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Never really chased any nobbies before seeing as i was a land lover till this year. I'm keen to go and buy a new rig suitable for snapper or generally bigger stuff from around Peel, Mud and the bay in general.
I'll be completely honest... i know bugger all about what gear i should be getting for this. Ask me about a bream rig and i'm ok but not for snapper and stuff.
As Fisho says, a baitrunner and spin stick is the best for larger snapper. I use a 8-10kg live fibre spin stick, 8 feet long. I prefer a good length rod as it keeps the line out the back of the boat not interfering with and bottom rigs. Get yourself a good baitrunner such as a shimano 6500 or Thunnus. I prefer mono on my bait runner as I have found it gets more hook ups. With braid, when you flick it into gear on a big run, the no stretch in the braid tends to pull the hooks. I have a mate that uses braid and he is always having this problem.
As far as tactics go, fish no sinker if you can and regularly pull out a couple of metres of line and let the bait drift. You will find that the hits quite often occur just after you let out the line. I also use a gang of three True Turn hooks joined togehther with swivels. This allows the bait to be presented naturally, rather than normally ganged hooks which make the bait very rigid.
This seems to work for me, although my experience in on the offshore reefs rather than in the bay, but I expects the approach would be similar.
Hi Topender
I was at a tackle shop today lost the screw to the handle lock on my Abu 7000 got the screw ok asked how much the new real was still under $200 with some 22k platerpus pink line you can stop most anthing in its tracks especially SNAPPER with this over head reel. I also have a leaver drag just saves using the wheel tension more control ay
Food for thought
BladeRunner [smiley=bandana.gif]
Yeah i'm a bit of a fan of the Abu gear... i inherited an Abu Cardinal 3500 and it seems alright.
I'm goin to have a look at Amart ######### tonight as they seem to have a bit of gear there. I always thought overhead gear was better for the likes of snapper and so on.
Here is a picture of the rig I use. Basically it is just a matter of opening the eyes and adding in the right size swivel. The hardest bit is finding the right sized swivel as it has to be small enough to not fit over the hook barb but you need it at least rated to 50lb.
Ah well anyway i grabbed a basic overhead reel and a Silstar 6'6" overhead rod. The reel is an Okuma Convector CN-45L on a Silstar "Crystal PowerTip" rod as mentioned... the tag on it was $299 but i got it for $129 because of a mistake someone had made by putting that price tag on it.. the have a policy of selling at whats marked. Needless to say they weren't happy.
And i grabbed some good Berkley mono to spool it up with.
You can't go past the good old pilly. I have at times put whole squid and whole cuttlefish on it as well. They all work fairly well. The aim is to present a dead bait as naturally as possible, therefore it must be whole and must be fished with no sinker or as little weight as possible in a stronger current.
I also like to leave the rod in a rod holder. That way the movement of the boat causes the bait to rise up and fall as through the fish is injured in some way. I also let liine out every now and then to cover various depths and cause the bait to free fall for a period of time - this often brings on a strike.
My-Topender, you gotto love those 'pricing mistakes' made by store staff, no doubt . Wouldn't it be great it that happened more often
HOLY CRAP...
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