queensland Snapper madness with my PB snap Wahoooooo

[tugger]

Snuck out early this morning with a good ride across the bay and nothing on the bar with us anchoring by 0630 wider than my usual spot. Yes i didn't fish the rock but found a good bit of current to run our floatlines down and wow it was on

The snapper were hitting our baits with gusto and giving us curry on the way up with 6 big fish boated without losing baits inbetween. Stopping to take photos of only the good fish (anything over 70cm) as we didn't boat a snapper under 60cm in the first hour.

I had a bait that didn't get touched for a while and had floated it back 200m when bang a good fish hits and peels line with a heavy drag setting on wow this fish is big. It took me an eternity to get it to the surface but by then i had the biggest smile even after all the pain (aaarghhh my shoulder).

A PB surfaced as i had never broken the 90cm on snapper before

While showing the boys my sinker size i was using my mates rod goes off and Nev is connected to a big snap on that silly braid stuff. During the fight i give him heaps about his choice of line trying to keep him calm to boat another brute and his PB snap edging over 80cm

The fish slowed around 9am with the chilly bin nearly full so we took time to have a bite to eat and watch the whales go by. I put out a live yakka on the snapper gear and floated him down to the bottom where he sat for 30 minutes till it took off. Good strong runs and a dogged fight to the surface only to be disappointed by this

Caught another 1 of these spangeled before it died right off so just before we pulled anchor i caught a nice little parrot and pan size snapper. We had a good run home and took some more phots before filleting the catch at home. 5 snapper over 60cm, 2 snapper over 70cm, 1 snapper over 80cm and 1 snapper over 90cm rounds out my best catch of big snapper to date

[Surfingant]

Solid snap there tugger, well done

[zan0_15]

well done tugger! always nice to find some new ground! quality fish mate :woohoo:

[jnewy]

now that is a fish to put a smile on a fishermans face :woohoo:

[zan0_15]

you may just have a new avatar picture after tomorro Jnewy!

[rosstralia46]

that is blooody awesome mate some serious snaps how much did they weigh over 20 pd

[Bri The Pom]

Well done guys,quality bag.

[kreel]

Well done on the pb champ, did you get a weight for that bruiser. Its nice to see you got a few Spanglies to keep Cheryl happy.

[sweresy]

JEALOUS !!! sorry to see your 'disappointment' with one of my favourite eating fish of all time,

ps. well done on the PB red mate, cracking specimen.

[Keen-as-fisho]

Far out thats a serious hunk of snapper :woohoo:

[kmcrosby78]

Absolutely sensational snapper there Tugger and a super bag of fish - some good eating there!!!!!! Well done.

[waldo]

That's a great haul. Was the big one much over 8kg? Hard to tell the condition, it looks skinny with you holding it but solid on the mat. Do you fry up the wings and take the cheek meat at all plugga? Congrats on the pb.

[tugger]

Didn't worry about the cheek meat as i was a bit knackered by the end of it all and couldn't get a acurate weight

[BassTracker]

What a session!!!

[Rocket75]

some quality fish there Tugger, the sort of day that keeps you coming back

thanks for sharing the adventure

rod

[jon]

unreal effort there mate well done.

[ryanyoung]

Ripper session Tugger, great work on the pb snap.

Cheers,

Ryan.

[Doobsy]

Very, very, nice!

Some stonkin' lump-heads.

Congratulations on a wicked haul.

[Manni79]

Awesome fish mate, well done on the PB !!!

[wesfish]

woooohooo alright lol solid snap snap there mark !! great haul as per usual :woohoo:

[sehrguht]

Wow, those have to be some of the best snapper i have seen pulled out of water around Brisbane, the eyes on that beast look sunken in and the head on it is huge!

[crazywalrus]

well done mate. Great snaps but dam they are ugly at that size

[buckat list]

your the man tugger, warwick buckat list

[ellicat]

Snodgers !!! :woohoo:

Good to see what surely must be the last of these rare pests.

After hearing you let your mate bring in a fish on braid I figured you must have forgot your knife again :ohmy:

[Guest]

Well Done Tugger, thats some great looking Snapper

Enjoyed the report

Cheers

Darren

[etran]

nice haul of snapper, congrats on the pb

[woody1]

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[madmullet]

geat haul of snapper... but tugger that little snapper down the left hand side of the pick?????? looks funny against all the rest

[daveylad]

Bring On Bowen, keep that Mojo working Tugg

[haines490slc]

Unreal Tugger, I would love to tag along with you through the bar one day.

[mick2me]

Nice sesh Tugger... I'm still yet to land a big snapper, just out of curiosity what pound line did you use on that big snap? anyways congrats on PB

[dog pound]

What a morning sesh , i was there for a bit but regret taking the girls as they starting burlying fro us

[1800amix]

Well done on the PB!

[Angus]

Far out.

So I am the jinx then...

Angus

[straddiebrad]

Far out.

So I am the jinx then...

Angus

i was thinking that too you will get your chance soon enough, what everyone else has said mark well done,you do put a lot of effort in getting good fish and putting others onto some aswell.

[eg_vtec]

thats one crazy trip!. good job on the pb.

[Bri The Pom]

Hey Mark, Nice fish n all, but my honest opinion is if you used braid and fished soft plastics like the rest of us,you would really start catching quality fish and plenty of them, im sorry i had to speak out.I hate seeing fellow members wasting time and fuel.

[ellicat]

Hey Mark, Nice fish n all, but my honest opinion is if you used braid and fished soft plastics like the rest of us,you would really start catching quality fish and plenty of them, im sorry i had to speak out.I hate seeing fellow members wasting time and fuel.

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: Hahahahaha. Guess who never wants a deckie spot again !!! ROFL

[dansike]

absolute cracker of a day, well done!!!

[tugger]

No thats just fishing angus but the law of averages will have us get a good day out sooner than you think

Far out.

So I am the jinx then...

Angus