Solo Fishing for monster fish off the rocks after a storm. 

A terrific video. Well presented. Contagious fishing enthusiasm balanced by your persistent attempts to revive the big snapper. Couldn't be better.

One of my favourite fishing channels mate, I don't have a boat so most of the content I like to watch is shore based. A New Zealand trip is on my cards in the next year or 2, a snapper and a king land based would be a dream, I reckon I'd have a crack at a parore on the bobby cork and cabbage weed too, it's pretty popular over here in Australia, we call them Luderick.

Great watch beautiful fish nice to see it released in the end.

Good stuff. Snapper managed to get away ok. You’re not deterred by the weather. At least you were able to hook up ☺️

Wicked snapper and wicked video. thanks again for sharing your epic adventures

Excellent video. I think one thing to consider with C&R revival in this case is the water temperature and saturated oxygen in the shallow water/rock pools. Smaller bodies of water would be warmer than where that snapper was coming from, and saturated oxygen would be lower too. That may explain why it struggled to pump those gills in the pool. That's just a thought, these two factors play a big role in Pacific salmon C&R success, and the last time I fished for snapper was over 30 years ago now and back then C&R is almost unheard of. Good to see!

Hi Frank, hope all is good brother, when you putting out another video? Miss watching those trips.

Nice spot there! obviously you're not gonna give it up, lol.

What a catch, weldone mate👍

Been to that spot a couple of times on the kayak. Got a double whammy of big reds just a bit further out. Definitely produces some nice fish. Well done on landing that beauty from the rocks 🤙🏽

Nice one, mate. Shows how much I need to learn about land-based, I would have walked straight past that area looking for deeper water, but you knew it would hold fish!! Good effort to release the big boy. I think you're right, the water in the pool looked a bit average with no oxygenation - and the backwash of dirty silt-laden water when you were holding him in the shallows wouldn't have helped - fisheries scientist advice is that their gills aren't designed for the water to go backwards through them, so it's actually detrimental. You see guys holding fish for release, pushing them backwards and forwards in the water, which is the wrong thing to do...we should always just hold them still, facing into current if possible.

Nice fish bro, keep up the good werk!! 🤙

Awesome fish!

Nice fish. I was up this spot a couple days ago (drove in from the Tron), and even tried a few ledges further north. Must say it was pretty quiet, not even a bite. At least the 10kg of bait and berley doubled as a nice work out. I normally fish the west, or well south down near Waihi. Are there particular tides/conditions you target in these neck of the woods? I fished the incoming, and just past high. It was close to a blue bird day, so suspect it was a bit bright, and coupled with poor tides, I probably shoulda rescheduled. Thoughts?

Circle hooks brother, circle hooks. Nice vid btw 👍

Congrats mate. Big fish

Well done mate good luck if you ever come up to mangawhai ive got a couple spots on boats for kingi and snaps but just take a moment to appreciate Tangaroa becuz hes a beaut and you never know what hes gunna give us

Congrats dude, great fish

Meaaan brother!

Quailty fish bro great video.

How good 👍🏽 🤙🏽

Sick bro ! ! !

very good

Great stuff!

Yeww how good!!

So nice

NIce video mate. I am heading to NZ from the UK in just over a week and hope to get some land-based snapper action - what area was this (general - not specific is fine!) Keep up the good work!

May i know what lure was that and where i can buy it from in auckland? Thank you.

Mean bro! any hookup on the spot, or any tips on finding new spots bro?

Hey mate what’s the pink line you’re using?

Does snapper eat lure sir? And what they gonna eat?

Fuck me the opening fish, bruv thats gold. thank you for the upload

Great video! Where are you based?

What is bait when you catching snapper? Thank brother

What size free swimmer did you get that on

Nice video cuz,are you using no sinker at all,like to know plz.

I am a newbie to all this. Is it a unspoken rule to not mention the location?

Where abouts is this place

Wheres that?

Why did you release a fish with a hook in it's throat they don't survive. And that story about someone catching a fish a couple of weeks later and the hook half rusted.😂 Your dreaming mate.! I suppose you're theory makes you feel better but it's not true.! Do you use circle hooks.? Awesome fish off the rocks.!

Is that reel a 10000? Chur

Small cricism... you should encourage people to have a 'life vest' if they are rock-fishing. Now days such vests are small and not inconvenient.