Gear Guide Black Magic Snapper Snatcher Rigs | Black Magic Snapper Snatcher Rigs |
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| Written by Neil Tedesco | |
| Tuesday, 10 April 2007 | |
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In a recent episode of Adventure Bound we put these rigs to the test with incredible success, during the first filming session five out of eight snapper caught fell victim to the Snapper McPilly. The interesting thing to note was that out of five rods only one had the flasher rig on, all other rods were rigged in the traditional style with a whole squid or yakka as bait. All of the snapper caught were in excess of 3kg with the two biggest fish exceeding 6kg were both on the McPilly rig. On the second session once again we fished the Snapper Snatcher rig, except this time on every rod and scored five nice reds at a time when the fishing had been quite tough in the previous days.
 Flasher with lumo bead The most impressive thing about these rigs is how strong they are, these rigs can be re-used not just on a second or third fish but even on a second or third day. Even big snapper struggle to destroy the flasher. For the pinky anglers, there is a smaller hook version, named the Terakihi Terror that I suspect would be deadly on SA whiting as well. I would hate to think of how effective all of these rigs would be on tropical reef fish in Northern Australia or WA. Species like coral trout  Snapper Snatchers also work well in the surf If you like to get rigged up quickly and effectively then these are for you, it is currently the only pre-tied rig I would ever buy and use myself, most of the other rigs on the market are flimsy and poorly manufactured in comparison. It is important to take note that all of these rigs are tied using either Black Magic or Wasabi hooks, swivels and leader, and they are hand tied in NZ allowing quality control to be maintained on an ongoing basis. |
Incredibly popular for catching snapper in NZ, the 'Snapper Snatcher', 'Snapper McPilly' and 'Bleeding Pilchard' rigs are also effective in Australian waters. All of the rigs are a super strong version of the paternoster rig with flasher flies tied onto strong re-curve and octopus style hooks. All of the rig bodies consist of 80lb Tough trace with a heavy swivel at the top. All that is left for the angler to do is tie a knot to the mainline and secure a sinker to the bottom. Once this is done simply spike each hook with some bait, usually not much bait is required, and commence fishing.