How winter reds

摘要

Anglers who have never landed a big snapper can't, understandably, know how hard, fast and far these fish can run. On light gear they seem to go like a rocket and can be a handful to stop. Last winter whilst fishing a close reef, I had one of those screaming runs of 80 metres on a snapper. I know the distance because I had only recently 'top shot' the reel with 100 metres of 3kg braid. The water depth was 12 metres over hard reef and there was no current. I had only flicked the bait out a short distance of 8-10 metres because without current, casting further quickly found red rock cod or a snag.