Larger Snapper ???
Submitted by scotty70 on Mon, 2015-08-17 18:21
Hi all
been a while lifes been hectic!!
Just after some advice..going out off Mandurah lately and berley up like mad and fresh bait light gear (depending on current).,, but always getting small snapper and while fun to catch and put back it would be nice to take a decent one home!!!!
My question is if getting the smaller guys are the bigger ones around or we just not deep enough (usually in 13 to 2o mts water)..?????
cheers\
Hutch
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Fish low light times, dawn
Fish low light times, dawn and dusk and keep a constant burley trail of oily fish like mulies and the bigger models should turn up. Also might be worth fishing slightly larger baits to try get away from the small ones
scotty70
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larger Snapper
cheers mate..yeah that's my next trick ..go bigger bait and gear see if that helps...as feels like doing everyhtinmg right as getting the little fellas up but those bigger ones proving elusive..:))
D_d_001
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have generally found that the
have generally found that the smaller ones come into feed first from a school.
It's not often that you come across a huge school in metro but in Shark bay I've come across huge schools ...first the smaller ones take baits then they come in bigger and bigger.
scotty70
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ahhh cheers D d I was
ahhh cheers D d I was wondering that so if we keep on what e doing the bigger boys will show up..wasn't sure ..will stick with it then..just like Jason Day,,droughts gotta break..:))
MandurahMatt
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As said above low light
As said above low light levels are the key in that depth, i fish five fathom out from dawesvile my normal game plan is to be on the spot an hour b4 first light to get my burly trail running if you can find fish on the sounder first great but not always important, i do put a drift bait rig with half a mulie out sometimes, but have had more sucses using soft plastics like gulp or zman in the glow in the dark coulours.
Bewdey Fellaz
scotty70
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hey cheers Matt..yeah been
hey cheers Matt..yeah been getting the small ones later in arvo so might have to get up and go out at crack of dawn and give that a try.
Never even thought of plastics ...might pop around and have a look at a few tomorrow arvo...perhaps might be worth a try..:)))
MandurahMatt
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The nuclear chicken 6-7"
The nuclear chicken 6-7" gulps work good that time of day but no good once the wrasse and other pickers have woken up.
Bewdey Fellaz
scotty70
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yeah wrasse..tell me about
yeah wrasse..tell me about it...think am too good at berleying..laughs..bloody every specie but that big fella/..:)))
scotty70
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another arvo late evening
another arvo late evening night..berleyed like crazy got 4 little buggers, all returned unharmed, but no big fellas is there still something I missing as getting the little ones but not the big boys...??????
crasny1
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Persistence is the key
If you are getting the littlies, sooner or later youl get a bign. Its called fishing not catching but sounds like your on the money if you are getting little ones.
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Mick C
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Upsize Your Baits
Big pinkies have big gobs. We always have a whole "floating" fish out on a snelled rig - whiting, pilchard, squid, gar etc and have caught sized pinkies on all of them. Big slab baits of tuna also go well. Hutch has a good point.
That said,we have caught them on bottom rigs with relatively small baits too. Catching pinkies is a patience game around dawn and dusk with good burley in the water to attract them (as above). I'm sure if you keep trying it will pay off, but you have to be prepared to put in the hours.
Good luck.
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scotty70
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cheers for all the advice
cheers for all the advice guys....yep def upsize the bait could be the go Mick C
laughs well put crasny..def am fishing but going to turn it in catchen, the biggins anyway..:)
mulloway_hunter
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hey man if u wanna catch
hey man if u wanna catch some bigger size fish i find either big mulies snelled with cotton rap on them.(like 7 inch models if u can find them) or tough fresh fish like herring and pike usally fi d the bigger ones out of the pickers.
scotty70
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cheers matey will give that a
cheers matey will give that a shot old boy..:)))
jeddddy
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If you head out of mandurah
If you head out of mandurah on the five I can almost guarantee large skipjack trevally at the moment, which if your fishing for fun are wicked on light gear. For snapper, leave a slightly heavier rod out the back, if you can on the edge of the burly trail given there is no current, with a whole prawn(or a fresh fillet of skippy) just floating through the watercolumn. This is the best way i have caught snapper off mandurah during the day.