b'"Just yourself with a rod designed to cast your bait well out, and when you hook a good snapper that fights hard through the surf break as it comes into shallower water.Seeing a big red tail floundering in the surf always puts a smile on your dial."GearThe Tica Kazumi Gold Medal 4.5m surfcaster A top quality rod now available for Kiwi surfcasters.With a 3-piece, Brian hooks up on a low tide bankslim line blank that is rated for on Ripiro Beach, a prime time to getcasting 100-250gm.your baits out into deeper water.Fishing with two rods is a good ideaneed to get distance to where the largerbait, I like to smear them and the sinker, to see where the fish are, cast one thefish are feeding, so a bigger and heavierwith a good helping of Secret Sauce.This furthest out you can with a big cast andbait will reduce your cast.Fresh baits arereally works well, and the sticky sauce the other in closer to find where the fishthe key to attracting big snapper, catchingstays on the bait and sinker until cast, and are feeding.Often the closer in rod getsfresh kahawai or trevally, and turning themit hits the water, where the scent disperses hit so you dont have to try and cast forinto thin strip cut baits is a winning move. in the water and helps bring in snapper to the horizon.However, on most days IMaking sure you cut the baits longeryour bait.have found the biggest fish was usuallyand thinner will help them be moreI would suggest using a recurve hook taken on the longest casts, so they are ataerodynamic for casting, and wrappingwhen surfcasting, as you have a lot of line least 100m or further from where I cast. in elastic cotton keeps them together. out and you shouldnt strike on fish when A freshly caught fish turned into bait isyou get a bite.Let the fish take line with a FRESHBAITS nice and juicy and has more appeal for alight drag setting and the semi-circle hook Targeting big snapper in a boat and manyhungry snapper. will set own its own as the weight comes anglers will simply go for a larger bait, likeShellfish like tuatua or mussel threadedon.Black Magic KLT 6/0 hooks have a whole pilchard, bonito head or squid, butonto the hook is another good option, butproven to be deadly when surfcasting and this doesnt really work surfcasting.Youas they dont have a lot of scent like a fishare my go-to hook. /FISHINGINGODZONE17'