riley93 Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 (edited) went down the coast on easter with a few mates got up early with no bait in hope to get some yellow tail and went for some reds and we thought we would give shallow water a try we were in 20ft of water, using 7kg line on a 3500bait runner on my little saltiga. wasent long before we got the first 1, my mate got a 5.2kg one and then my rod went of and i lost one around the same size at the side of the boat, but just after that i got 3 more over 4.5 kg so wasnt too bad, went out the next morning and got one 4.5kg in the same spot, we decided to try the spot that night and my mate got a 4.7kg red, and we didnt think we were going to get any others then my rod went off and it was a good 8kg snapper, it didnt run like a red so i thought it was another shark so i gave it heaps then when we put the light on it i backed of the drag and took it easy.. first day second day the big one Edited May 4, 2009 by riley93 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewhunter Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Quality Reds there riley93. That 8kg fish is a horse!! Sounds like you had a great trip. What bait did the damage & did you get any on plastics? Well done on some top fish. Cheers, Grant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Knot Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Absolute cracker that fish Riley John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WANNAFISH Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Awesome thumper Reds you got there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outfisher Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Absolute cracker that fish Riley John Top reds mate, how far down south are we talking!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micksfishn Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 thumper well done mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 That is a superb fish mate. Would be like tackling a horse! Hodgey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtosea Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Horses brother horses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 That is 'Land of the Giants' stuff....top catch boys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Well done guys, what a great catch of reddies , good to see the smile on your face Riley93, I'd be smiling to with a snapper like that.. Congrats chaps.. Cheers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImDale Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 great fish matey.. very envious.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahajo Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 great haul of snapper there riley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiro Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 holy crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roosterman Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 what an awesome couple of knobby sessions you guys had... stuff dreams are made of... well done... any more details ??? cheers...steve..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogtooth Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Sensational snapper fishing , Nice fish.... Cheers John.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleNoah Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Top fish mate, bloody well done! You'd have to be at Sussex there wouldn't ya? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trapper Tom Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Not just a horse thats a damn Clydsdale!!! Great Fish Also did you get a measyrement of it?? Would be great to know Cheers Trapper Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deano2233 Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Brilliant absolutly brilliant. where abouts down the coast if you dont mind me asking? well done again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Huuuuuuuuuge Reds boys, and well done done on getting that beasty one also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondo Rock Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 (edited) You'd have to be at Sussex there wouldn't ya? That was my guess - I've been going there for many years and I reckon that's the inlet in the background. Since Riley's been a tad light on providing any details of his captures I'll note that there is a very productive shallow-water Snapper reef a couple of hundred meters south of the Sussex Inlet bar (not an easy bar to cross BTW in any sort of swell). We anchored there by accident one arvo and pulled four legal snapper on squid while waiting for the 'captain' to fix the motor. Unfortunately those are the best directions I can give as it was about 5 years ago and I never took a reading. Edited May 5, 2009 by Mondo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
achjimmy Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 That was my guess - I've been going there for many years and I reckon that's the inlet in the background. Since Riley's been a tad light on providing any details of his captures I'll note that there is a very productive shallow-water Snapper reef a couple of hundred meters south of the Sussex Inlet bar (not an easy bar to cross BTW in any sort of swell). We anchored there by accident one arvo and pulled four legal snapper on squid while waiting for the 'captain' to fix the motor. Unfortunately those are the best directions I can give as it was about 5 years ago and I never took a reading. Looking on Google earth thats a pretty unfriendly looking bar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shieldsy Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 great fish mate well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennmreid Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Well done on catching some quality snapper. Looks like you had an awesome time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnv Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 some very nice reds there fellas john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erroll Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 man o man, that is gold.... i mean red!!!!!!!!!! congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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