Fishing Snapper: Selecting The Right-Size Jig

Fishing Snapper: Selecting The Right-Size Jig

Choosing the right-size jig is a different skilled affair for fishing snapper. Applying one that’s overly weighted is even as unsound as applying one that’s too light; the one snags bottom, while the other never gets to the fish below. Accept that you’ll need to tie on varying jig weights as the current flows and then wanes. Apply the heavier ones while the tide is pulling, then step by step step down to the lighter models as the current starts out to subside. A selection from 3/8- to ¾-ounce is commonly adequate for fishing snapper.

Be aware to the jig hitting bottom, and then bring up the rod tip and replicate until that usual tap signals a bite. Most jig hits will come on the drop or the first part of the rise, so be peculiarly watchful when fishing snapper. I at one time viewed from a bridge when an angler drifted a shrimp-imitation lure into numerous waiting snappers below. Each time a snapper swam over to the lure, sucked it in and quickly blew it out. In the meantime, the shore angler below felt naught. Set the hook on any variance of the norm when fishing snapper with a jig. Mangrove fishing snappers particularly are challenging to hook due in part to their rapid snatching when assaulting a bait. Be sure to pull firmly and low away from the bridge once a hookup happens, as numerous times the bait has fallen prey to a grouper.