Caught the snapper south of Kingscliff on 20lb fireline 20lb leader TSS4 reel and 10kg silstar rod with Berkley water melon 4" jerk shad on a 1/4 oz jig head,he put up a good fight for 10 min and had him in the yak 5 min later
nice effort - don't you just love the big thimbs it sends back up the line with that big head he has. Thump thump thump - yeah baby is can only be a snap.
Occy- for snappers that big the best way is to smoke them. They become a bit tough once past 4-5kg.
As they say in all good cooking shows... here's what I prepared earlier.. the smoker shot is 1 x 8.4kg snap and the plate is just a small part of it
Top fish SpottyMac. A guy i used to fish for reds with out of Shoalhaven when I was a kid used to make a nice fish soup from the big heads. Might be worth trying when you get your next one.
Hi Stu, just dropped by for a nostalgic look at some of the Queensland fishing photos - good to see you are still catching the big fish over there - well done! Must have been a lot of fun - and looked like a perfect day to be on the water (it is still dark here).
l am posting a better pic of the awesome snapper just to clear up what the lenght was, l said it was 800 long but if you have a good look the pics the snapper is 830 long, the 800 was just a rounded off figure
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