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Tips for Moreton Bay snapper and longtails
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need to address is making sure you get your lure into the strike zone. This is where the northern bay dif- fers to the southern bay.
need a lure that will dive relative- ly deep to get into the strike zone where the bait is, but it does not need to be bashing the bottom. Snapper will rise to take a bait or lure, so if you can get their attention, you are in with a chance.
A massive selection of deep-diving lures are on the market and many will state they dive to 4-5m. Do not dismiss these, as they are the ones you want, even if you are fishing 10-14m.
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I am not totally sure why, but I think it might have something to do with the bottom structure and food sources. The southern bay seems to have more cockle and mussel beds, which are obviously on the sea floor, so your lure needs to be down there.
At Harry’s, a lot of the food source is baitfish, which hold above the bottom over structure, so they are higher in the water column. In this instance, rather than getting your lure to the bottom, you can fish it mid-water.
Not having to plough the bottom is definitely an advantage because some of the depths we trolled were over 12m, where you simply can’t get one of these small lures without the aid of a downrigger.
The take-home message is you
Deep-diving lures and light line can make the difference.
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