cockburn sound snapper

 hey, just got back froma day out in the sound with dad fishing for snapper. we found some school of what we think were snapper, dropped some baits on them had one hookup but lost it son after. we then went out to inbetweeen carnac island and garden islan and i hooked and laded a massive eagle ray. that was it for the day. 

 

anyone else haveing any luck with snapper in the sound ?

 

cheers pom 

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 We caught about a billion

Mon, 2012-03-05 16:06

 We caught about a billion between 15-25cm 

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 were abouts? yer i want size

Mon, 2012-03-05 17:01

 were abouts? yer i want size ones

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 everywhere mate and we all

Mon, 2012-03-05 17:48

 everywhere mate and we all want size ones

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Plenty of snapper rats in the

Mon, 2012-03-05 17:52

Plenty of snapper rats in the river, deeper water 

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ya got move around and look

Mon, 2012-03-05 18:00

ya got move around and look for ya own spots     fish can swim so will move around  no=one can tell you on any particular day where the fish are or will be bitting 

  It's called FISHING NOT CATCHING THE FISH I WANT WHEN I WANT

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 we been doing that all day

Mon, 2012-03-05 18:19

 we been doing that all day without a sounder its shit haha but we got a feed of whiting and a nice flatty, and had 3 runs but all got spat thought maybe sharks but dunno

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Was repling to the young pom

Mon, 2012-03-05 18:49

Was repling to the young pom everyone would like to be sat on top of THE FISH    but like yourself  you know it takes alot of leg work   Sounds like you had a half decent day catch wise

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yeah wasnt to bad, good

Mon, 2012-03-05 18:53

yeah wasnt to bad, good conditions pretty much all day doesnt get much better then that and whiting were hitting the bait before it hit the floor for about 40 minutes so cant complain really

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 yer we were driving allover

Tue, 2012-03-06 07:29

 yer we were driving allover the place yesterday but we only have a 12ft tinny so soulnd really go out very far, there were heaps of fish on the sounder in the middle of the sound but, no luck :(

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