mangrove snapper - Page 2

reelthrill · 06-20-2008, 01:16 PM

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HOOKEM (6/18/2008)I fished the paradise hole Monday and did great with the reds and kings. However, the mangrove snapper wereeverywhere and couldnt bring in but one. Damn things were even comming right up to the boat. Anyone have any good ideas for catching these guys? :banghead

Ditto exactly what Wharf Rat said!

snake 166 · 06-20-2008, 03:49 PM

Wharf rat,

I have been trying some chumming lately and it seems to work well except once the remoras show up it is hard to freeline a bait past them. Any tricks to get by them? I know it is tempting to use them for chum especially after they shit all over the place but I would rather not kill a fish just because it is a nusiance.

wrightackle · 06-20-2008, 04:07 PM

When the remoras crash the chum line you just have to put them in the boat. We have killed over forty of them in a day at the dutch banks. Eventually you will weed them out and can get back to catching fish. It is nasty business but you can throw them in your bait cooler to get them off the deck. The tip about using a longer leader was a good one. Buy the flourocarbon that comes in the large spools {p-line if you can find it, berkeley vanish if you can't}. Then you won't go broke making a 15 to 20 foot leader. Sometimes that really does make a difference.

06-20-2008, 03:49 PM	#12
snake 166 Member Ruby Red Lip Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Niceville Posts: 75	RE: mangrove snapper Wharf rat, I have been trying some chumming lately and it seems to work well except once the remoras show up it is hard to freeline a bait past them. Any tricks to get by them? I know it is tempting to use them for chum especially after they shit all over the place but I would rather not kill a fish just because it is a nusiance.

06-20-2008, 04:07 PM	#13
wrightackle Senior Member Grouper Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: 1005 east lee st Posts: 755	RE: mangrove snapper When the remoras crash the chum line you just have to put them in the boat. We have killed over forty of them in a day at the dutch banks. Eventually you will weed them out and can get back to catching fish. It is nasty business but you can throw them in your bait cooler to get them off the deck. The tip about using a longer leader was a good one. Buy the flourocarbon that comes in the large spools {p-line if you can find it, berkeley vanish if you can't}. Then you won't go broke making a 15 to 20 foot leader. Sometimes that really does make a difference.

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