stipo Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STOCK Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Congrats on finally catching one with a humpy head! Im still trying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Nice Red there champ.. Happy Days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefa Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Ripper of a red, hope to see some more from you soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve07 Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deano35 Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Great snapper mate. The water behind you looks great as well. Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmac Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 nice red mate. had heard theres a few threshers around. would be good to pin a big one of those. Col Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robeebee Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 congrats on a great fish after all that time well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laredo Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 good fish! I didn't know we got threshers off sydney!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abiasin Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 well done mate, good effort on the red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tricks Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 reds are an awesome looking fish arn't they well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damariboyz Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyt Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 that a nice red i' m jealous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris 55 Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 That's one nice Snapper for around Sydney makes it all good Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laredo Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 you must have known that was better than the usual sgt baker mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightmanager Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Very nice Snapper there , I seem to keep catching their younger siblings !! Ross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scon Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Good fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buster and co Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Top fish mate, well done. Ya gotta love it when a plan works. Cheers, Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_steve Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 great work thats a very nice red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPSGT Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christos Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 Nice snapper. It is good to go fishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR@ZY OS@M@ Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 nice red there mate,well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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