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For those who are interested, the snapper are still on the chew in the bay. Caught this 16 pounder on Monday plus two other 11 pounders. All caught on plastics inside Moreton.
A mate got this one in Moreton Bay 2 weeks ago on a snapback soft plastic.
9.6kg on 4kg. He was fairly pleased.
We got some cobes and schoolies as well.
What weight head Chewy? I find that if you go too heavy you don't get the fish. I presume you can afford to add a bit more weight when using the Snapbacks, considering they are so buoyant.
*ponders moving south to chase snapper* heh.. nah.. sunshine coast will do me.. but damn.. nice fish.. no wonder Parko was raving about a 21lb Snapper on snapback... damn thats a nice fish, same for yours Dan!
Great fish mate, have a trip coming up soon, learning how to use them plastics. Can wait after seeing those two.
That back drop in the second photo, i hope is where you caught that bruiser.
regards
Looks like 14PCMD is still a little busy making jigheads so I can maybe help you out with snapper on plastics considering I was the "net boy" on all Dan's big fish!
First bit of advice I can give you is to start fishing in areas that are already quite well renowned snapper spots. If the guys are there catching them on livies or baits you can certainly catch them on plastics. Once you have managed to catch a few at the popular spots and got the basics right you can start venturing out into different areas looking for fish!
We fish relatively light tackle, I suppose you could say we are lucky that alot of the fish we catch come off coffee rock grounds in deep water (60-80ft) they don't have much structure to bust the line on. We use mostly 8-10lb braid with 15-20lb leader. Jighead size and hook strength are very important. Under normal conditions ie light breeze with good to strong current we fish mostly 3/8oz-1/2oz TT's 5/0 heavy wire jigheads. It takes a bit to get to the bottom but the lighter head certainly gets better results. Go up or down with the jighead weight depending on the conditions and depth.
We fish spin outfits - 6'6" to 7" rods are ideal with reels sizes between 2500 - 4000. I borrowed Steve Booth's, Millerods Beast Buster rod & Shimano Stella 4000 which I believe to be the ideal outfit. Dan uses a Gary Howard Shakari 703 with Daiwa 3500 TDS reel.
Plastics: BERKLEY BASS MINNOW 4 INCH PUMPKINSEED COLOUR!!!!!! is by far the best plastic we have used. I know that alot of other plastics work ie snapbacks, but get some of these they are a must plus the TT's Tournament jigheads.
The fishing technique is relatively simple, get plastic to the bottom and keep it there. Work the plastic with a few small hops then free spool it back to the bottom. You will find that as you drift along you will move further away from your plastic so I give about a minute or two of jigging before I wind in and re-drop. Snapper bites are very prominent, on most of the smaller fish (up to a couple of kilos) you tend to feel one good solid whack, I then drop my rod giving a little slack and striking after about two seconds. It is hard to be exact but after a while you tend to get the feel of when to strike. On the all of the bigger fish they tend to just belt the plastic and hook-up is instant.
Some other points that I can give are:
If the you fishing wind against tide forget it! The boat and the plastic travel in different directions and it is almost impossible to stay in touch.
Always look for bait. We use a Sounder and GPS to track our drift patterns and after a morning's fish we have a number of extra "bait" marks (around the original structure mark) on the GPS. They help us calculate drift patterns so that we are nearly always working our plastics around bait.
You will need current. We have experienced little action when the current slows at the top and bottom of the tides. Always drift never anchor!
Lastly, time on the water is the best way to learn - you can't get the Berkley "glitter face" look by typing on the keyboard.
trent i got the message with the softies on pearlies. using a patternoster type rig with 2 droppers with 5/o worm hooks and 5" jerkbaits.... i got more fish then the guy next to me using pillies, partly because if you miss a hit, you still are in the action instead of having your bait stripped by smaller fish.
but thats in 60 meters not 20 meters, i think you guys are showing great results because of the niche you guys have made with this style of presentation to very bait weary fish that are pestard with heavy line presentations that spin and fro'.
damon
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