Snapper Rods
At one time all snapper rods were built of fibreglass, but today our
choices includes carbon rods which are both light and very sensitive to
bites.
I have experimented with rods from 2-3M on Port Phillip Bay and the
best I've ever used was one just over 2M long. If you fish on your own,
or have a large cruiser, you can use a rod of this length. But if you
fish with half a dozen mates in a small boat you'll find a rod from
1.5-1.8M easier to manage. Apart from the fact that you may poke one of
your mates in the eye with the longer rod, you are in the awkward
position, when you hook a big fish, of not having sufficient room to
bring it alongside the boat.
It is also fairly obvious that if you want to use a reasonably light
line for snapper fishing which by the way will not only give you greater
sport but bigger catches you must avoid rods too short. Below certain
limits (about 1.5M) the shorter the rod, the thicker, heavier and less
pliable it becomes. Naturally, if there is no "give" in the rod to ease
the strain or, the line, the latter will break at the first lunge of a
big fish.
While we recommend reasonably light tackle in the interests of sport,
there are two reasons why ultra-light tackle is not suitable for the
average angler: first, one never knows when the snapper sharks are going
to be about and extremely light lines prevent the angler from pulling in
his catch fast', second, the angler who fishes with a number of mates
doesn't want to spend too long in playing his fish, as while he does so,
they must pull in their lines.
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