The shellfish berley works great around the mussel farms! I use the same rig method, a large circle hook, sml 1/4 ounce sinker or split shot, & a smaller J hook as a keeper to hold the bigger baits in place. The sinker sits inbetween the hooks. The sinker helps to get the bait down faster & keeps it more presentable to the fish, otherwise it tends to sink on a funny angle or not sink at all. Bigger snapper always pick up the bait & slowly move off with it, you have to free spool them, a count down from 5 & set the hook.
@BasicFishingNZ if you spend time to target them then I'm sure you'll get them. We just go to the local kids wharf by the port and hope for some luck. It's my wife's favourite fish to eat so we target it a lot. But could be there for 5 hours and not catch anything.
i find having the clicker on with braid the bigger snapper feel it and after a test pick up drop when they feel the clicks. when i turn clicker off they pick up corner of bait and test and when it moves freely with no noise they take the line and eat.
@BasicFishingNZ that too. The noise of the spinning real with live liner drag on and having open bail arm seems to make a difference too. I think its like the cup and string telephone for the snapper - the line carries the clicking noise so when they are being over cautious like the biger ones often are the line will give you away when they hear the clicker or feel too much resistance. Deffinately get more fish straylining than I did with ledger rigs.
its tricky because that slight tension helps too especially wen setting the hook. i don't like the loose take with the bail arm open especially with J hooks cause that usually resuits deep hookups in the gut where as with the bait runner it helps (only helps with good fish not so much with small ish ones)
The shellfish berley works great around the mussel farms! I use the same rig method, a large circle hook, sml 1/4 ounce sinker or split shot, & a smaller J hook as a keeper to hold the bigger baits in place. The sinker sits inbetween the hooks.
The sinker helps to get the bait down faster & keeps it more presentable to the fish, otherwise it tends to sink on a funny angle or not sink at all.
Bigger snapper always pick up the bait & slowly move off with it, you have to free spool them, a count down from 5 & set the hook.
yea its funny how the sink rate of the bait makes a massive differences in catching or not
Awesome video again mate! Thank you! But next time don't leave the TP by the computer ☺
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@@BasicFishingNZ But seriously, Thanks for all your work you do for your channel. All your videos are a wealth of knowledge 👍
Took my son out fishing today. Caught our 2nd John Dory. 2cm bigger than our last one. 47cm. :D
far out thats a beast! i still haven't landed my 1st one yet
@BasicFishingNZ if you spend time to target them then I'm sure you'll get them. We just go to the local kids wharf by the port and hope for some luck. It's my wife's favourite fish to eat so we target it a lot. But could be there for 5 hours and not catch anything.
i find having the clicker on with braid the bigger snapper feel it and after a test pick up drop when they feel the clicks. when i turn clicker off they pick up corner of bait and test and when it moves freely with no noise they take the line and eat.
I tried that too actually. the tension from the clicker can make a subtle differences
@BasicFishingNZ that too. The noise of the spinning real with live liner drag on and having open bail arm seems to make a difference too.
I think its like the cup and string telephone for the snapper - the line carries the clicking noise so when they are being over cautious like the biger ones often are the line will give you away when they hear the clicker or feel too much resistance.
Deffinately get more fish straylining than I did with ledger rigs.
its tricky because that slight tension helps too especially wen setting the hook. i don't like the loose take with the bail arm open especially with J hooks cause that usually resuits deep hookups in the gut where as with the bait runner it helps (only helps with good fish not so much with small ish ones)
@@BasicFishingNZ ah yes only with circle hooks
that day was not ideal cause I forgot to pack my circle hooks