Whopper Snapper from FFB
Submitted by Fisheagle on Mon, 2016-06-06 15:00
Gail and I headed out from Woodman Point at first light on Sunday with a cold easterly on our backs. We tried a couple of unsuccessful drifts between the islands before we headed off to Rotto. The waters around Rotto were lumpy and after a couple of drifts without any success and Gail's green colour starting to show, we decided to head back to shore. When we arrived at FFB the wind had died down considerably and so we decided to anchor at one of our favourite spots where we had caught decent Snapper and Sambo in the past. The going was slow, but we did manage to land two decent Snapper - Gail's being a whopper of 94cm and mine a consolation of 76cm. Both fish were successfully released.
YouTube clip here
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Fisheagle Ed
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the humble snapper still
the humble snapper still makes for some of the best pics, first fish a ripper
opsrey
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Nice going. And good vid.
Good to see Gail getting onto a big fish. Most of our ladies seem to catch the bigger fish.
meglodon
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Well done gail
What a great catch Gail winners are grinners, fisheagle who cares what you caught. Just joking, you both have caught very good fish.
dj dvd
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So close to the magic metre
So close to the magic metre mark. Great fish.
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Fisheagle
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Bigger than my PB
.....salt in the wound is that it is somewhat larger than my PB (91cm)
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Guardy
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Nice one
Well done Gail and Eddy. Beautiful fish and nice to see them go back in. Well done.
JohnF
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ripper!
ripper!
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
aussiejoe
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Graet Pics
Well done again Ed.
Krusty
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specimen
As always great pics, vid and a couple of good sized snapper....Gail's one is a very solid specimen. Thanks and well done
My fishing spots are so secret........... even the fish don't know where they are !!
Humpback
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snapper
good fish great photos well done.
MattMiller
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Nice Snapper
was expecting something over a meter but still a good fish
Brock O
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Great fush well done! Just
Great fush well done! Just showing my wife this now in hope she will come out when the time is right.
Gertcha
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Great fish and great photos
Great fish and great photos
Jim
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Top fish, well done. Do you
Top fish, well done. Do you mind if i ask what rig you used for the fish?
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Fisheagle
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Rig for Snapper
Double snelled Gamakatsu hooks on 30lb flourocarbon mono. Humble mullie as bait. Main line is 30lb - mainly to turn Sambos and YTKF from the reef, otherwise 20lb when targetting Snapper.
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Scotte
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Cracker pinky for the
Cracker pinky for the mrs..well done!!
rigpig
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that's the stuff mate
Great pics and great catch..
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Catch and release - thats
Catch and release - thats good juju! :)
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