GregL Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 This afternoon I had my a$$ well and truely whiped! Well done Evan on 2 beautiful Sydney reds mate, you were on fire! Not a bad effort for a quick late arvo session. Big one went 6kg neat on the scales and around mid seventies as the measure on my net only goes to 70cm. Fished the northern beaches between 14-30m. Nice 6kg model in the afternoon sun Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleNoah Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 BEAUUUUUTIFUL, what more can you say. Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Cracking reds Greg, congrats to your mate Evan.. 2 - nil Greg, you got some catching up to do. Great shots of those magnificent fish.. Cheers.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishin.kiddo Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 some nice fish there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squid hunter Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 great work guys gotta be happy with that regards Squid Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roffo Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Well done Guy's, A couple of great fish there, there's always next time mate. Cheers Roffo PS. Your sp's work a treat on bream Greg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennmreid Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Couple of great looking snapper. Well done. Awesome effort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss z Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Awesome reds champ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat-as-trophy Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Fantastic looking fish there guys. Greg maybe you should learn his secret, next time it will be 2+ and 0 in your favour. Cheers Mrs Flightmanager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerg Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Nice work Greg! One can never be too proficient with the net. A very valuable skill to have Cheers, Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snag Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Top looking reds guys, Good to see i wasnt the only one out, and what a nice day it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robeebee Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 unreal mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkymalinky Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 They're quality fish anywhere Greg but in Sydney, they're spectacular Cheers, Slinky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flathead1 Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Well netted Greg and nice fish Evan Nothing like a quick session after the weather has been pretty average. Got to love plastics there awsome. cheers Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookmeup Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Mmmmmmm Bbq snapper & Mmmm beer. Great catch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregL Posted May 12, 2009 Author Share Posted May 12, 2009 (edited) Thanks all Man that was some good snappers, tasted great! We tried to release the big one but just wouldn't revive . None will go to waste so I don't feel to bad. Good returns for only 3 drifts! I forgot the camera on the trip , just got a new Canon D5 as well! Then I remembered the phone...... Not bad for a mobile! Greg Edited May 12, 2009 by GregL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinp Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Nice Reds, shame I couldnt get out there with yah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WANNAFISH Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Those are a couple of nice Reddies your mate EVAN got there. I reckon hes got to much practice from NZ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregL Posted May 13, 2009 Author Share Posted May 13, 2009 Those are a couple of nice Reddies your mate EVAN got there. I reckon hes got to much practice from NZ. Nah mate, it's all ass! A freaking hairy ugly one at that! CSG can vouch for that! Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisecraft Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 (edited) Thanks all Man that was some good snappers, tasted great! We tried to release the big one but just wouldn't revive . None will go to waste so I don't feel to bad. Good returns for only 3 drifts! I forgot the camera on the trip , just got a new Canon D5 as well! Then I remembered the phone...... Not bad for a mobile! Greg Hi Greg I am new to SP fishing for snapper.So with fishing for snapper with SP, do you normally drift or should you anchor, and if you anchor up what is the max depth you would anchor in. Would burleying help if anchored up. I have had some success with gulp jerk shad 5 inch in camo with bream in the river(Port Hacking) fishing the pontoons. Do you sound for the fish or do you look for structure with snapper SP fishing? I have a furuno 585 with 1 kw tranny. Thank you. Regards Kit BTW well done they are top reds Edited May 13, 2009 by cruisecraft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtosea Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Clearly you are the Snapper master off Sydney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregL Posted May 14, 2009 Author Share Posted May 14, 2009 Hi Greg I am new to SP fishing for snapper.So with fishing for snapper with SP, do you normally drift or should you anchor, and if you anchor up what is the max depth you would anchor in. Would burleying help if anchored up. I have had some success with gulp jerk shad 5 inch in camo with bream in the river(Port Hacking) fishing the pontoons. Do you sound for the fish or do you look for structure with snapper SP fishing? I have a furuno 585 with 1 kw tranny. Thank you. Regards Kit BTW well done they are top reds Hi Kit Mate haven't really done a huge amount of snappering, really only been doing it for a year or so on plastics. Years ago I use to anchor and drift bait reds down burley trails. Caught heaps of nice fish but nothing like these days. The quality of the reds we now catch by just fishing plastics is amazing. We drift fish as we want to cover ground. It's more of a numbers game, the more area you get your lure threw the more bites you should get.... It's not really worth burleying when drifting as we fish new ground every drift. I think boat noise puts them off so once you go threw an area we move slightly to cover new ground specailly in the