Can you catch snapper on soft plastics?

Snapper strikes on soft plastics are no-nonsense affairs, and with the bigger fish it’ll feel like you’ve snagged the bottom, or there’s a heavy deadweight on the other end, and this is the time to strike hard and get a solid hook-set.

What soft plastics do snapper like?

Best Snapper Soft Plastics

• Berkley Gulp Jerk shads 5 inch.
• Zman 3 inch minnowz.
• Berkley Gulp Turtleback worm 7 inch.
• Keitech easy shiner.
• Savage Gear Fat Curl Tails 8.4cm.
• Berkley Gulp Paddle Shad 3 inch.
• Daiwa Bait Junkie Grub 4 inch.
• Berkley Gulp 4 inch Minnow.

What is the best soft bait for snapper?

Saltwater is the first bait to bridge the gap between artificial and live bait. Absolute dynamite on snapper, they are the leading snapper soft bait in the country. They also catch just about anything else that swims and eats small bait fish.

What Colour lures for snapper?

The colours I find best are pearl white, glow, pink, nuclear chicken and natural bait colours. A lot of the time lure choice and colour comes down to what you are confident with, but some colours are proven fish catchers.

Can you catch snapper on lures?

Lure Selection Without doubt the most popular style of plastic for targeting offshore snapper is a jerkbait style plastic, due to its realistic, narrow baitfish profile and lack of built in tail action, allowing it to get down to where the fish are, especially in deep water and strong currents.

What Colours attract fish?

Colour combos that attract fish

• Green and yellow,
• Black and purple,
• Blue and white,
• Black and gold.

How do you catch pink snapper?

Snapper are fished most often on baits such as mulies, slimy mackerel, pilchard, squid and octopus. The bait is often floated or lightly weighted in shallow waters or attached to larger fixed sinkers for fishing in deeper water. A burley trail is a good idea- try to drop some fish cubes down to the bottom.

What do you use to catch pink snapper?

Snapper will take a wide variety of lures. Soft plastics would be up there with the most effective methods. Examples include Squidgie whip baits, Zman Jerk Shads and Zman Grubs. Snapper will also take hard and soft vibes, trolled hard body lures and even metal slugs.

Do I use a swivel with soft plastics?

Soft plastics generally track straight, so no swivel and no snap, and if I can see to tie one, a loop knot gives them the perfect action.