Moreton Bay Classic Target Species Hints & Tips – Snapper

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Pictured above: AFO member JamesW never under estimates the power of hardbodies to catch Mud Island Snapper. Just make sure your trebles and split rings are up to it when a beast comes along!

[Angus]

Thanks everyone that emailed me their 2 cents for this article.

Thanks also for all the reports guys which were used to compile the images.

Still looking for info on Moreton Bay:

Tailor

Flathead

Bream

[Angus]

Anyone specificially giving the category a nudge this year?

Angus

[Davo_Dinkum]

Flathead ,bream and snapper is what i'm planning to try for .

snapper will be more luck if i stumble on to some ,but u never know where they turn up.

Mackerel and tailor are the same ,if i'm lucky enough to see some surface action.

don't like my chances ,since i have never really targeted macks or tailor.

so i will concentrate on the 3 species i know more about and have fished for more.

[Angus]

Davo_Dinkum wrote:

Flathead ,bream and snapper is what i'm planning to try for .

snapper will be more luck if i stumble on to some ,but u never know where they turn up.

Mackerel and tailor are the same ,if i'm lucky enough to see some surface action.

don't like my chances ,since i have never really targeted macks or tailor.

so i will concentrate on the 3 species i know more about and have fished for more.

Good call Davo.

Although if you were fishing any of the shallow reefs for bream etc I would not hesitate to chuck a floating pillie out for a rouge tailor

Angus

[Davo_Dinkum]

cheers gus.

i was thinking of doing that.

i have a habit of having a weighted pillie out the back when fishing rivers ,for flathead.

so having one out in the bay floating sounds like the go.

[wesfish]

usually dave just enough weight to get the pilly mid water works well, so maybe a split shot small sinker to help! other wise the turns will get your pilly lol

some good weights for jig heads are 1/8 in the shallows and upto 1/4 in the deeper water like 9 mtrs, drift is the go!!

[Davo_Dinkum]

cheers wes

kewl i got small sinkers.

we had birds trying to get out lives on the weekend .the current got strong and we had light weight on and the baits where on the top.

i like to drift fish .

[badboygibbo]

What is the best way to get the pilly to stop spinning when drifting?

[wesfish]

use straight pillies that are still frozen or firm, and use a snell rig instead of gangs. buy i.q.f pilchards instead of blocks.

[mick fillet]

using gangs isnt preferable when targeting the snaps snells are prefered personally.Allthough when gangs are used in the correct application they have added benefits over a snall rig when baiting. the picture below shows a ganged up pillie which has the leading gang hook bent so the tow point is inline with the nose of the bait.also I put a large split shot sinker crimped onto the shank of the leading gang hook.this will make the pillie swim upside down and prevent the bait from spining.some times just the gangs them selves are enough wieght to get the bait down a bit in minimal current.I use the split shot on the hook to counter wieght the bait against the tow point so it presents it self upside down

By mounting the pillie upside down your presenting the bait with the dark side of the pillie facing down.preditory fish in mid water sorcing the water above it for a feed will see the silouete produced from the upside down pillie very quickly and zone in on it.

This is a good trick to have up your slieve when the fish start to slow up a bit in the mornings as they move to slightly deeper waters as the sun gets more over head. so use this method as the rising sun will assist the silouete of the bait.

The hooks used are mustards 3/0 hooks for ganging.

[webbfunk]

I'll definitely be giving the pinkey's a crack.

I think this species will probably have the most entries.

Would love for some to get a 1 metre snapper.......would love it even more if that person was me!

[Angus]

I think whether or not its the most entries will depend on where people go...

I reckon if more people head south this time a lot more flatties could turn up.

After all its a two dayer this time so people with have that extra flexabilty to travel further.

Angus