b'Gallery Arriving at Motiti and the Lowrance Recon was deployed to move stealthy into the shallows to softbait for snapper amongst the kelp and submerged rocks.A fter a late winter of severe weather in August without many windows to get out on the water in the new Oceanpro 535 and run in the Honda 90hp.Finally, a mint day arrived with just the third day of September and with no wind, swell and the sun out.Editor Mat Hewetson and Lanza rod builder Graeme Paterson managed to head to Motiti Island in the Bay of Plenty for some much-needed fishing therapy.Launching mid-week in near perfect conditions at Sulphur Point in Tauranga, there were also a lot of boats heading out to make the most of the day.As we moved in closer to Motiti the Lowrance HDS PRO was picking up fish sign to target amongst the foul.20FISHING IN GODZONE MAGAZINE'