Scratchie

His dad will never forget it either when I give him the bill for the rod!!! only joking! Great fun!

Still plenty mate! Although a commercial boat picked up 4 tonne over last two days!

cheers scratchie!!!

G’day raiders, Junior scratchie wanted to head out today and take a mate with him! Another great excuse to go fishing. The fish were still there and still biting hard! Got our bag and headed home! Juniors mate was a little inexperienced which cost me a rod (high sticked) and a few lures but watching his wrist lock on a good king was priceless!!! little boy helping big boy....... the result.........

What soft plastics do you use to target snapper and what jigs? Most to nearly all my sp snaps come from 8-15m of water! P.s I don’t use circle hooks either. Only for when live baiting for marlin.

Sorry rick!!! Here’s the chewing gum video! Haha.....catching at its best!!!

Hey Paul, Firstly, welcome to fishraider!!! Rick and I fish totally different generally but on the odd occasion I do use ricks method of bait and it works beautifully!!! Chasing snapper is my passion and there is no greater feeling than landing a beaut on sp’s! Most of the fish I chase now days are on soft plastics. Less bycatch, more active imo and not as smelly! Lol. But...... if I’m anchoring to catch fish, I use burley, fresh bait and lightly weighed presented hooks as possible floated down the burley trail. My setup is generally a 20lb braid mainline with 20lb fluorocarbon leader. 4000 fk stadic and a 4-6kg rod. (Rick uses slightly different but works for him) The area is the key amongst many other factors. There is no one magic answer but using the right gear, bait and technique in the right area should yield some decent fish. Too add, I fish with a decently tight drag so I can turn the fishes head ASAP. If it’s a big fish I know straight away as it will pull some good drag. There is a balance though between tight and too tight. Mostly though, everything comes from experience. Ive spent many years with trial and error, and have also fished these areas for many many years! Reading the info a lot of our experienced raiders provide is priceless!!! Hope that helps, cheers scratchie!!!

Sorry for the one little expletive!

G’day raiders, I thought I’d share another video of our insane day of fishing!!! cheers scratchie!!!

Good luck! Remember the legal size and bag limits apply!

Haha, we did that yowie on several occasions! Didn’t use handlines but geez they go hard on bream sticks!

Mate, we went and anchored up at Broughton for an afternoon nap. Then went and bagged on snapper! Home by 830pm with a day to remember!

Plus one for me with the battery charger! I’d leave the motor down too! Cheers scratchie!!!

Good onya mate! Sps are a very addictive way of fishing! Congrats cheers scratchie!!!

No one can own the ocean Baz!!!

Not after I filleted them!!!

Not wrong rick! I weighed one at 74cm no cleaned at 5.2kg! Haha. Tastes amazing too!

Oh baz!! Put ya foot down! Tournament 23-25th March

I finally learnt how to load stuff to YouTube!

G’day raiders, Some of you may have seen this footage on other social media that my kids have put out there but this is actually filmed by me with my boys! Most amazing day and not something that happens to many of us whilst out fishing!!! This footage goes with the report I put in earlier! Enjoy....... cheers scratchie!!!

Unlucky mate! After the big southerly push it will take a week or so to clear up and they’ll be biting! Guess rick and I got lucky! Right place, right time!!! Cheers scratchie!!!

I’m in whenever anyone wants to organise something! Maybe we could organise a few crews for the upcoming trailerboat tournament??? Tony Poole the owner of this tournament usually advertises with this site! Let’s see if we can get something going! March is the best time of year to fish up here!

Anytime Woodsy! It was a pretty good day out there! Next day, 200 boats on the same spot! Haha!

For sure! I’m glad he got his first on sps! That’s a fair effort already but he’s keen for a biggen! Soon Baz!

Anytime rick! WillyWeather is out my window! Haha ? Catching snapper is my passion so all the info I can get and share is priceless! My kids are truly blessed to live here and be able to get out on the ocean frequently!