A Decent Reddd At Last

[stipo]

I've been tryimg for months (years actually) to land a decent snapper and I finally managed it on Sunday, 9/12.

Mick and I got outside, off Manly for some smileys and then a few Ks off long reef to put them down.

We cubed pillies for 30 minutes or so before this 58cm red decided my 1/2 a slimey attached to a 2 hook rig looked appetising enough to run off with. I can't tell you how excited I was to see a red at the end of the line instead of the usual sargent baker. Can't wait to get out there again and see if they are still around.

BTW, we also got onto a 7 or 8ft thrasher shark. That was fun. I had him up to the boat about 4 times before we decided to cut the line rather than have him in biting our toes.

Cheers, Stipo

[STOCK]

Congrats on finally catching one with a humpy head! Im still trying

[Sammy]

Nice Red there champ.. Happy Days!

[reefa]

Ripper of a red, hope to see some more from you soon

[Steve07]

That,s a beauty mate,always great to see the awesome colour's of a good snapper come to the surface.

very well done mate!

[deano35]

Great snapper mate. The water behind you looks great as well. Well done

[djmac]

nice red mate.

had heard theres a few threshers around.

would be good to pin a big one of those.

Col

[robeebee]

congrats on a great fish after all that time

well done

[Laredo]

good fish!

I didn't know we got threshers off sydney!?

[abiasin]

well done mate, good effort on the red.

[tricks]

reds are an awesome looking fish arn't they well done

[damariboyz]

Fantastic stuff mate well done. Good things come to those who wait. True take my misses for example she waited 16 years for me

Well done mate. Maybe next spring we can have a Fishraider Snapper fest down south at the Hump.

He who has the biggest hump wins.

Russ

Edited December 12, 2007 by damariboyz

[tonyt]

that a nice red i' m jealous

[Chris 55]

That's one nice Snapper for around Sydney

makes it all good

Chris

[Laredo]

you must have known that was better than the usual sgt baker mate!

[Flightmanager]

Very nice Snapper there , I seem to keep catching their younger siblings !!

Ross

[Scon]

Good fish

[Buster and co]

Top fish mate, well done.

Ya gotta love it when a plan works.

Cheers,

Rick

[big_steve]

great work thats a very nice red

[PPSGT]

Stipo -

Thats a baby compared to the one you lost a few weeks back due to your poorly tied hooks....

Cant wait until you land a big one! (there not a "snapper" until there over 60cm)

See you in the new year for another longy session- I'm off to Spencers Gulf between

Christmas and New years so I hope to get on to the big ones then, or a least a truck load of squid

Jason

[Christos]

Nice snapper.

It is good to go fishing.

[CR@ZY OS@M@]

nice red there mate,well done