loomylover Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 After my first ever session on snapper on artificials a couple of weeks back - Pete and I finally arranged a date to go hunting these artificial smashing red bandits again. We were at the ramp by 5:30 and hit the spot "busta" at 6am. It didn't take long for Pete to get the first fish on the board - a nice just legal pinky. He then added to the lead with 2 more fish, one similiar to the first - and a nice solid fish. We resisted the temptation to get an immediate picture, as the action was just too hot. I was beginning to think it would be "one of those days" when i finally got on the board - a nice solid red that had the hl-z and quantum energy combo stretched. Pete however, not to be outdone - extended his lead with another solid fish! I knew the only hope of redemption was to pull the best fish of the day, shortly after..the prayers were answered! A PB plastic snapper of 2.5kg Two happy boys...Pete and I with our 2 best fish each Pete ended up pulling one small fish just prior to leaving due to the ever-increasing swell - bringing his total for the 2 hour session to 5 fish. All in all - it was a very satisfying way to spend an early morning session. To pull quality snapper on plastics in two consecutive sessions proves theres definately potential with these fish on artificials. Looking forward to hitting them up again next weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottyman Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Outstanding work fellas, congratulations on some beautiful fish. Twice in a row makes you experts now. Looking forward to more reports. Cheers David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken A Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Nice bag of reds thewre mate well done Plenty of bait fisherman would be more than happy to take home a feed like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy4x4 Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Here Here... Makes me even more keen to try the plastics off the banks now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matrix Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Sweet! Good stuff mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewnut Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 reds on plastics would be unreal!! ive only ever landed 1 legal red from flint and steel. a good red is on my list after i finally (maybe) get my jewie. Just curious loomy, what sort of boat do you guys fish out of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loomylover Posted February 8, 2006 Author Share Posted February 8, 2006 reds on plastics would be unreal!! ive only ever landed 1 legal red from flint and steel. a good red is on my list after i finally (maybe) get my jewie. Just curious loomy, what sort of boat do you guys fish out of? Mate its everybit as good as you can imagine, bream and flathead spinning just never compare again once youve done it! Petes boat is a 4.3M Bermuda Centre console, im not sure of the exact hull name though. Its a great versatile boat that has seen action a fair bit offshore, all the way up the rivers chasing bass - wish i owned one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewnut Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 thanks Loomy, i asked because thats exactly what i want to be able to do out of my next boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown Hornet Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 where abouts did you school the snapper? where you drifting / anchored? did you use a burley trail? I have been fishing for a while, sanpper are my favourite fish to eat.. but i just can't seem to catch one! Costi Bros have been taking my DOH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loomylover Posted February 11, 2006 Author Share Posted February 11, 2006 Hi mate, We got the snapper off some reefs a couple of K off Port Macquarie. Once ont he spot - we would drift until we were about 100-150m off it, would then motor up again and do another drift. No berley actually - me and Pete discussed that for future sessions we might have to get the berley happening - it might increase the catch rate even more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUSTER 1 Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 Great catch there Loomy, I would love to catch a snapper on S/Ps do put any action into the S/P or just let the boat provide it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loomylover Posted February 12, 2006 Author Share Posted February 12, 2006 Great catch there Loomy, I would love to catch a snapper on S/Ps do put any action into the S/P or just let the boat provide it Mate it's actually a bit of both to be honest. The most important thing is to NOT take the sp out of the strike zone. Once on the bottom - jerk it erratically, but don't retrieve the line. After a couple of twiches, let it sink back down again. Ive caught most of my fish using this technique however a couple of fish (actually the bigger ones) have hit it on the way to the bottom or with the plastic just being moved by the boat. Actually that PB in the pics was caught whilst i was a bit sea sick - just barely holding the rod and imparting no action on the lure at all. Before i knew it fireline was peeling off and i was on to an angry snapper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loomylover Posted February 12, 2006 Author Share Posted February 12, 2006 i did notice that your eyes were going a bit red and you looked a bit out of it LOL yeah ive taken better pics - especially the first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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