Been a long time between posts, forgot my log in details
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Here is a Pic of the Local Reds

Over here we have Bag and Boat limits. depending on where your fishing dictates what you can keep. Here is an attempt of a Boat limit of Snapper from York Penisualar in South Australia



2 hours drive and I would of broke the law with as many fish as this .

Gov's can confuse matter's eh?

Nice catch and good eating. Good to have you back.

Keith

Welcome OzMan...good looking fish!

A little about the tactics and tackle wouldn't hurt l guess, especially since you guys have a fair way to travel for some of these Reds.

The species is called Snapper to the Layman or Chrysophrys auratus for those who like to speak in multiple syllables . The large one was caught in roughly 26 meters of water using a cut bait of Tommie Rough, or Arripis geogianus. the way I cut my bait is with the bait fish laying flat, a simple vertical slice to the back bone, at about the 1/3 mark "either end" then a horizontal fillet across the back bone to the 2/3 mark, then another vertical slice thru the Back bone and thru the skin on the other side. This leave a fleshy piece to wriggle about which is full of juices and acts as it's own burley stream.
I pin this to 2x 6/0 Mustad Big Gun Hooks tied to 80-lb trace line to the swivel and 50-lb main line to the Reel to give me a chance against the reef. The Reel is a Penn Jig Master. An Old reel yes, but Penn has made them Bullet proof, the Rod is a tad hard to describe, it is in Kilo's , hopefully you guys have a conversion chart to work from, otherwise Kilos is about double to Pounds. ABU Garcia 15Kilo stick. the bait is allowed about a good meter "3 foot" of trace before the swivel and sinker, "lead weight" the weight obviously depends on Tides & currents

Over here there is 2 Gulfs one is called the Spencer Gulf , which is where these fish came from the other is called the Gulf of St.Vincent. this is the Gulf I mainly fish from. a quick 10 min drive and the Nesscraft is on the water. The gulf of St.Vincents has a Bag & Boat limit of Half of that of the Spencer Gulf, which is about a Min of a 2 hour drive from home, Adelaide

nice size snapper! (is that what ya'll call them over there?) bigger than what I catch most of the time.

here's one from a while back

And this from about 2 weekends ago