Snapper eat snapper

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Just cleaning 7 snaps from yesterday. These were H.G fish. Found that gut contents in most were small snapper from about 3-5 cm. Dont recall seeing this before. Why this change in feeding pattern. Also caught several Kahawai on surface lures. They contained anchovy. Also caught a couple of big 65cm + Kahawai off the bottom. These also had small snaps in the gut. Wonder how old a 3-5 cm snap would be.

Also in recent weeks snapper have been very fat. Thick layers of loose fat around gut and gut lining.
Yesterdays fish were normal with no fat content at all. Different run of fish into the area.?
To think i unwittingly smuggled undersize snaps home conceiled in larger snaps. Just cant be too careful these days.. Wonder if the fish are trying to set me up. LOL

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I dont doubt it. Ive used snapper as bait for snapper before and it worked. I think this whole snapper wont eat snapper is urban legend.
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I had a few snapper with shrimps inside them the other week. They are not fussy that is for sure if its there they will eat it.
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Snapper eat snapper? Why not.your grandfathers used liver n kerosene.right
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0800 POACHER for you Cirrus! Big smile

Kahawai eat kahawai, gurnard eat gurnard and I am sure snapper eat snapper. snapper need good condition to spawn and again to see through the winter. IMO (no science here just a year or two of my observations) snapper are at their very best from February through til April. When you fillet those fish they have big deposits of white fat in their gut cavities. That sees then through the colder months when their metabolism slows. They don't eat as much but once the water temp and daylight hours start to increase in September the cycle starts again and the go hard on the feed.

I think that's why September to December and again February till June are the best times to get an easy catch. Out west at least.
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And Red Cod eat adult Spotties! It's like a ****-fish combo :/
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You turned your back on the dark side cirrus! The Manukau only rewards those that persevere! Sounds like you had a good time out east anyway.
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Interesting alright, also you broke the law as you were in possession of more than 7 snapper of which some were undersize - naughty boy Cirrus Wink
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So is Cirrus a comm or a law breaking recc
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Well Richard. I looked to the East,then looked to the West where the dark winds roar,and decided on the bright side of the road. Those huge tides & swift currents  in The manukau right now are a bit daunting. Will wait to they get a bit smaller and then gurnard time.
Was nice out East. Motored out past the ancient volcano,the low cloud lifted,and the sun shone on a still and glassy sea.
Over a low Easterly swell with flocks of shearwaters flying in the same direction,keeping pace with the boat. At one with nature. Great feeling. Found a workup of sorts ,hooked a nice Kahawai on the little grim reaper,dived and leapt all over the sea. And then in search of snaps .
Great to be away from neon humming,telephone ringing,found my quiet place and was a great day.
Was going to have a word to those Snaps ,but they were deceased and becoming fillets. Dont think they would have understood.

Interesting what Snapper eat. Assume they would have been last seasons spawn,just a few months old.
Always something new to learn or see out there,always that something that makes it all so interesting.
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Many a time the bigger Snaps are full of small flounder down this way Cirrus! as Mokau has two big rivers within a few K's apart. Have caught Snaps with Snapper fillets on a few desperate times with no bait. If you skin it bone it, a big long piece it does work. Also if you have fresh flounder the Biggies will Smash E'm......
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Yep same Geoff, u have to be desperate for bait though hehe.

I reckon the Snappa you catch Geoff eat White Pointers the size of the blimmin things.
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We had a big work-up off Raglan and snaps were feeding like crazy. Not a chance of not getting limit. Tried fresh snapper and....they gorged on it!
At same time, tried a 200mm jig and caught gurnard.

Also caught a marlin with 2 flounder in it's guts, off Raglan
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Dunno about snapper eating snapper but I know I sure doLOLSnap



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Originally posted by Uncle Uncle wrote:

Dunno about snapper eating snapper but I know I sure doLOLSnap






Yummo. That looks great Uncle. Care to share you batter recipe with us?
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I cannot tell a lie FA.
Our local takeaways shop cooked the snapper for me.Big smile

They do a ripper job so no need for me to stink the house outLOL
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Dug these photo's from my files. A mate speared this snapper. As you can see in the photo there were at least 3-4 small snapper in the digestive system.





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Thats interesting. So someone else has found small snapper in big snapper. Was a first for me,but seemingly it does happen.

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