snapdragin

Hey pearla, I have a mark out at the ballast: S33 57 806 E137 25 199 it may not be the mark you had as the ballast is a big area, not just 1 mark. I usually use this mark as a start and just sound around until I find suitable structure. hope that helpssnapdragin

Back in the early 70's I caught a huge bream under the Torrens Island bridge on a live mullet intended for mulloway, its tail was sticking out of a twenty litre white bucket and at a guess it might have gone 50+ (but I didn't measure it). When I first saw it I thought it was a snapper, but definitely a big black bream on closer inspection. It swam away to fight another day after a few minutes reviving boat side, and I have never seen one as big since. If one was caught over 55, it would have been impressive, not something that you would just toss on the bank, especially now when fish like that are scarcely caught at all. If its true, then that's another story and a great catch, but still deserving of better treatment.regards snapdragin

Back in the early 70's I caught a huge bream under the Torrens Island bridge on a live mullet intended for mulloway, its tail was sticking out of a twenty litre white bucket and at a guess it might have gone 50+ (but I didn't measure it). When I first saw it I thought it was a snapper, but definitely a big black bream on closer inspection. It swam away to fight another day after a few minutes reviving boat side, and I have never seen one as big since. If one was caught over 55, it would have been impressive, not something that you would just toss on the bank, especially now when fish like that are scarcely caught at all. If its true, then that's another story and a great catch, but still deserving of better treatment.regards snapdragin

Hey pearla, I have a mark out at the ballast: S33 57 806 E137 25 199 it may not be the mark you had as the ballast is a big area, not just 1 mark. I usually use this mark as a start and just sound around until I find suitable structure. hope that helpssnapdragin

Hey pearla, I have a mark out at the ballast: S33 57 806 E137 25 199 it may not be the mark you had as the ballast is a big area, not just 1 mark. I usually use this mark as a start and just sound around until I find suitable structure. hope that helpssnapdragin

Looks like Australia has become the victim of brain drain, all our best brains have gone overseas, and this is the mob we are now left with, just barely passed desk nerds that cant get a real job. Its bad enough having a mob of half wits running this country and they are getting advice from OUR scientists. LOL

Snapper in decline, then its about time they set sustainable yearly quotas for commercials and proffessionals, instead of limiting recreationals further. Recreationals have been dealt with pretty harshly in the overall scheme of things, bag limits, boat limits, and now pssession limits as well as bans etc, and even MPs and NTZs, maybe they should consider these types of limits on the commercial sector before its too late. I dont mind sharing the blame, but I'm sick and tired of being the only one targetted for limits, they take from us (recreationals) and then the commercials just increase there effort and there catches. End result is that the snapper are being caught in greater numbers by them and the limits placed on us is doing absolutly nothing for the snapper stocks.

I dont know if, and cant say for sure either way whether this person broke the rules or not, but I am aware that many recreational anglers have tried to report recreational fishers for doing the wrong things, taken photos etc, only to be told that it wont stand up in court. They were also told they wouldnt use said photos etc as they have to catch them in the act. Now unless this person admitted to the charges as stated, or was caught in the act by PIRSA, how was he charged with said offence, as the case against him is hear say and private photo evidence. I believe that this was trial by media and conviction by fear. PIRSA put themselves in this position with a stupid kneejerk reactionary law, and because of the media hype had to act, whether it was right or not?. As has been stated, if he used a monofilament line and a hook within the specifications, then no law broken, therefore no charge. These are my thoughts on the matter only, and if indeed he did break the law, he as far as I know still had to be caught in the act. Although this governemnet are good at changing the goal posts as needed.regards snapdragin

Just keep doing what your doing and try a few different things, such as knife-jigging or live smallish squid. Sooner or later you will crack what works best on any given day. Good luck with that and look forward to hearing about your efforts.regards snapdragin

Dipping in the water earths the rod and discharges the voltage accumulated in the rod, an old fisherman once told me he used to fish regular in very unfriendly weather so used to dangle an earth lead from the boat into the water just in case of a strike. He attached it to the base of his ariel at the highest point of the boat, much like a lightning rod. I'm not so sure that I would like to try it, but hes still here (87yrs old) and still fishing!regards snapdragin

My thrown in the deep end , now favorite light tackle snapper combo is a 5'6" azzagai 2-4 kilo rod matched with a 2000 series daiwa with 10lb braid, handles snaps easily, with the biggest landed at 10 kilos. This is the rod I used to use for whiting, is now my fav snapper rod.cheers snapdragin