The Fishing Website : Discussion Forums : Top Water Snapper https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/ Sun, 07 Jun 2026 16:17:01 +0000 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 01:04:55 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.01 360 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=68981 <![CDATA[The Fishing Website : Discussion Forums]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[Top Water Snapper : Blood oath Bunzo, they come in...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=68981&PID=985972&title=top-water-snapper#985972 Author: albert wild
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Posted: 19 Aug 2011 at 1:04am

Blood oath Bunzo, they come in on the popper like a striped marlin, fantastic fun and sweet to eat. Who would ever of thought we would be catching them constantly on topwater lures. I spent a fortune on small Jap top water lures last summer, I had the drug baaad!!! Be cool to get a few heads together and try to work out the snaps on top. ]]> Fri, 19 Aug 2011 01:04:55 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=68981&PID=985972&title=top-water-snapper#985972 <![CDATA[Top Water Snapper : Not wrong Albert, Whiting...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=68981&PID=985971&title=top-water-snapper#985971 Author: Bunzo
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Posted: 19 Aug 2011 at 12:50am

Not wrong Albert, Whiting are a blast on poppers, they chase them down and smash them.
 
 
]]> Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:50:14 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=68981&PID=985971&title=top-water-snapper#985971 <![CDATA[Top Water Snapper : I was planning on trying this...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=68981&PID=985697&title=top-water-snapper#985697 Author: Accident Prone
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Posted: 18 Aug 2011 at 4:34pm

I was planning on trying this out at the Mokes but unfortunately the weekend weather hasn't been the greatest and have had to postpone our trip twice now. 3rd time lucky!. If I have any luck I will let you know.]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:34:00 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=68981&PID=985697&title=top-water-snapper#985697 <![CDATA[Top Water Snapper : Sounds like fun Josh, pretty versatile...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=68981&PID=985123&title=top-water-snapper#985123 Author: albert wild
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Posted: 17 Aug 2011 at 12:35pm

Sounds like fun Josh, pretty versatile weapon the old floating crank bait, some of the yak guys over here are doing really well trolling hard bods at the moment, fishing with CD's and similar lures. Boys down in Port Phiilip in Vic doing well trolling super deep divers over the flatter terrain. I've asked Grant if he can add a hard body sub section to one of the forum's, lots of stuff to play with and share info on.

Cheers mate. 
]]> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:35:13 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=68981&PID=985123&title=top-water-snapper#985123 <![CDATA[Top Water Snapper : various sizes of rapala xraps,...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=68981&PID=985111&title=top-water-snapper#985111 Author: JoshW
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Posted: 17 Aug 2011 at 12:10pm

various sizes of rapala xraps, CD's and river 2 sea bibbed minnows mostly. the floating models are better as you can cast over snags, retrieve...pause and let them float over the snag and continue retrieving. Fished them quite a bit during/after work last year in water as shallow as 1m and did really well considering the locations we were fishing, very local, (straight out the front door of the house). Lots and lots of pannies and the odd 5-7kgr. Caught them casting and trolling but found trolling them a very productive way to secure a feed, esp in the middle of a storm when it's to windy to cast/anchor/drift or even leave the vicinity of the boat ramp.]]> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:10:52 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=68981&PID=985111&title=top-water-snapper#985111 <![CDATA[Top Water Snapper : Hi Josh, It&#039;s funny bream...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=68981&PID=985093&title=top-water-snapper#985093 Author: albert wild
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Posted: 17 Aug 2011 at 11:26am

Hi Josh,  It's funny bream will get right up in the shallows with there backs out of the water, even tail like golden trevs  at times, they feed and attack artificials in very similar ways to snapper and the old breambo is a sucker for a top water presentation. In OZ we consistently catch flathead and whiting on poppers now, I know they are completely different species, but both of them were always considered bottom feeders and species that you would not consider a top water target. 

Like you said, snapper seem to be keen to attack most offerings that are put in the right spot at the right time and the water temp thing may not be such a factor if you can find them in the right spots. One things for sure I reckon we could have some fun with this, be pretty cool watching big fat snaps munching lures off the surface. What sort of hard bods do you guys use on the snaps Josh? 

Thanks for posting the link Bunzo, dam nice fish, well done

Cheers for the feedback fellas 
]]> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:26:08 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=68981&PID=985093&title=top-water-snapper#985093 <![CDATA[Top Water Snapper : I think the sinking stick bait...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=68981&PID=984985&title=top-water-snapper#984985 Author: Mr Plastic
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Posted: 17 Aug 2011 at 3:39am

I think the sinking stick bait on the shallow foul would find a few.. Most other lures do so i cant see why not. A good place to start anyway.]]> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 03:39:26 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=68981&PID=984985&title=top-water-snapper#984985 <![CDATA[Top Water Snapper : not sure if warm water is...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=68981&PID=984982&title=top-water-snapper#984982 Author: JoshW
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Posted: 17 Aug 2011 at 1:30am

not sure if warm water is essential albert, have seen/caught them in the middle of winter in water so shallow their dorsal spines are sticking out of the water, have also witnessed them chrashing piper schools in still glassy calm winter mornings. 

never caught one on a popper,  (haven't really tried yet tbh), caught heaps on shallow diving bibbed minnows, even had the floating models crunched off the surface.
]]> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 01:30:47 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=68981&PID=984982&title=top-water-snapper#984982 <![CDATA[Top Water Snapper : Here is the link to...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=68981&PID=984968&title=top-water-snapper#984968 Author: Bunzo
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Posted: 16 Aug 2011 at 11:08pm

Here is the link to Ginga's report of the 20pounder on an 'Angel' stickbait shown on my avatar, caught last March at Mayor, it was a goody Big smile
http://www.fishing.net.nz/asp_forums/giant-snapper-on-a-stick-bait_topic63925.html
]]> Tue, 16 Aug 2011 23:08:52 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=68981&PID=984968&title=top-water-snapper#984968 <![CDATA[Top Water Snapper : Hi Capt Asparagus, I saw that...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=68981&PID=984634&title=top-water-snapper#984634 Author: albert wild
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Posted: 16 Aug 2011 at 10:26am

Hi Capt Asparagus, I saw that post, it was an impressive capture. Most of the Snaps being caught on poppers over here in OZ seem to be coming out of water around the 5 metre mark in calmer areas, on 70 to 100 mm poppers that are worked with a reasonably long pause between pops. Warmer water temps seem to be a bit of common denominator. We still have 20 degree water off Nambucca at the moment, still catching Spotted Mackerel in August, so we may have a lash it over the next few weeks, I will let you know how it go's]]> Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:26:24 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=68981&PID=984634&title=top-water-snapper#984634