapper closure - over the month of November (spawning time).
Sorry about the photos - as big as I can get them.
Hopefully I can get out again before I head back to Brisbane on Sunday.
Shane
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We left the West Beach boat ramp at the fairly relaxed time of 8.30am.
About 15km later we anchored up and immediately started to catch undersized snapper. There must have been thousands of these small fish as all baits got cleaned up in seconds, including live slimy mackeral. The only decent fish was caught on a soft plastic, unfortunately the hook pulled.
Around 11am the decision was made to make a move and 15 minutes later we were fishing on a new ground. Hopes were high for this new spot as the skipper caught a 22lb snapper on the same spot the day before.
I was happy when our baits were not attacked by a horde of unsized snapper.
I had a snapper line out and I also had a line in for whiting and it was the whiting rod that got the first bite, but this was no whiting, the line was peeling off the reel and the rod was bending in half. I had to contend with a large fish on a whiting rod, light line and a small hook. Add to this the line tangled around two other lines a berley pot and the line was under the boat.
I was able to get to the other side of the boat and it was not long after, that a large snapper popped its head out of the water. A couple of minutes later the fish was in the net - it was 85cm long and 16lb. I was stoked as it was caught on a whiting rod and reel, 12lb mono and a size 4 hook.
The next fish was thankfully caught on my snapper outfit and after a short fight a 87cm fish was netted - caught on half a slimy mackeral.
The skipper then caught an 83cm snapper, this fish didn't put up a fight at all and it wasn't until it was netted and on the floor of the boat that it went crazy.
The last fish was caught at 2pm on a half slimy mackeral, this time the snapper fought really well. This was the best fish of the day - 90cm and 18lb.
As we had our limit of fish over 60cm the call was made to head in.
Thanks Chris for a really enjoyable day.
P.S. SA have a one month snapper closure - over the month of November (spawning time).
Sorry about the photos - as big as I can get them.
Hopefully I can get out again before I head back to Brisbane on Sunday.
Shane
sum
65339
65340