depths we fish. The depths I fish are usually all less than 35m just so I can fish light and we are getting fish here. I have pulled some stonkers out of washes in 6m of water so don't ever think it's to shallow! On 5" J/shads in 10-20m of water I usually use 3/8-1/2oz heads in a 4/0. Cast as far forward of the drifting boat as you can, pull some slack line into the water so the lure drops straight down on loose line. 80% of the bites happen here on the drop! Watch the line and you will see a bump in the line from either a fish or the lure hitting the bottom. If it's a fish strike HARD! They have hard boney mouths and it's amazing how many drop the hook so really jam it home! Ever fished for flathead with a double whip retreive? same thing here. Half way back I burn the lure back and recast. Sounders. I use my sounder for snappering to either find new ground, see depth or find bait. Drop offs are nice and broken scattered stuff is what I usually target but it must have bait on it or I usually wont even stop. The GPS plotter is even more important IMO. It must have a good detailed mapping card in it. This is how we find areas to hit. I can sit down at the boat before even moving and hunt out new spots by scrolling and looking for tight packed contour lines that show steep drops and reefs. We have even found areas in past posts 4-5hour drives away and go in blind and smash em every trip. It works that well! Theres heaps more to the puzzle but that's the few points I can give that I know make a big difference to my catch rates. Next is to just get out there and leave the bait at home! If you want to crack the code you must be single minded. Put your self a target of say 3 trips in a row with no bait on the boat...... I take 2 rods and 1 tray of jig heads and a bag of plastics and that's it. Simple and easy fishing! Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisecraft Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Hi Kit Mate haven't really done a huge amount of snappering, really only been doing it for a year or so on plastics. Years ago I use to anchor and drift bait reds down burley trails. Caught heaps of nice fish but nothing like these days. The quality of the reds we now catch by just fishing plastics is amazing. We drift fish as we want to cover ground. It's more of a numbers game, the more area you get your lure threw the more bites you should get.... It's not really worth burleying when drifting as we fish new ground every drift. I think boat noise puts them off so once you go threw an area we move slightly to cover new ground specailly in the depths we fish. The depths I fish are usually all less than 35m just so I can fish light and we are getting fish here. I have pulled some stonkers out of washes in 6m of water so don't ever think it's to shallow! On 5" J/shads in 10-20m of water I usually use 3/8-1/2oz heads in a 4/0. Cast as far forward of the drifting boat as you can, pull some slack line into the water so the lure drops straight down on loose line. 80% of the bites happen here on the drop! Watch the line and you will see a bump in the line from either a fish or the lure hitting the bottom. If it's a fish strike HARD! They have hard boney mouths and it's amazing how many drop the hook so really jam it home! Ever fished for flathead with a double whip retreive? same thing here. Half way back I burn the lure back and recast. Sounders. I use my sounder for snappering to either find new ground, see depth or find bait. Drop offs are nice and broken scattered stuff is what I usually target but it must have bait on it or I usually wont even stop. The GPS plotter is even more important IMO. It must have a good detailed mapping card in it. This is how we find areas to hit. I can sit down at the boat before even moving and hunt out new spots by scrolling and looking for tight packed contour lines that show steep drops and reefs. We have even found areas in past posts 4-5hour drives away and go in blind and smash em every trip. It works that well! Theres heaps more to the puzzle but that's the few points I can give that I know make a big difference to my catch rates. Next is to just get out there and leave the bait at home! If you want to crack the code you must be single minded. Put your self a target of say 3 trips in a row with no bait on the boat...... I take 2 rods and 1 tray of jig heads and a bag of plastics and that's it. Simple and easy fishing! Greg Wow Greg, Thanks for the detailed reply, and all the great advice(very helpful to all Raiders here, planning to fish for reds on plastics). I will put your helpful advice to practice over the coming weeks although this weekend(Sunday) looks like it might be a yellow fin trip out wide.Thank you for taking the time and the great info.Isn't this a fantastic site!Good onya mate. Regards Kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACZ Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 (edited) nice fish m8 ...monday arvos tide was 7ish? u guys got them on the upcoming?.......ever need a fishing companion on weekdays? cheers alex Edited May 15, 2009 by ACZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregL Posted May 15, 2009 Author Share Posted May 15, 2009 No worries Kit, that's what The Raider is all about mate nice fish m8 ...monday arvos tide was 7ish? u guys got them on the upcoming?.......ever need a fishing companion on weekdays? cheers alex Hi Alex. To all you guys that look at tides and moon phases when you go fishing, YOU GUYS ARE TO SPOILT! Mate I go when ever I can get out. I wish I had that much fishing time that I could go in "so called peak times" but I have only been able to get out 3 days in something like 10 weeks and all three have been half days. That's one of the main reasons I bought the boat I got, just to get me out and back fast to maxumise my fishing time. I have about 5 Sydney marks I hit so far. Each time I go out I just fish them in rotation till I find the fish. Hopefully I try hit one more spot per trip to try broarden my run. I always have the sounder and plotter on while running out and back and try never to run the same lines and ALWAYS watch the sounder. Any little hump or drop that has bait on it I drop a mark on the plotter for further exploritory runs. Doing this I get to grid the bottom with my plotter, hunting anything intersting that might hold fish. Over time I should get some interesting information from it and every bit of info helps. G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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