The weather broke last Monday and we had a high move through which gave us a nice window of weather to get out and have a snapper fish.Our down under snapper may be different to yours but I have seen similar fish in the USA. These snapper are one of our most sort after table fish. We fish the floater style of fishing for them This involves anchoring in around 35 fathoms and Floating down the baits in the light current . We fish 6kg tackle and boy when you get a bite you know .......zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz is the noise as a big snapper hits with the power of a run away train.

We caught 35 fish and released 12 of those . A superb day to read more about this technique we use go to www.gamefishingcharters.com.au ...Look in Fishing Stories and Hints Hope you enjoy.

Yellowfin tuna are still being caught but the weather is keeping us in close . However the past two days are superb abd we are fishing the next four in a row ...hopefully will have some good tuna reports next week

Captain Ross Hunter

Fish Species: snapper
Bait Used: pilchards and stripey fillets
Tackle Used: shimano corsair and 12lb line
Method Used: Floater fishing
Water Depth: 30 fathoms
Water Temperature: 16 degrees c
Wind Direction: light west
Wind Speed: 5 knots
Ozzie snapper
Ozzie snapper

a happy crew after a great days snapper fishing on BROADBILL
a happy crew after a great days snapper fishing on BROADBILL


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About The Author: Ross Hunter

Company: Ross Hunter's gamefishingcharters p/l

Area Reporting: sydney

Bio: Father and son Captains Ross and Glenn Hunter operate their most respected gamefishing vessels Billfisher and Broadbill out of Sydney and Pt Stephens (approx 100 nm north of Sydney)They have been professional skippers for 20 years and have pretty much caught or hold records for most gamefish caught in our waters. The species are blue, black and striped marlin, spearfish,wahoo, mahis then in winter gut busting yellowfin, bluefin and makos.Some of their achievements can be viewed on their excellent web site www.gamefishingcharters.com.au They specialize in marlin in the summer and yellowfin in the winter. Catches of up to 21 marlin in a day have been recorded.

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