Swarmed by juvenile snapper

 Hey fellas,

Caught 4 consecutive double headers and countless singles. About 12m of water not far from hillarys. I know theyre not uncommon and are often found in the marina. They were harder to avoid than wrasse.

 

Obviously I put them all back, where do all the big ones go? And whats the growth rate on these?

 

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 big ones got eaten by the

Fri, 2018-06-15 16:26

 big ones got eaten by the small ones . plenty of small ones out there but havnt heard of them that bad

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 I'm no expert. But I have

Fri, 2018-06-15 19:52

 I'm no expert. But I have found that lot's of these small one's aren't an indication of big snaps in the area. If you're finding 40cm+ models then bigger ones should be around. 

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 Yeah small ones are often

Fri, 2018-06-15 21:15

 

Yeah small ones are often found on the hard sand as well......totally different to larger models although i have caught in same area at right time.

Catch one size then most in school will be the same.

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My run has been 14 undersize

Sat, 2018-06-16 11:42

  From 50 cm down to about 25 cm over the last 6 weeks

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