Simo68

brilliant catch and local well done

grinders? think you all know what that spelling was meant to be LOL

cool will try it, if only we had an eating option for grinders and giant toadies

i was worried the tandoori might over power the snapper but it enhanced the flavor!!!

very good in a fish pie!! tastes SMOKEY

yes mate mostly on right hand side rous 3m deep, about half way up

back a bit inside the front of that sandbar where it gets 10m deep if that doesn’t make sense PM me

went to mouth of the Rous last Sat, bloody carpet sharks taking my prime bait on offer before the sun came up, then the snapper hit for a short while, fresh squid did the business and i had more bites by floating down the bait than plummeting to the bottom on a paternoster rig. snap-sushimi was nice for breaky, and i kept another to bake tandoori-style. I then got a line bitten off so changed up to wire, pulling in a couple nice schoolies and lost an even bigger one. Then 9 boats turned up so it was off for an early mark and to fire up the smoker.

yeah mate too true my lunch shares with blood, guts and a fair bit of ink need to address that happy to to go out mate when you have a spare morning no worries

don’t forget the snapper ban mate!!! 15 july to 15 aug i think, better make those first two months count!

2 years of trying for snapper, now catching them on each of the last 5 trips (hope it lasts), mates just see a photo and ask to come out... not realising the time we put into the search

always room for improvement Marty, keep us informed of any dusk escapades mate

bring on the big ones i say, will report back on a dusk trip as soon as i can get out again

targeting squid for the pan and also bait, bought a cryovac machine to keep them, brilliant contraption as they stay fresh as i have a good recipe for squid if needed no macs about as far as i could tell

i’m finding snapper in the bay quite predictable for the sunrise feed, not sure if people find they also go off the bite by 7am or it’s just me i bagged out in 15 minutes (but threw one back)on saturday and then nothing for 2 hours (which was fine as i had more time to bask in the glory) squid was the bait, and burley of course rous channel secret spot the location there were boats everywhere when i came up for air so it was off to hunt some which were not playing that nice and it took me 2 hours to get about 10 may try a sunset to see if that’s just as successful next time and go slightly lighter gear to tempt a big knobby!!!! what r people’s preferred times for this species?

in the two years i’ve owned my boat ‘Pilfer’ i’ve ventured out slowly, green, then harries, mud, hope banks, chain banks/rous. last weekend i went round the bend to experience the rainbow channel. i only ended up just passed the amity beach/boat ramp. it was mad, went at high tide, was only in 5m, had four lines with a bit of weight on each, all pointing in different directions due to current!! of course i did my research and know the tide rips through there but it was insane i’m seeking any local knowledge that would help me for next attempt (i do love finding new places and trialing) probably soft plastic wafting down? probably trolling lures? ... and probably not such a high running tide may help? your advice would be appreciated Simo

house boat would solve all your problems

a few turned up about 7am near me but not too bad, we fished 4am until 2pm so saw a few out but wasn’t painful thank god, i miss week day fishing but have plenty of sickies planned for winter!!!

sand bass was my fishID guess i’ve never seen one before but happy to be corrected

yep got three but the water was cloudy from the recent rain mate, gave you got out much?

just some pics of a dawn raid in the rous this morning targeting squire (we got three).... the deckie outshone me catchwise with a nice 40+ perfect pan size

i go around $18 mate they do seem to work better but try a range perhaps put some pics of my faves i use

hey mate nice to hear from you, i’ve been going every sunday for a couple months excluding one bad weekend. usually go out 3.30am and get to mouth of rous set up for snapper for the sunrise, then try for a few other species and hit the squid in the way back. ive caught two legal squire in the last 2 trips which is first ever legal size apart from deep sea so chuffed with that (attached some more pics)

that could go wrong with aus post delays

it’s that time again to beat your compatriots to the tackle store and grab a few jigs before “the colours that really work” are gone. i’ve started catching them around the Rous in my favorite GPS marked spot “Big Daddy”. I have invested in a vacuum sealer for this winters snapper baits (my Mrs is complaining the freezer is full of squid already and there is no room to store the loaves of bread)! Anyway back to the squid. I went out last week and got 27 (between me and my deckhand), although hard to call him a deckie, more of a mate who likes a free charter. Ive found them biting (cuddling) the jigs in all sorts of tides, and of course having a spare rod dangling a surface jig for the mate who is also hungry to double up on a few catches. I’m still not 100% an angel to keep ink out of the boat, it was like a black slaughter house last week and took a while to clean post-trip (picture the deckie sitting at home with a beer while i’m doing this). It’s been all tiger action so far, but getting heaps each trip. Eating-wise, i’ve experimented quite a bit and found chilling them for 6 hours is easier to get the skin off, pineapple great to soften them up overnight soak and although flash frying is great for 20 seconds, the following is the best recipe by far. So enjoy, please share your tips and orange 3.5 jigs for me out perform anything else during the day. olive oil, add garlic and chili flakes, then add squid in thin strips, cook 2-4 mins until changes colour, add pasata, cook on low 4 mins, add grated lemon rind and parsley, serve with spaghetti, adding breadcrumbs/olive oil splash/pepper/parsley on top... with cold beer