Howdy Ausfishers, First report for the snapper season 2010 we opened the account last night.
Steven 78 and I have been waiting for a chance to start our usual pilgrimage to the northern bay reefs.
Yesterday late in the afternoon we set out from Manly boat ramp in search of that elusive snapper or 3.
Conditions crossing the bay were not to bad and we arrived at our first location just prior to sundown.
Started a drift with the plastics and before long small squire and sweetlip gave us some entertainment.
Nothing big here so the call was to make the move to another spot X.
By this time the full moon was on the horizon and it was almost dark so we deployed some soft plastics to the depths hoping a monster snapper was close by.
It wasn,t long before my certate started peeling off line at a hundred miles an hour and this brute just kept going and going !!
Steve said i think its about time i fired up the e tec and we started to give chase.
The drift was a very fast 3 to 4 knots and we were fast bearing down on a boat that was anchored.
My worst fear was that the fish was going the wrap me up in the anchor rope.
You guessed it thats exactly what happened as i could feel the line hiting on the rope but i prayed for a miracle and with Steve"s great boat skills we managed to free the fish from pending disaster.
Guys if you were in the boat we came very close to my sincere apollogies.
10 minutes later the fish gave up the fight and Steve netted a fat 5.2 kilo Bay/offshore snapper.
Line class was 12 lb leader and the hook size a 3/8th 3/0.
Would you believe the fish was caught by the top fin.
One unlucky fish one happy angler.
Steve had 2 hook ups but unfortunatly hooks pulled out on both occassions.
Around 10pm the tide turned and a few small squire grabbed the plastics so we called it a night and headed back accross the bumpy bay to arrive home at 1am.
Thanks for the trip Steve and i can,t wait till the next full moon.
Cheers Brent.
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