b"Tepsetceieds Profile SnapperSJigs are best fished vertically as you drift in the boat.The Mori name for snapper isof habitats which include rockySurfcasting on the west coast of tmure, and scientific name: Pagrusreefs, shallow harbours, and areasNorthland using 12ft+ surfcasters auratus.Snapper caught in Godzonewith sandy or muddy bottoms. and donning wetsuits is a simple yet are recorded as squirefish bySnapper will mature between 3-4effective way of catching snapper.the IGFA with the All-Tackle lineyears of age, when they're aroundThe Ninety Mile Snapper Classic class fish of 17.2kg (37lb 14oz)20cm to 28cm long. They can liveoffers surfcasters the chance to caught by Mark Hemingwayfor more than 60 years and grow upscore over $30,000 cash for the off Motiti Island in 1992. to 100cm.During spawning theyheaviest snapper in March every Snapper are typically copper-pinkrelease many batches of eggs allyear.Best baits to use are tuatua on top with a silver-white underside,through spring and into summer. dug on the beaches, fresh trevally, with small blue dots on their sides. octopus, and mullet.Look for Their colour can change to matchLAND-BASED deeper holes or channels to cast their habitat, with anglers naming fishSnapper are commonly caught offinto, where there is less wave action kelpies which turn dark reddish/ beaches or the rocks, especiallythat shows deeper water.At low brown from living in reefs with kelp. from the Coromandel to the Fartide, casting from exposed sand Snapper are mostly found atNorth on the Pacific side andbanks will ensure you get your depths of 10m to 60m but can alsoaround the top and down theline further out into deep water be found deeper to about 200mTasmans west coast where snapperwhere fish are patrolling looking and are at home in a wide rangepopulations are still good. for shellfish or paddle crabs.50FISHING IN GODZONE MAGAZINE"