b'W e have all seenAuckland and the fishing had been it at least oncequiet with just a few fish in the bin.when on theI finally hooked a good fish that water fishing. put up a scrap, pulling line and it Someone in theturned out to be a fat 2kg+ trevally.crew has caughtI asked someone to help net the a good fish andfish and finally after no-one stepped got it up to the boat, only to see itup, and then asking again, one of the swim away after a shoddy attemptcrew grabbed the net and nervously to gaff or net it, and the fish earnt itslooked at the trev trying to shake the freedom.Its every fishos nightmare! hook alongside the boat.Sensing I can recall one such shocker manyhis lack of confidence, I told him new moons ago.I had taken a groupto just gently put the net under of workmates fishing off the wormthe fishs head when I get it on its beds around Rangitoto Island inside and as I lift the head slightly. Gaffing snapper can be tricky as they have hard heads, and you dont want to put the gaff through the prime eating flanks.Netting fish such as snapper means you can release them back unharmed. /FISHINGINGODZONE37'