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    Posted: 10 Jan 2012 at 6:09pm
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Probably a silly question, but what the biggest snapper you've seen, caught or heard of?
Any pics would be cool too
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Had a fishing news mag with a BOP longlined snapper estimated at least 60lb in the pages can't recall if it was front cover. Caught in the 80's not a fake photo never officially weighed but it is massive.
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Originally posted by PEANUT555 PEANUT555 wrote:



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Nah, Muppet, that one is not universally accepted as not a faked pic.  (The perspective is a bit weird.)
 
Mark Hemingway's present IGFA world record snapper was 37lb 12oz (17.2kg approx), and 107cm long.
 
The 2 longest snapper I've boated and released were 102cm each (one kayak, one dinghy).  Neither weighed, and I'm not prepared to guess their weights.
 
I've had one much, much longer alongside my dinghy, and I estimated that at 1.2m.   A vastly experienced friend saw that fish underwater at close to the same time and estimated it at >20kg.
 
By way of comparison, my most recent mid-20s (11.522kg) snapper to have been weighed by a club weighmaster was 90cm.
 
Any length/weight tables are only the roughest of guides.  I've weighed 20-21lb snapper that have ranged from 78-86cm.
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I thought I saw that in the BOP times, my grandmother kept it for me, late 80's from memory.  
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OK I know one or two folks who have seen mega monster snaps fishing on the rocks on Barrier did'nt one account appear in one of the mags pretty sure it did.
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commercially caught "Fishing News" estimated it to be in the 60lb bracket....
back then they didn't have Photo Shop and all those gadgets to alter pics like now days...
who really knows how big it is unless its Weighed on certified scales...

unless you weight it, you might as well say nothing, no prof no argument.....


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I have seen a pic of a reported 50 pounds snap caught in the bop in the 60-70's big fish but still not sure if its fake or not. Norfolk get them over 20kg so not sure why it could happen here.


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Yeah i remember that pic Lethal, It was in an 80s book of how to catch snapper, that is the biggest one I have seen. Bet it would have been as tough as pavement!
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Originally posted by Lickindip Lickindip wrote:

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Wonder if the guy in the photo could get tracked down....LOL Something for the Fishing Show or someone to do.
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Originally posted by Lethal Lethal wrote:

commercially caught "Fishing News" estimated it to be in the 60lb bracket....
back then they didn't have Photo Shop and all those gadgets to alter pics like now days...
who really knows how big it is unless its Weighed on certified scales...

unless you weight it, you might as well say nothing, no prof no argument.....




that's an awesome picture - what a horse of a fish!
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I remember in the 70's my mates at school who's Dads were fisherman with tales of 40 poundas was the saying and those from Norfolk Is areas experiencing 50 poundasClap
 
Still curious to know how big the Ozzy Snappers get to...??
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1lb to 50lb plus
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Largest I heard of was 50lb+

Was from a retired commercial long liner who claimed to be one of the first to fish many of the deeper more remote spots. He said his boat was  more capable of offshore fishing compared with the smaller inshore commercial fishing boat of the time, 40lb+ fish were not uncommon.  He had quite a few stories, and seemed honest enough. 


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IDoesn't Sam Mossman say in his book that photo is pretty much accepted as being a fake?
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That fish would be more than 60lb if it was real,,,or that blokes bloody small.
The whole pic looks like an early photoshop,,,a manual negative version which could be done back then.
The real biggist Snapper of all time was caught by a 13 year old in 1972 just off the entrance to Helliers creek in the upper Waitamata harbor.
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What a monster...
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