your cat will be jealous at least. should work but it think that  between being cooked and coated in gelatine you may not get as good a scent release, that said is it vision or smell that attracts the fish? fish are always watching other fish so if something eats it your target species are bound to show up. dont foget a tin opener tho.

Use the cat.....
You'll get a big ass kingie

I worry about you sometimes Tom.

Thanks for the comments, all.

Hi Islandpaddler , your ideas /strategies for dealing with gulls was gold - wise words from the experienced.Most other techniques throwing things ,blind casting etc do spook snapper.My observation is that its the quick arm movements more so than the splashes when throwing. It's not until you have a really big snapper in front of you that you learn how observant and flighty they can be, while the 1-3 kg guys are bold in comparison. It is difficult to convince people about how sealthy to be until they have personally had a big fish up close and then spooked it with the slightest head movement or swing of a fly rod.It's one of those situations where you don't know what fish might have turned up if you were super sleathy , hidden and only pitched a few tiny morsels.Until people see it , the impulse to stand up and blind cast is really strong. I am now looking forward to the winter really kicking in as the rocks are still busy with lots of baitfish and smaller snapper.

My current thoughts are that camouflage won't make any difference. You can stand a couple of feet from a foraging snapper and he will never know you are there, but make one slight movement and it will take off.  Its not the shape of a human the snapper thinks of as a threat but unusual things happening like part of that tall "rock" moving.

white gumboots are fish magnets Craig, go wash your mouth out with Kitty poop.

Jwest wrote: As always some great info on stalking fish and snapper habits here that I reckon is applicable accross the landbased board, always thinking you SWFers!