Kiwi Snapper

[Mexikan]

Received somes photos of bogans holding Kiwi snapper.Just wondering why they look darker than Aussie fish.Is it water temp?Different snapper??
Mex

[tunaticer]

Thets cuz over there theys calls um brim!!

Still nice fush tho.

Jack.

[plaztix]

Dont really look like snapper. look at the head shape and tail shape.

[Jackinthebox]

Thay are kiwi snapper alright, they never get the knob on their heads, even 10kgs plus fish.

[plaztix]

Not that i have ever fished in NZ but i've seen DVD's of people catching snapper in NZ that look exactly the same as the snapper we catch in OZ. Just usually alot bigger

How can those kiwi's defame such a beautiful fish by naming that ugly beast after them.

[IRMC000]

Darker - trying to be All Blacks LOL

[Mexikan]

Just went flicking through some Kiwi fishing websites and found a few more photos of kiwi snapper.Seems there not all that dark but there are no nobbys even the bigger fish.The head shape(sloping),lips(large) and tail shape appear to be a trademark of kiwi snapper.According to the website small snapper are called 'bream'.
Mex

[shorty 01]

very diffrent looking snaper. our snaper look better tho haha

[pickers]

been over there twice now and caught snapper over 7kg and I can tell you first hand the nobs are missing and they look like dirty big pink bream.
the fish I have caught in the bay of Islands were bright like ours here but I think they get darker the further down the you fish in nz.
no different to eat or catch , just the nobs are missing but there's plenty of nobs fishing for them...lol
pickers

[NAGG]

The Darker fish are known as kelpies! ( snapper that live in close to the Islands ie: Great Barrier Is & live in the Kelp beds)

Cheers

Nagg

[plaztix]

They're nicer looking snaps mexikan. Still a lot different shape to NORMAL snapper though hugh. (much rather ours)

Are these different shape kiwi snaps mainly caught in a specific area of NZ, cause i have definately seen snapper caught in NZ that look exactly like ours. (big nobs, tapered bodies)

Or maybe it was a bunch of Kiwi's claiming to be fishing NZ

[Deestingray]

Here is one that my brother in law caught in February, tipped the scales at around 8kg.
He wasn't too far offshore, only a couple of hundred metres and in about 10 metres of water. Caught just off Napier in Hawkes bay.

[SURLY]

Hi Guys,

I agree what was mentioned in a previous post a large portion of the snapper I catch when I go back to NZ are a lot darker(red) than the ones I have caught here. My mates in NZ call them 'kelpies' and yes the area we were fishing at the time was full of kelp beds. Maybe its the snappers way of changing to suit the environment or maybe the water temp and clarity has something to do with it . The lighter coloured snapper we catch in NZ seem to be schoolies that are caught over sand/worm beds.

As for the humps, my mates in NZ laugh when they see pictures of the snapper in OZ. My grandfather and I have caught snapper up to 30lb in NZ and they dont have anything resembling a hump. I have heard rumour that the snapper get this bump from banging its head against the rocks. If that is the case the Kiwi snapper must be a lot smarter or the rocks a lot softer

Cheers Craig

[NAGG]

During my couple of trips to NZ , I never saw a nobby headed snapper ........ they all had the rounded head


This was a typical North Island redAttachment 27646

I still think those South Aussie fish look the best

Cheers

Nagg

[pickers]

fish living around kelp forests would explain the dark colour they get , it would help them blend into the kelp.
makes good logic to me.
pickers