Snapper Blues for Fluke

[Gerry Zagorski]

Originally Posted by blance616

Thanks for the feedback guys.

Can you catch the snappers right where the boats are docked?

Yes and that is what some people will do.. Arrive early and fish for them on or around the boat.

[Taxman]

a sponser in Atlantic Highlands told my Father in law he could not fish for snappers from the bow at the dock a few years ago, he has not been back since

[stevelikes2fish]

Snappers, dead or alive, are the ticket when they are in season. Fluke can't resist them. Also, when the spots come in, usually in the surf, fluke candy. Don't be afraid to fish them whole, bigger the better!

[MoparCharlie]

Sabiki rig tipped with cut spearing works every time....

Cut a few spearing up and chum the water....

An aerator is a MUST to keep them alive....

I like to use them on the first drop of the morning and at slack tide....

[Dawgs]

When you say butterflied.....how exactly do you mean?

[Honger]

cut it 4-way deboned and head on

[Gerry Zagorski]

I watched Steve aka ALS Mako butterfly one up on the RFA trip.

If you are familiar with filleting a fish it's very much like that, but you leave the fillets on each side of the snapper...

You need a very sharp fillet knife. Make a cut right above the tail where the meat starts and run your knife up the bones of the fish and stop just before the gills. Turn the fish on the other side and do the same...

Send a hook through the nose and your done... Those 2 attached fillets flutter real nice in the water giving some life to the dead snapper.

I've seen the same done with whole mackerel and bluefish for shark baits...

Learning something new all the time thanks to the people on this site.