Snapper Fishing Report - Long Island South Shore - 8-27-08

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August 27th, 2008

Thankfully, the Snapper fishing remains consistent in this area. High tide, as usual, seems to be the more productive tide… especially in the way back bays and canals.

We had a few reports from Jones Beach Piers and from Wantagh Park, with good snapper fishing using Spearing and small live Killies. In fact, the people that have been bottom fishing have been complaining that the snappers keep steailing the baits!!

Many of our customers have reported plenty of snappers in the canals along the south shore as well. Basically, they are throughout the bay now and shouldn’t be too hard to find.

Good times to take the kids fishing before they start school again, although some of us can’t wait for school to start… LOL.

Any small shiny lures like Kastmaster’s and Sidewinders for example, will catch the snappers. Another great lure to use are the Fin Strike Snapper Poppers… can’t go wrong with these!!

As for bait rigs, the size 4 long shank Snapper Hook is a good way to go now… with the Snappers getting bigger by the day now, they’ll soon be able to bite the smaller snapper hooks off! We always recommend to people to put the hook 18 to 24 inches below the float… at least to start, then adjust the hook up or down depending on how they’re biting.

One Response to “Snapper Fishing Report - Long Island South Shore - 8-27-08”

  1. Luke Says:

    Boy, I’m sure for many of us, the day can’t come soon enough for the kiddies to go back to school.

    Nice report. I am going to have to hit some of the locations you mentioned.

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