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| canberra, south coast & snowy mtns with rob paxevanos |
Dated: 19 January, 2005
 | | A lovely snapper caught using berley combined with instant bait. |
THE Snapper SYSTEM
To catch big Snapper regularly you need to anchor up and burley over a known Snapper haunt and fish as lightly weighted baits as possible. Typically burley consists of pilchard or tuna based products, and the baits used are pilchard, squid, octopus, cuttlefish, tuna and others. As a whole it is all a bit of a secret method that most keen Snapper-holics keep to themselves.
Much to my delight though where I am forever explaining how to set up a burley bomb etc., Ultrabite have released a kit which has the lot. The package includes a burley bomb to take the burley to the bottom where it is needed, a burley sausage, a pack of pellets, a pack of pre mixed burley, a burley bag, a pack of instant bait and a DVD on how to use it all!
I used the 'system' three times over the holidays and caught good Snapper each time. There were plenty of 1-2kg fish, several 4-6kg specimens and a nice 8kg mumma that was released.
My only complaint with the kit is that when targeting Snapper you go through the instant bait too quickly, especially when the pickers are about, but on the upside, you can always get more, and the bomb itself lasts forever. I’ll feature more on this system in the near future.
SOUTH COAST ESTUARIES
Geoffrey Kennett waded the flats in Wagonga inlet at Narooma and had a ball. He managed to score at least a couple of nice sized flathead each session using a yellow clouser fly fished along the drop off.
Amongst the 40 cm flathead he also landed a huge specimen estimated to be around a metre long! The great news is that the fish was sent back in great shape (it wasn't even removed from the water) and Geoffrey is delighted with the catch.
GAMEFISHING
While there are a few marlin about, the season is yet to peak. In the meantime there has been quite a few Yellowfin Tuna about. There seems to be two classes of fish: those in the 5 - 10kg bracket, and those in the 30 - 40kg bracket. These guys are awesome sports fish in their own right, and make great light to medium tackle targets.
A small lure e.g. a little black magic jetsetter lure put 50 metres or more back is a good bet. In last few months this lure in pilchard colour has accounted for a lot of yellowfin including some big specimens. On that note the next marlin to eat a lure this small won't be the last. Maybe you shouldn't run it on too small a rod?
EUCUMBENE
Experienced fly anglers report that while the odd cold windy snap has made fishing hard at times, the midge activity is still good when conditions are calmer. The water levels are still rising and there are some spectacular looking flooded bays that have superbly conditioned rainbow and Brown Trout.
A few Christmas Beetles and the odd Bogong Moth have also been bringing trout up on the rise. There has also been small numbers of grasshoppers getting about on Lake Eucumbene, the Murrumbidgee River and the Eucumbene River, and they should be on the wind soon. The numbers of hoppers should increase rapidly in the next 2 to 4 weeks adding further to the excellent fly fishing on offer.
Until next week, see you on the water.
Rob Paxevanos
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| Rob Paxevanos
Fishnet Pro Angler
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Email : robpax@netspeed.com.au
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