[yellowfin]

I was reading quite a old fishing location book. According to the book Snapper were frequently caught along the long gravely surf beaches all the way down to the Clarence.

I have also been told storys that once the Snapper fishing was so good at Cape Cambell you were pretty much guaranteed a few decent fish within 10 minutes.

Of course since then the commercial and recreational fishers have heavily targeted the Snapper and greatly reduced their numbers.

So I was wondering if you have heard or seen many Snapper being caught on these east coast beaches?

The impressions I have is that they are nothing more then a rare fluke catch now. The last ones I have heard being caught was a few years back at the Wairau diversion mouth.

[yellowfin]

Ive heard about some goodsize snapper that had been takin off the mussel beds at the wairau bar although that was a few years back but I know of a pannie caught off seaview beach (Seddon) earlier this year.I also heard of a few caught at Kaikoura.I fished these beaches most weekends over the last summer but didntcatch any or see any landed.Anyone else know of any caught

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