DOWNSIZING FOR FUSSY REDS
The scavenger title associated with the humble snapper has been unfairly branded, in my opinion. In complete contrast to their perceived behavioural traits, these fish can be extremely fickle at times. We’ve had sessions where the fish would switch on and off between lures and baits, which made it difficult to stay with one method. Instead, a level of adaptability was required in those sessions and this is now a constant for us on every snapper mission. Part of this adaptability has included the idea of downsizing in order to produce results during the tougher bite periods and these results are further amplified when fishing exclusively with lures. But how does the idea of downsizing translate into better snapper success? How do the fish know whether you’re using 10lb line or 30lb line, or why would a 4 inch lure pull better results than a 7 inch lure? These are all valid questions so in order to better understand let’s take a bit more of
