IT is every fishos dream to catch a big snapper – I mean a really big snapper.

That dream came true for a couple of brothers who took advantage of the idyllic sea conditions to motor north of Broughton, where they drifted over the reefs.

Tossing plastics in perfect conditions, Rowan and Daniel Garner noted fish on the sounder shortly before things went crazy.

Rods buckled and reels screamed as the boys came face to face with a school of cracker snapper.

It was Rowan who hooked an absolute thumper which put up a mighty battle until a monster 92cm ‘Big Red’ was brought to the surface. Meanwhile Daniel was kept busy with snapper to an impressive 75cm.

Checking the NSW Fisheries size to length ratio, Rowan’s fish would tip the scales at over 13kg.

The most common question I am asked is – “where can I catch a snapper?”.

This might sound too simple but my answer is as follows.

“Anywhere in the wash or over a reef between Birubi and Seal Rocks.” We live in snapper central.

A mate and his son, with no plan or previous knowledge of the area, launched their tinny in Kiddies Corner and motored south towards Rocky Point.

With their sounder running the team noticed a small area of rough bottom and chose to “give it a go”.

An hour later the boys headed for home with their bag limit of beautiful snapper.

Just to think that this spot was randomly selected, within thousands of hectares of snapper habitat, best explains how lucky we are.

By John ‘Stinker’ CLARKE