Thread: I suck at snapper fishing!

Originally Posted by 25/08IMP

Yea you are right Gibo it is used in strong currant usually with a running sinker and a circle hook, also good for Gurnard or sometimes we tie a long trace onto the bottom of our dropper rig.
Currant is the big thing with snapper if fishing over structure and burley back to it with floating baits for the big fellas.

Yeah mate. The sliding sinker trick is used quite a lot in the Tauranga harbour where the current can be bloody strong. I hang onto the hook/bait and let the sinker take line out, when it hits the bottom you chuck the hook/bait in and it makes it to the bottom.

Current is deffinately very importand for snapper. Without it you are lucky to have any success. It does happen though