John C Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Went out off shellharbour saturday and ended up with a nice 72 cm snapper caught on a pilchard in 70ft of water 8 pound braid and 15 pound leader on my bream rod took 20min to get in best fight ive had with a fish i think............. caught 3 more one went 52cm and the others just over legal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spooooled Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 (edited) Went out off shellharbour saturday and ended up with a nice 72 cm snapper caught on a pilchard in 70ft of water 8 pound braid and 15 pound leader on my bream rod took 20min to get in best fight ive had with a fish i think............. caught 3 more one went 52cm and the others just over legal. TOP CATCH especially on the bream outfit Edited April 29, 2012 by Spoooled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denzor Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Nice Fish mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockfisherman Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Definitely worth posting about. Fishingphase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Stalker Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 That is a great size fish for up there. Great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowerFisher Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Top Snapper, thats a beast in these areas well done Did you catch it near bass point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTROJAN Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Awesome catch mate!!!! Great effort on such light gear!!! Would have had you beaten a few times before finally hitting the deck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeb870 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Welldone, you don't see many that size in Shellharbour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robertos87 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Very nice fish mate. Especially on light gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John C Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 (edited) Thanks everyone it was caught just off the front of bass point biggest one we have got off shellharbour we usally go to bellambi for the bigger ones if we are lucky................. heres a pic of the other 3. Edited April 30, 2012 by Black Magic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammie Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Thats a great fish!!! As mentioned in other posts we normally fish st georges basin and the biggest pulled out there was 68cms.... What was the weight? Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongrass18ft Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Went out off shellharbour saturday and ended up with a nice 72 cm snapper caught on a pilchard in 70ft of water 8 pound braid and 15 pound leader on my bream rod took 20min to get in best fight ive had with a fish i think............. caught 3 more one went 52cm and the others just over legal. Beast of a fish fellas they put up a real enjoyable battle on the light gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Hooked Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Top effort mate! Would have been a great battle with a fish that size. They give you a great rush! How fast was your heart beating when you saw it surface? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumb Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Check out the boof head... Nice catch especially on such light gear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formosan Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Awsome snappers mate. Was this on the drift or anchor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 That is a sensational fish and what a hump! Enjoy the fillets!!1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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