Never caught a snowy but would like to. Plan on dropping a few live pinfish down on 600 ft ledges. Too shallow or different rigs? Thanks
quote:Snowys are probably the least picky of the grouper. I've caught them on everything you can imagine - squid, cut up ballyhoo, hot dogs, and had very good success with KFC chicken skin. You need to anchor on them because at 600+ the light is not so good , and a 2 hook rig going by at drift speed wont catch much. I've caught snowys from 300' to 800'
Originally posted by tridogsNever caught a snowy but would like to. Plan on dropping a few live pinfish down on 600 ft ledges. Too shallow or different rigs? Thanks
That would be a whole lot of anchor rode. Not that much on my boat.
Pioneer 222 Sportfish
Yamaha 250
You dont need to anchor try to get slick day mostly no current. Squid works fine just stop so your drift will take your line over them if its snowys it wont take long drifting will give you a chance at grey tiles too.It would be to much work to anchor for a couple of fish the comm guys dont anchor for 200 pounds.That much rope would let the boat swing on anchor not holding you in one spot.
You do need lots of rope and chain. When I commercial fished we caught lots of deep water grouper - anchored. We would see the sportys stop close to us and by the time they got a line to the bottom they were way way way off the fish
Ive made 16 day trips just for snowys since it opened this year got my 200 pounds every time with no anchor your only talking like 5 or 6 drops i power fish if tide is not bad if you have been there if it screams you can forget it on anchor your gear wont get there.Will go in a.m. one more time before it closes.
Power drifting is a very good method. Keeping those lines straight up and down.
From what Ive read, its one per vessel for us rec guys so I don’t plan on being there for long. Thanks for all the advice.
Ye 1 that aint right they should go back to at least 1 per person really 2 for the work in it.
Yeah, the 200lbs per trip commercial limit is complete bull****. Even moreso that commercial opens Jan 1st and they have 4 full months to wipe out generations of snowys before a rec boat can touch them. Snowys are the the seabass of the deep. Cut squid, cut ballyhoo, multi circle hook rig, no light no bite, 3-4lbs of lead depending on the current and use your engines. If they are there, they will eat. Unless a commercial boat spent the week culling through 5-10lb fish to make sure their 200lb trip limit yield is maximized with 15+lb fish.
Do not tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don’t tell them where they know the fish.
- More Maxims of Mark, Johnson, 1927
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why cull we get 7.50 for any size you might di it to get a big one i dont they all the same
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Originally posted by sand monkeywhy cull we get 7.50 for any size you might di it to get a big one i dont they all the same
If your boat is packed out by a fish house you will not be bringing back 5 lb snowies.
Do not tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don’t tell them where they know the fish.
- More Maxims of Mark, Johnson, 1927
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“Touche”
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Ride over and see we unload behind Wicked Tuna in the mornings hell it aint secret
Well said Touche. The snowy rules are complete BS. Just like cobia being open right for commercial 6 fish per trip and no rec season. Both situations come back to the same point which is…DNR and fisheries management can’t track the number of fish caught by rec boats. The commercial guys get checked and also send reports in. To me…its been a longstanding On Purpose Delayed system creation by govt for rec fisherman. 1 fish per boat doesn’t make sense
quote:Why would he care? 200lbs is 200lbs. They get paid the same per lb no matter what size the fish is with heads on the fish. There is really no advantage to him culling his catch unless he just wants to waste time before moving inshore to another species.
Originally posted by Touchequote:
Originally posted by sand monkeywhy cull we get 7.50 for any size you might di it to get a big one i dont they all the same
If your boat is packed out by a fish house you will not be bringing back 5 lb snowies.
Do not tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don’t tell them where they know the fish.
- More Maxims of Mark, Johnson, 1927
31’ Contender
“Touche”
250 HPDIs
PS, I agree though. 1 snowy per boat is BS. Who wants to run out that deep for 1 fish?