I wanted to test this theory more, 
so switched to a dark green Z-Man 
Motor Oil 7” softbait and added 
more sauce, this produced my best 
5-6kg fish of the day.  Muzza kept 
fishing over the morning using 
the Nuclear Chicken softbaits 
and although got a lot of hits, 
he was going through the lures 
with their soft tails getting lost.
Becoming frustrated from the bitten 
off tails, he also changed things up 
and went with a large Crush City 
Imposter lure, which looks like the 
Spanish mantis shrimp that have 
invaded the harbour, and the snapper 
feed on as they often have them in 
their stomachs when filleted.  He 
smeared it with more sauce and got 
interest in this new lure and landed 
another nice 2.5kg fish for the bin.
We had only caught around six 
fish over the course of the morning, 
but they were all good fish ranging 
from 2.5kg – 6.5kg.  This was 
quiet fishing for the graveyard, 
and it might have been due to the 
recent storm and all the freshwater 
flushed down the harbour?
Using scented softbaits made a 
key difference, while on other days 
there the fish just smashed any type 
of lure you dropped to the bottom.  
The benefit of fishing different lures 
with your crew is you can discover 
what is working best or not.
Around midday and after some 
lunch just before low tide with the 
fast current dropping, we could 
drop down to 1oz jig heads and 
Muzza took us into shallower water 
closer to the beach.  As we drifted, 
he hooked a bigger fish on a Nuked 
Chicken softbait and after another 
good battle, the best fish of day was 
on the board.  It was an old fish with 
worn down teeth from smashing 
mussels, with shells spilling from 
its packed guts from its anus.
We weighed it and it was just under 
20lb, going 18.5lb and it was spent 
after the taxing fight, so we kept it 
for the smoker.  Seven good fish was 
enough for us, and we headed back 
to the ramp.  Another adventure 
on the mighty west coast with a 
feed for the family, happy days.
The snapper caught at the 
graveyard over autumntime 
are in prime condition.
“I switched to a Z-Man 
Red Bone 7” with some 
added Secret Sauce and 
instantly got more interest 
and bagged a fat 3kg fish.”
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