Hunting Big Snapper part 2

More Snapper action from an overnighter on the rocks. A hard start but plenty of good fish incl an early hours kingfish, octopus, and some light tackle dawn scraps with Big Snapper in shallow terrain..... hope you enjoy.

[@junpedrano9414]

Good fishing spot bro.

[@SoleAdventuresNZ]

Man thats some decent fishing right there👌.. Some donkey snapps for sure. Wicked man

[@DarkmoonAngler]

Yeah mate....still some good ones in close atm. Just got to pick that good weather window.

[@ilexwang9530]

mean spot? was that a normal sleeping bag used in the video? thanks

[@DarkmoonAngler]

Sleeping bag and a 'bivy'. if excessively cold I'd add a sleeping bag liner too.

[@toolbox0001]

Had that uncontrolable hand shaking when the kingies come round and scrambling to get ya shit together..😂😂😂

[@DarkmoonAngler]

🤣🤣 Yup! That one species that can turn the most disciplined fisho into a blithering wreck.

[@emerson9501]

haha - I noticed that too, mine would be doing exactly the same thing!

[@richardstevens9308]

What gear do you use? Rods, reels, rig. Cheers

[@DarkmoonAngler]

for this fishing, we are using Diawa Saltist hyper rods paired with PEN slammer reels and casting unweighted 9/0 single circle hooks on 80lb mono leader and ideally 30lb mono mainline.

[@jaenhermez2279]

awesome as always bro , just a question have u ever tried squiding in some of those areas? or do u think the manukau doesnt really provide squid

[@DarkmoonAngler]

I presume it has good squid potential there where we were in the video as a lot of those Asian guys who are mad keen on squiding were out there the day we walked out. But that area is on the East coast. In the Manukau harbour I have only seen schools of small squid amongst the schools of mackies while diving off Lady Bell pt. But there have been mature squid caught off Cornwallis wharf that I'm aware of but I'm not sure how frequently it happens.

[@jaenhermez2279]

@@DarkmoonAngler damn u dived at lady bell pt? brave man hahaha , awesome bro appreciate the response and keep the vids coming

[@dwhatsfishing]

Great video 5 stars. It gets the blood pumping when a kingy shows up like that. Can those octopus bite you or anything? Been wanting to film one for ages but havnt seen one. Far out man that snapper on the light line was insane!

[@DarkmoonAngler]

Cheers mate. Occy can bite but rarely do in defense as far as I am aware. They can actually identify individual people from the taste of their blood though. I have participated in experiments that concluded this. One the size in video, the bite would be a small nick from the beak like mouth that draws a little blood. Not dangerous but gives ya the shits when waiting for them to bite though... lol. Big ones are more of a concern due to there arms being so powerful. Can easily rip a dive mask off or pull a regulator out of ones mouth.

[@dwhatsfishing]

@@DarkmoonAngler always welcome. Wow that is really interesting so the smaller ones aren't a concern just the bigger ones you have to be much more careful cheers man!

[@accobra7515]

Great video as usual. Nice snaps 👌 🍻

[@DarkmoonAngler]

@@accobra7515 Cheers mate 🍻

[@LeviHemana]

Early bird gets the worm

[@DarkmoonAngler]

You know it! Tight lines....

[@dodgey7662]

Choice bro

[@DarkmoonAngler]

Thanks Dodgey🍻

[@jamestrethewey3588]

Not far from the marine reserve

[@clintonnair1000]

Are you talking about the goat island marine reserve mate ?

[@matthewjames1097]

hell yea DM mojo!

[@DarkmoonAngler]

Keen for another mish.....