The Secrets Of Fishing Red Snapper - Red snapper has a scientific name which called Lutjanus Campechanus. Red snapper is one of the sea fish that very popular for the anglers. Red snapper usually lives in 10-60 meters depth in the sea and the favorite spot is in the shipwrecks and also in the reef. hiding rocks. Fishing the red snapper is one of the favourite for many anglers. Beside it tastes good, red snapper is a powerful fish so that when you hook up you must be careful to fight with it. Many anglers like to fishing red snapper as a challenge.
The characteristics of the red snapper is has the long and wide body, convex head, and the bottom of the gill cover jagged. Red snapper is included the predatory fish, eating small fish and invertebrates seabed. And can grow up to 45-50 cm long. In this time, Ghazuth will give you some tricks for fishing the red snapper. Check this out !
1. Fishing rod
To get the snapper, you better use the fishing rod with specification : 180-230 cm long, select the fishing rod made from graphite (can be 2 or 1 stick) that curved from the middle to the tip (for 2-4 kg class ), or just curved at the tip for 6-10 kg class. Beside by using the rod, you can also use the handline (without rod).
2. String /fishing line
While for the string/fishing line you may use the monofilament 2-30 kg class ( 4-30 lbs). It is safety to hook up the red snapper so you can land the fish.
3. Reel spinning
Reel spinning that can be used is 2-12 ball bearings. If you don't have you can get it in the fishing store.
4. Hook
For the hook better made from carbon and its size is 3 /0 - 7 /0.
5. Fish bait
As the fish that live in the seabottom, red snapper has a main food such as small fish, shrimp, squid and snails that of course there are many in the seabottom. To fool the fish use the same natural baits such as shrimp and squid diet, even some that provide food bait from other small fish such as fish cakes, and many kinds of fish. But you have to use the fresh bait so the red snapper strike your bait. But you can also use the lure ( artificial bait) that sold in many fishing stores.
6. Technique
Put a hook or hooks that suits your target and select a large enough. Make the main branch of the strings as much as 3 to 4 hook with the main ballast that weighs enough so as not to be swayed by ocean bottom currents. And give the distance between the base of the ballast to the first prong hook along approximately a meter so that the hook does not snagged a rock.
Okey, that's all from Ghazuth. Good luck to get fishing anda i hope this article could be useful for you all.
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