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I've spent a fair bit of time on that jetty, and I found I got more crabs closer to shore. From before the gate back to the start of the weed line. A lot of females there though.Should be some squid, gar, tommies etc to keep you busy in between pulling nets.

Handy video, and good to see they have made up pamphlets on where the brain is on certain species. Not so sure on bleeding a bream though, or using a spike to kill a squid just use your thumb. I've lost count of how many people I have seen down the jetty catch a squid and just chuck it on the planks without "dispatching" it properly first. I heard of iki jime a while back and have thought about trying it on snapper, might have to give it a go one day.

Always see places like the Culverts pop into the paper in summer regarding snapper being there. Seems to be more a 'routine' thing.I was out on the deeper ones a few weeks ago, got heaps............of 1-2inch leatheries

Agree with Jaffa, could be out, but also it mentions reefy bottom, not a rock or rocks.I've fished it before, and found it to be a hard reefy bottom.Tried just about all the published marks for Turton, most we have done no good, others have produced. Just gotta try em all and work out which ones produce.

Kelvin is on the money about landbased. It gets hit real hard and the better fish usually come in those unusual hours or horrible conditions. Where as yorkes you can have a beach all to your self, sometimes even on a weekend, and pull a variety of fish.In the boat it's the same, but different, if you know what I mean. The fish are still in the areas you think they would be in but with the amount of boat traffic they can be very touchy. That's why week days are the best time to fish the inshore drops. Also metro North, say North of NH to Wakefield, doesn't have that awesome bottom that yorkes h

On a more serious note.I'd have to say a 4ft gummy I got off Gleesons in the boat fishing a deep reef in 120ft+.It wasn't necessarily the best fighter but it was an epic battle because I was only 13 years old and trying to reef this thing up from such a depth.Next would be my avatar pic. This snapper's first two runs were massive, and on a light outfit, were hard to stop. I've never had a snapper run like that.Have also got Eagle rays out deep off Corny which go nuts. Wicked to watch when they sit 3ft under the surface and go on 50-100m runs.Also had a great fight with a little Hammerhead too,

A massive clump of weed at the Dust Hole. Took some killer runs and ages to get in

Always plenty around every snapper trip in summer. Water boils with them on most drops I fish. Funny thing is though on one drop you wont get any bait fish like chow or macs but 1km away same depth etc, on another drop you'll get heaps.Usually more chow around than macs for me, which is unfortunate because the macs are way better bait. I've had hardly any success on chow for some reason.Wallaroo jetty has always been good to me for them, the Asians there love them for the table and go nuts when they see you pull one in.

You would have to look into pauly but I'm fairly sure the rules state once a bag limit has been reached you are now no longer allowed to catch that species. Best to suss it out though.Had a quick look and found this on the pirsa site "Bag and boat limits apply for a 24-hour period from midnight to midnight. Once you have caught your bag or boat limit of a particular species, you are not allowed to catch anymore of that species during that 24-hour period. "Notice how it says you're not allowed to "catch" that species. Meaning you're not allowed to target them.I'm fairly sure I read somewhere th

I've got no problems with that knackers. If you've got a use for the fish and aren't wasting it, go for it, if you can get on them that's great. :cheer: It's just the people that have a freezer full at home and the family is satisfied yet they still continue to go out and keep a limit of fish when they have no real use for them. Or the people who catch, and keep, their limit of smalls and bigs but continue catching and releasing fish after fish (which is illegal once a bag has been reached) all they're doing is harming and putting the fishes life at risk.Would have to disagree with justifying

Pauly s- nah mate he didn't write it but he says on his page "Pictured below are just 15 of my catches, each made with a buddy, which show just what can be achieved". Nearly all pics have 8 over 60cm fish. So usual limit 4 over 60cm with two people or 8 if fishing over midnight and "maximizing your limits".I think his page has been edited since last time I saw it. Less info and pics now.I agree with you, he should be teaching to take only what you need. Just because there's a limit doesn't mean you should reach it each trip.

Just bumping this one up to give it another chance of getting seen.Thanks to those who have already helped Might be dover there this weekend so I'll chuck up a report if I do get over

From what I've read/heard it's not worth the coin.Realistically why would you want/need to pay someone $500 to teach you how to catch snapper?That's part of the fun, isn't it? Working out when, where, tides, moons, bait etc. It makes it more rewarding if you can work out how to fish a drop properly. Having a reliable spot is great, but snapper move through just about every area at sometime or another, weather it be Winter, Summer, night or day. So pick a likely looking area and fish it at various times. If it's got food and is in a good area you'll get snapper once you work it out. Doesn't mat

Thanks purnong.I did know Tohatsu made Mercs but didn't know about the price/warranty. Got quoted, from memory, $3200 for an 18hp. But hopefully it's a long way off, fingers crossed.

Tohatsu outboards are a top motor. Can't remember who it was but the Navy or sea rescue (something along those lines) used to use them, and still might, because of their reliability.I've got a larger Tohatsu (70hp) and it's a top motor.When I re-power the tinny I'm almost certain It will be with an 18hp Tohatsu. I've never heard of Parsons??And also, yep I've tried to "row" my boat (17ft) before "just for fun" and with two people we hardly made any ground. If conditions were flat calm and a dodge you "may" get somewhere...