These were quickly skinned and cut up; then we lifted anchor and pulled southward for about half a mile, knowing we should catch but few schnapper where leather-jackets were.
One peculiar feature of schnapper fishing on the northern coast of New South Wales is that, be the fish ever so plentiful and hungry, they invariably cease biting immediately, if the wind should change to the east or north-east.
No leather-jackets appeared to disturb our pleasure, and not even the usual murderous shark showed his ugly face, and played the usual game of seizing every schnapper as it was hauled up, and biting it in halves.
Schnapper in the winter months, on the Australian coast, retire to the deep water, and can be caught in from thirty to fifty fathoms.
No wonder that Phillip, the first Governor of New South Wales, spoke of the schnapper as 'an exceedingly beautiful and palatable fish.
The point referred to is that now called Schnapper Point, at Mornington, in Victoria.
On the appearance of a `blue pointer' among boats fishing for schnapper outside, the general cry is raised, `Look out for the blue pointer.
Schnapper Arndt in his book of Social Statistics arrives at the same conclusion.
Schnapper Arndt; founded on recent census figures, around the close of the century.
A schnapper trip--taken as a rule in a small steamer--is voted one of the finest outings by Australian sportsmen.
It should be stated that Schnapper Point did not extend into the Bay at right angles to the beach.
The salmon's all used, an' I reckon schnapper is as good as salmon any day.
It was reputed to be the best fishing ground in the extensive Bay, and owed its name to the fact that school-schnapper frequented its vicinity.
The shark was eighty yards or so above him, swimming parallel with Schnapper Point beach, and within thirty yards or so of it.
In the afternoon the whole party set out for Schnapper Point.
After a hearty breakfast, in which the corned round and the spiced beef are conspicuous features, behold the young sports jogging along the beach towards Schnapper Point.
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