![]() ![]() I had only two guns for the trip, a 110cm Rob Allen carbon for groupers and jacks and the big 160cm Rob Allen Carbon railgun with double 16mm rubbers. Here I had seen snappers patrolling in the past. Spearfishing Gear Selectionįrom previous dives there I knew there was a dropoff to about 30m from 18m at the edge of the reef. Tony set off to look for snappers over a wreck, and Colin was looking for crays. Looking towards shore there was a moderate current from left to right, and this was making the fish active and enthusiastic as they darted about looking for food. This was about 500m from shore on the western part of the Island. We anchored our small rib on a rocky shelf in about 10m of water. Temp was 28C in the water with air temp at 35C. Water conditions were excellent with a moderate chop, and visibility to 50m +. Colin was present when the current Dog snapper WR was caught there a couple of years ago. I have shot some big ones in the past so we knew a potential World Record was on the cards. ![]() Dog snappers (Lutjanus jocu ) are the only snappers found on Ascension. Knowing that big Dog snappers live on some of the ledges we took a day off bluewater fishing to look for them. We had a very successful trip, with me and Tony each landing 3 sailfish over 100 pounds. I spent a week this March diving for Pelagics off Ascension Island in the South Atlantic with Colin Chester and Tony Eynon. ![]()
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