b'FeatureSnapper taken on the snoop with a good camo suit to help blend into the rocks and seaweed.I find the best technique is to dropPeeking around a promising your float, snoop the coast and thencorner whilst on the snoop.come back to it, this way you are a lot stealthier as the float line is not giving away your position, its also impossible to get tangled up in rocks and weed with just a speargun and overall, a lot easier to manage.On the topic of spearguns, most free divers like to use a short gun so that they can peek over ledges keeping their gun concealed until the very last minute. A 90cm, 110cm or 120cm is ideal for snapper snooping and either a roller or your traditional banded gun will suffice.I tend to use a 90cm Free Diverssnorkel so be sure to completelyand how they position themselves roller because of its power, accuracy,fill your snorkel with water beforein the water so that you can hunt and the fact that its size makes itbeginning your approach. them better. To start with you will very maneuverable. As far as riggingSnapper are fun to hunt and honemiss plenty and spook even more, goes, keep it simple. Knots are betteryour stalking skills, however inbut with patience and time spent than swivels and clips in this instancemy opinion they are probably thein the water you should get on to as you want to be streamlined andmost challenging fish we have inone. If you have mastered spearing stealthy.The slightest touch ofGodzone and most Kiwi spearossnapper on berley then this summer a swivel on an aluminum barrelwould agree, so dont give up if youset yourself a challenge to get will spook a cagey snapper as willdont get one straight away. The keyone on the snoop, I cant reiterate the bubbles escaping from youris to learn about where they liveenough how rewarding it is!32FISHING IN GODZONE MAGAZINE'