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How to Catch Bigger Snapper
I've been offshore plenty of times trying to catch my
share of snapper. One of the things I noticed was the size of the baits that folks tend to
prepare for snapper fishing. The standard fodder was squid or fish cut up into 1" to
2" chunks. Sure you catch plenty of snapper and I've caught a few big snapper with
this but, with todays limitations on size and number, it's costly to catch your share of
good snapper. Increase the odds of catching a few big sow snapper to help offset the
limits by following these tips:
- Chum them up. Sometimes you can bring snapper to the
surface by throwing out chum or hanging a chum bag
overboard.
- Pull them away from the wreck or the reef. By sinking
the chum bag upcurrent of a wreck or reef, you can
pull the snapper away from the reef and catch them in
the open water.
- Use big baits for big snapper. I have caught big
snapper on a piece of cigar minnow or squid about
the size of my thumb but, I've taken more big snapper
using a 6" to 8" sand trout or croaker, a large pinfish
or cigar minnow. Large snapper generally just prefer
bigger baits.
- Don't get in a hurry to send your bait rippin' down
to the bottom, ease your bait down. I've noticed that
the bigger snapper are usually suspended on top of
the smaller snapper that congregate near the bottom.
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