How to Strayline for Snapper

In a country full of fishos who grew up obsessed with chasing snapper, there’s nothing more iconic than a good old-fashioned strayline session. It doesn’t get much simpler. A rod, a hook, and a big slab of bait drifted naturally down a berley trail in the hope that a hungry moocher is waiting in the shadows.

For many of us, our earliest fishing memories revolve around straylining. The gear may have evolved, but the technique is still as effective today as it was back when Geoff Thomas’s Snapper Secrets VHS tape was considered the Holy Grail of snapper fishing.