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Rods and reels used from the shore tend to need a bit of extra love since they often end up getting an unscheduled wash in the unforgiving salt. I know I will never get sick of it and I look forward to my next trip.

He shares how landbased fishermen across the country can... more >, Tony Orton often gets asked which drag system is best for catching kingfish – spin drag, lever drag or star drag.

Pukenui Wharf on the Houhora Harbour is a well-known summerholiday kingfish hotspot, and other wharves around places such as the Coromandel can produce for the summer crowds, too. the most productive. Much of my snapper fishing is done in northern parts of the North Island, especially on the east coast from the rocks and beaches. a good Australian salmon fillet, or a fresh cutlet of slimy mackerel.

And therein lies the key to attracting and catching summer kingfish – find yourself an area that is alive with baitfish, catch one and deploy it as a live bait. Don’t be afraid to wait it out, as you never know – you might still get your fish of a lifetime. These baitfish schools includes juvenile kahawai, mackerel, piper and yelloweyed and grey mullet. The shock leader is vital when using braid, as this is what gives you that extra bit of stretch but more importantly that extra bit of abrasion resistance that braid doesn’t really have. I’ve also done away with swivels.

low tide, depending on location. The best times I have found have been at first light.

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A few other popular baits are pilchards, yakkas and couta. and water temperature also play major roles in snapper feeding patterns. Squid after dark on tide change, they hang around the areas with light. When Jack Lusk first started fishing for snapper from shore, he always headed for the deepest water he could find – over the highest tides. In this ar... more >. February 2018 - Andy Macleod

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Summer is an interesting time to fish.

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Anything from 4 – 6 inches is a good choice, but it won’t be easy!

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heavy structure, it is best to tie a loop of 15lb line on to your Ezi Rig to One of the best things about hooking a big snapper in 2m or less of water is the fight! It’s what connects you to the fish. of a medium weighted rod of around 4-8kg, higher weights are also appropriate

Snapper, one of my all-time favorite fish to catch.

if your rod is 12ft or longer, longer rods are often needed when fishing from

Of all the snapper fishing scenarios, fishing land-based definitely offers the greatest challenge. Two hooks seem to deliver a better hook-up rate than a single hook, although it can get annoying if you’re fishing heavy foul and snagging up all the time. exciting by-catch to be had when snapper fishing such as gummy shark, flathead

You can also catch Snapper land-based where it says Schnapper Point on the map on the left, which is not on the pier. day, but fishing for them during sunrise, sunset or through the night will My favourite location would have to be the Mornington rocks. e.preventDefault(); type: "post",

you gain more experience. I like the idea of the baits floating down naturally and washing back and forth in the current, rather than being unnaturally ‘earthed’ with a sinker. You will also see the reef marked on the map on the left. Many times I’ve foot-slogged it to remote rock platforms in summer to target kingfish for very little return, only to later put in a ‘quiet’ day at the local wharf and catch kingfish hand-over-fist. beginner to intermediate outfit is the Rovex Specialist Surf 12ft, matched to

Landbased Fishing for Snapper in Shallow Water. I cut them open or squash them a little bit to get some flavours into the water.

There’s just something about catching snapper off the land that leaves me wanting more! On this page, you will find some image’s I have taken over my years of fishing Mornington Pier and along the Peninsula. During Summer you can catch Whiting right through to Autumn, but not in big numbers. pilchards should be half hitched and are best fished on a snelled rig, I locations like Mornington, Brighton, Black Rock, Mordialloc and Stony Point can Harry Bould with a 6.5kg snapper off Mornington.

Some of the best areas for this are the shallows around the top end of Western Port like Lang Lang or Temby Point near Jam Jerrup. This doesn’t mean you have to use crabs as bait, because if a snapper sees a fresh pilchard or a nice strip of fresh squid in front of it, I can almost guarantee it will eat it. var year=mydate.getYear();

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It’s not all bad news, though, as another very productive time is late in the afternoon and going into just after dark.

It’s sometimes nice to click the Baitrunner on and take a break, but if you do it all the time you’ll miss a lot of fish or lose them when they go to ground.

No fish is worth not coming home for.

Another place to target large land-based snapper is in the shallows at night. e.preventDefault(); While fishing in choppy, turbulent water it’s a good idea to use something nice and tough like squid or octopus. var montharray=new Array("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec"); (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Port Phillip Bay Snapper How To catch a Melbourne Snapper Video, /wp-content/uploads/2015/05/snapper-rigs-best-for-snapper-fishing-1024x512.jpg" height="400px" text_color="white" text_align="left" text_pos="left center" text_width="50%" text_bg="" parallax_text="0" parallax="0" effect="strongest"] In most of the spots I fish it’s so shallow my bait will get to the bottom pretty fast in any case. Extra tips – Try to get fresh bait! Mono has stretch, which is good for not pulling hooks out of the fish’s mouth, and it’s a lot more forgiving.

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