b'FeatureLaunching the Oceanpro 535CC at Pauanui with a chilly 4-degree temperature at daybreak.O ver autumn and intoSHALLOWS with a forecast showing a few days of winter, snapper willI love to hunt for snapper over wintercalm weather, we met up at Pauanui take up residence inby softbaiting in the shallows, theon a chilly morning at the end of May.foul and kelpy territorybigger fish will power off at speedHaving both sold our boats earlier or reefs and look toonce hooked and look for the nearestin the year, we were taking out the put on a good level ofbit of foul to bust you off.It canOceanpro 535CC demonstrator fat condition aheadbe a fun way to target good fish. kindly loaned to us by local boat of the colder waterAfter working 7-days straight inbuilder Mike Bush.Mike was busy temperatures.After a successfulmid-May with the recent Hutchwilcobuilding us another centre console, day out on the water and you canNZ Boat Show where we had a standso offered us his boat to get out on see fat slicks over your knifesfor Lanza Rods.Rod builder Graemethe water.The plan was to head blade when filleting, this reallyPaterson and I were itching to getout early (wearing plenty of layers makes a significant differenceout on the water and cast some lures.and fishing gloves for the freezing to the taste when pan fried.So,We had talked so much about fishing4-degree start!) in the centre console winter is easily my favouriteand the new rods over the 4-dayand hunt along the coastline at time of year to eat snapper. show, and the sea was calling andSlipper and nearby offshore islands.10FISHING IN GODZONE MAGAZINE'