Gold Coast Snapper Fishing

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The Australasian snapper is found on all coasts of New Zealand, especially in the north. In Australia, it is found along the east coast of Queensland. It is also found on the coast of Tasmania, but in smaller numbers. The fish spawn in inshore waters and live in rocky areas and reefs of up to 200 m deep. They school, and will migrate between reefs. Larger fish are known to enter estuaries and harbors, for example Port Phillip Bay has a renowned seasonal snapper run.

Snapper are a blue-water, open ocean, highly migratory schooling fish found around the world in tropical and subtropical waters at depths up to 50 fathoms.

They spawn in warm ocean currents throughout much of the year, and their young are often found among seaweed. They are a relatively short lived species, with a life span of only four or five years. Snapper are among the fastest growing fish, with a minimum population doubling time under 15 months. This makes them resilient to pressure. However, their current vulnerability is moderate to high.

The legal size in Australia varies by state, from 35 cm and a bag limit of five fish per person in Queensland to 50 cm in Western Australia. During spawning, these fish obtain a metallic green sheen which indicates a high concentration of acid buildup within the scales’ infrastructure. Minimum sizes are supposed to be designed to allow these fish to participate in spawning runs at least once before they become available to the fishery, but given the slow growth rates of this species, a need exists to consider area closures and/or further increase the minimum sizes in each state to reduce the chances of growth overfishing of the various populations of snapper throughout its range. This may be important with recent developments in technology such as GPS.

Fishing For Snapper 

The Australasian snapper or silver seabream, is a species of porgie found in coastal waters of Australia, Philippines, Indonesia, China, Taiwan, Japan and New Zealand. Its distribution areas in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres are disjunct. Snapper Schnitzel Fish Recipe

The teasers or live chum are tossed into the water, the fly is thrown to the feeding snapper. Once hooked, snapper are acrobatic game fish displaying spectacular red, white colors.