andrias Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 (edited) Hi all long time observer of the forum and first time report. Fly to Adelaide for Christmas and went on a fishing charter specialize on snapper. First drop of the bait, straight away triple hook up, the biggest being 75cm snapper (not sure about the weight) and then went quiet for while and the skipper decided to move to a different spot. Same thing here, after about a few minutes the snapper were on the bite again and they range from 40cm to 70cm. We keep moving to different spot and catching snapper after snapper until we caught the beast at 90cm. Never been really good at making report so i have attached picture for y'all to see. Any question ask away :thumbup: PS: Does anyone know a goof fishing charter for kingfish and mahi mahi from sydney? cheers Edited January 4, 2012 by SeriouslyInNeedOfHookingBigFish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrias Posted January 4, 2012 Author Share Posted January 4, 2012 (edited) more pic next to the foot is the biggest snapper of the day that goes about 90ish cm Edited January 4, 2012 by SeriouslyInNeedOfHookingBigFish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrias Posted January 4, 2012 Author Share Posted January 4, 2012 pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Good fish, bad photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AEG Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 im goin to arno bay on the 10th, hope we some good fish like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rode Cary Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 pics 1st of all, well done for the catch and nice to hear you had a great time But regarding keeping all those snapper..........hmmm I really feel uneasy with that. I totally understand it is all your right to keep them, and I am not having a go at you but I would expect fishing charters to keep what you need for a feed and a little plus and release the others. I went on a fishing charter in NZ not a long time ago and we caught over 50 xos kings, and the skipper allowed us only 1 to keep. It is not a surprise, day in day out they still catch plenty of fish Again, I want to clarify that I'm not here to judge, its just how I feel about it, may be it is just me kind regards Bertrand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longy Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 great haul of snapper, don't think I've ever caught a single keeper, just pinkies. but in regards to the post above, about feeling "uneasy seeing so many fish being kept", but we don't know how many fishos where onboard that charter boat, if it had 10+ people fishing, that lot of fish would only be 3 or 4 per person, so not that much considering the legal bag limits ranges from 2 per person to 10 in SA (or boat limits) depending on location and size of the fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrias Posted January 4, 2012 Author Share Posted January 4, 2012 @ Noodles Sorry with the pic mate, was very tired after the fishing and had only my iphone to take a quick pic before the skipper distribute the fish. @ Bertrand Let me clarify that there were 11 of us fishing on the charter and everybody end up with 1 snapper above 60cm and 2 snapper between 40-60cm to take home. So it's not like i took home all those fish in the pic, but i understand and appreciate your concern in conserving those fish. so hopefully no hard feeling mate...cheers :biggrin2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisheyes85 Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Hey mate, and top job on the Schnapps! It's always a big bonus to get a charter operator that puts onto the right spots. Well worth any extra money to go with someone in the know. Cheers Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prawn* Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 well done on the snapper only thing i have to say is there is just as good snapper in nsw as SA even at our doorstep south coast anywere from gong to harbour i have fished and had a few around 7kg mark this winter we had really good season one outing we didnt get a fish under 5kg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegroves68 Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Read the report!!! 11 people fishing on the Charter. And read the site rules while your at it. Good Snapper by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Knot Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 @ Noodles Sorry with the pic mate, was very tired after the fishing and had only my iphone to take a quick pic before the skipper distribute the fish. @ Bertrand Let me clarify that there were 11 of us fishing on the charter and everybody end up with 1 snapper above 60cm and 2 snapper between 40-60cm to take home. So it's not like i took home all those fish in the pic, but i understand and appreciate your concern in conserving those fish. so hopefully no hard feeling mate...cheers :biggrin2: You dont need to justify legal catch on this site - but nicely answered. Members please note the rules regarding criticism of legal catch - thread closed Cheers Blood Knot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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